Web browser news as it happens
In: Mobile Browsers| WebKit
17 Feb 2010Research In Motion (RIM) – the creators of the popular BlackBerry Phone – have announced at this weeks Mobile World Congress that they will release a WebKit based browser for its range of phones.
WebKit is the popular rendering engine found powering Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome browsers.
A demonstration of an early build on a BlackBerry [...]
In: Opera
2 Sep 2009Opera have released Opera 10, after releasing Opera 10 Alpha 1 way back in December 2008.
“Opera 10 showcases a sleek new design coupled with our new Turbo technology, which keeps Web pages loading lightning fast, even if your connection slows down” says the spiel on Opera’s homepage.
Other new features include an in-line spell check, full [...]
In: Safari
9 Jun 2009At today’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple announced the immediate availability of Safari 4 final for both Mac and PC.
Safari 4 contains over 150 new features, including a screen reader, basic HTML5 support, and a much improved JavaScript engine. A full list of new features can be found online.
The latest release is now the [...]
In: Opera
5 Jun 2009I have gone and put Opera 9.64, Opera 10 Alpha, and Opera 10 Beta 1 through the Acid 3 test, V8 Benchmark, and SunSpider Benchmark tools to see how the new browser is stacking up.
The results are pleasing, with the browser clearly heading in the correct direction. Graphed results are below.
In: Safari
25 Feb 2009Apple has released Safari 4 beta to the public.
The release is incredibly impressive, with over 150 new features, including support for some HTML5 elements along with improvements in the rendering engine.
Safari 4 also scores an impressive 100/100 in Acid 3 which tests a browsers standards compatibility. Opera 10 alpha and Safari 4 beta are now [...]
In: Opera
5 Dec 2008The desktop team over at Opera have just released a version 10 alpha release of their popular alternative web browser.
Opera 10.1 Alpha includes many new features, including the long awaited auto-update, an inline spelling checker, and scores a perfect 100/100 in the Acid3 test.
A full run down can of other new features can be found [...]
In: Firefox
16 Oct 2008After testing Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 on the Acid3 test, the new browser scores an impressive 89/100. This compares to other browsers as follows:
Firefox 3 scores 71/100
Opera 9.6 scores 85/100
IE7 scores a dismal 12/100
IE8 Beta 2 scores 21/100
Safari 3.1.2 scores 75/100
Safari 4 Beta 100/100
This is a great improvement and a step to being fully standards [...]
In: Firefox
16 Oct 2008Mozilla has just released Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 to the web. The new browser includes numerous improvements including:
Web standards improvements in the Gecko layout engine
Added support for CSS 2.1 and CSS 3 properties
A new tab-switching shortcut that shows previews of the tab you’re switching to
Improved control over the Smart Location Bar using special characters to [...]
Mozilla has been working hard on it’s mobile version of Firefox dubbed Fennec. Building on top of Firefox 3’s reduced memory footprint, Mozilla is aiming to bring the desktop browsing experience to your mobile.
With the hastened development, the latest version of Fennec scores a very impressive 88/100 in the Acid3 test on Windows Mobile. In [...]
The WebKit development team has just passed another huge milestone. The WebKit browser engine used in Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome now fully passes the Acid3 test.
The Acid3 test checks how well browsers comply with the latest standards, in particular JavaScript and the Document Object Model (DOM).
Maciej Stachowiak of the WebKit team attributes this feat [...]