Archive for the 'browser' Category

Mozilla to end support for Firefox 2

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Stability and security releases for the browser will end next month, despite ongoing problems with Firefox 3 The Mozilla Foundation is planning to end support for the Firefox 2 browser in mid-December, despite the persistence of significant flaws in the most-recent version of the popular browser. …
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Opera 10 will be ‘prettier’

Monday, October 13th, 2008

Many users, especially of Apple, found Opera’s latest version 9.6 unpleasant on the eye. But the company says its next major update will be prettier. The next major release of Opera for the desktop will be ‘prettier’ than the current version of the browser, claims the company. …
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Microsoft on IE8–speed not top priority

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

The user interface was the top priority when building Internet Explorer 8, not performance benchmarking, according to a Microsoft executive. The user interface was Microsoft’s top priority when building its latest version of Internet Explorer, not performance benchmarking, according to a Microsoft executive. Stephane Kimmerlin,…
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Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burn

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Google dipped its mighty toe into the increasingly crowded world of internet browsers today with the announcement of its open source offering, Chrome. After all the polished promises of a streamlined new way to tame the web, the blogosphere was ready to predict Chrome would inspire everything from the…
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Five reasons Chrome will take over the world

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Google dipped its mighty toe into the increasingly crowded world of internet browsers today with the announcement of its open source offering, Chrome. After all the polished promises of a streamlined new way to tame the web, the blogosphere was ready to predict Chrome would inspire everything from the…
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