Web browser news as it happens
In: Firefox
7 Nov 2008Private browsing mode has been included in the latest nightly release for Firefox 3.1 beta. This is a feature which didn’t quite make it into Firefox 3.
Private browsing allows you to browse the web “anonymously”. No cookies, cache, history, temporary files, or saved passwords will be stored while in private mode.
To turn on private browsing, [...]
In: Chrome| Firefox| Internet Explorer
27 Oct 2008Computerworld has posted an article comparing Firefox’s 3.1 beta to the latest Chrome beta.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols put both of these browser through the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark test. Not surprising the results were very stunning with Firefox 3.1 beta taking it out.
Of interesting note is that Firefox 3.1 beta is almost 25 times faster when rendering [...]
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 [...]