You are presented with several choices if you open a new tab in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8. Internet Explorer users have the option to open recently opened websites, start an inPrivate session (that’s the equivalent to Private Browsing in Firefox) or to use an accelerator. The Firefox web browser on the other hand displays a [...]
Mouse Cursor Disappearing Frequently In Firefox, Internet Explorer And Opera
Roman send me an email yesterday about a problem that he researched the other day. He noticed that the mouse cursor in every Firefox tab was disappearing and appearing again with no apparent reason for this behavior. The strange thing was that all tabs were affected, not only one where the webmaster might have played [...]
Internet Explorer Vulnerability Fix
Microsoft has released a security advisory about a vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX Control which can be exploited remotely in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability advisory states that Microsoft is aware that attackers are trying to exploit the vulnerability. Internet Explorer users are therefor advised to fix the vulnerability as soon as possible to prevent possible [...]
Internet Explorer 8 Command Line Arguments
Internet Explorer 8 is not a bad browser. No really. It is definitely better than Internet Explorer 7 or the dreaded Internet Explorer 6. Microsoft has added several interesting features to the web browser that can compete with the features offered by popular third party browsers like Opera, Google Chrome or Firefox. It is probably [...]
Web Browser Memory Usage Benchmark Gets It All Wrong
Web browser memory usage might not be that much of an issue in these days with Gigabytes of computer memory being build into modern computer systems. There is however the low end market that is fueled by the success of netbooks and other low end hardware. A memory usage test of popular web browser might [...]
Increase Internet Security With WOT For Internet Explorer
If you compare the add-ons that are available for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer with those available for the Firefox web browser you will soon discover that there are not many Internet Explorer add-ons that one would consider “must-have”. It is not really clear why Firefox add-on developer are more productive. Could be that it is easier [...]
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Comparison Chart
Microsoft has published a comparison chart that compares Internet Explorer with Mozilla Firefox and the Google Browser Google Chrome in categories such as security, privacy, compatibility and ease of use. It is not clear when the comparison chart was published but it made the rounds on Reddit earlier today. A comparison chart created by the [...]
