The web browser market has become a lot more interesting and challenging in the last year. Windows users now have the choice between four (five if you count the mediocre Safari as well) primary web browsers that they can use: Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Internet Explorer. Firefox and Internet Explorer have been dominating the [...]
Safari 4.0.4 Released, Update Now
Just a little heads up for you guys. Safari’s new update has been released. Mac OS 10.5.x and 10.6.x can update right now. Check your software update if you have not been notified yet. Screenshot on the other side.
It improves on three major points and one of them is better stability for third-party plug-ins. Good [...]
PBTweet Enhances Twitter Experience
PBTweet is a bookmarklet and userscript that enhances several aspects of Twitter by changing or adding new functions to the popular social network. Before we start looking at the features a word about compatibility. The bookmarklet works with most Webkit based web browsers including Safari and Google Chrome. The userscripts are compatible with Greasemonkey [...]
Web Browser Have Impact On Battery Life
A recent Anandtech study suggests that the web browser has an impact on a mobile PCs battery usage. The test, which analyzed battery performance under various popular web browsers and three websites, can probably not be seen as representative but it could indicate which web browser uses less battery power to operate. A test with [...]
Sync Google Chrome Bookmarks With Xmarks
The Google Chrome developers have only recently begun to offer bookmark syncing between different installations of the Google Chrome web browser. This option to sync the bookmarks uses Google Docs to store the bookmarks and requires therefor a Google account. The main limitation is however that it only syncs between Google browser installations. That’s a [...]
Another Report Finds Internet Explorer 8 To Be The Most Secure Web Browser
A web browsing security test that pitted Internet Explorer 8 against Firefox 3, Opera 10, Safari 4 and Google Chrome 4 came to the conclusion that Internet Explorer 8 is the most secure web browser, at least in the area that were tested by security research company NSS Labs. The report, which is available at [...]
New Microsoft Proposal About Windows 7E
Windows 7E is the version of the Windows 7 operating system that will be sold – as of now – in all countries of the European Union. It is basically a version of the Windows 7 operating system without Internet Explorer. This has caused quite some concern by users in the European Union as they [...]