Who could have ever imagined that Mozilla would have been chasing down the pride of Microsoft and its Internet Explorer browser? Well it seems that the mighty are falling and that Firefox is continuing to gain market share. But to pick up some 30 million more users in just 8 weeks is truly amazing. Amazing [...]
I recall that when I first read about Google’s Chrome Frame, my first thought was “why?” Why does Google care if Internet Explorer users can render a Web page correctly or not? Shouldn’t this be a concern of Microsoft and not Google? What impact will adding Chrome Frame pose if it were added to Internet [...]
Internet Explorer 6 is now eight years old and is not Web compliant. Microsoft has been trying to get IE 6 users to upgrade but without success. It seems that many companies won’t allow their users to upgrade IE 6 because of deployment policies and internal standardization that sound outdated. So it seems that [...]
Reader Gina sent me a link over to Dot Net Perls with the latest browser tests for memory usage including IE 8. I took at look at the results and Firefox 3 was the winner.
You can read more about the testing at this link.
Comments as always are welcome.
Browser name
Ending private set in MB
Safari
636.9
Firefox 3
111.8
Flock (Firefox [...]
The browser wars are of no concern to me since I couldn’t care less how much market share any of them command. What is important is that this newest browser war is going to benefit all of us. This new crop of browsers are faster and hopefully more secure.
During the past week I have been [...]
This explains why it is so hard for consumers to figure out which corporate giant is telling the truth sometimes. Back in September, 2008, Yahoo! was recommending that users switch over to Firefox 3, because it was safer:
A tipster yesterday sent us a screen shot of Yahoo’s front page running on Internet Explorer with a [...]
My buddy Charlie from California has been in contact with me during the past few weeks, stating that when he is on my web site, his Internet Explorer 7 browser locks up and freezes his system won’t close and the page repeatedly appears. He explained he is has to force a shutdown of his computer [...]
The vultures are circling as the EU may require Microsoft to make other browsers available in the upcoming Windows 7. There seems to be an element around us that has the opinion that once Microsoft loses the browser market, the company is finished. In one opinion I read it all revolves around how Google is [...]
Last night I awoke at 3:00am in the morning drowning in a cold sweat. The nightmare I had just experienced had scared me to death. Thankfully I woke up and tried to recall the dream. Oh yes, it was about those that are still using Internet Explorer 6. Naturally the question that popped into my [...]
This is a great way to record your screen and voice at the click of a button. This simple to use software works with all major operating systems and popular browsers. It is also optimized to work with your Twitter account which is a nice touch. But here is the best part. It is 100% [...]
Google has added a new feature to Google Maps, in which the user can click on an added icon which will take them to an approximate location that they are at. I tried the new feature and it was right on the money, showing me a picture of the front of my house.
According to the [...]
Microsoft is warning users that there is a vulnerability for users of Internet Explorer, who also are using Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. They have a temporary fix available which you should get.
Here is what Microsoft has available on their site:
Microsoft has released a Microsoft security advisory about this issue for IT professionals. The [...]
How times have changed. About a decade or so ago, when Netscape folded, Microsoft was basically the only browser left. But today we have a wide assortment of choices and people are seem to be taking advantage of those choices. Since March Microsoft has lost over 11% more market share to Firefox, Safari and Chrome. [...]
just finished reading a press release from Microsoft which explains why Internet Explorer was removed from Windows 7, when it is released in Europe. Though the description of what and why Microsoft is doing explains their attempt to comply with the European Unions request, what I found of interest were some of the comments.
Like this [...]
The European Union is making it known that Microsoft’s proposal to drop Internet Explorer from Windows 7 might not be enough. The EU seems to feel that Microsoft has violated consumer choice since 1996 and considers this to be abusive. The EU may still take action against Microsoft for past misgivings and the companies allegations [...]
It is totally impossible for Microsoft to remove Internet Explorer from Windows. At least that is the story they gave when confronted by the DOJ in their anti trust trial. Does that mean that Microsoft lied? Or is Microsoft has more fear from the European Union? What ever the case, it is being reported that [...]
I have been using WOT, aka Web Of Trust, for over six months. I received a newsletter alert indicating a new version was available for downloading. WOT can be used by both Internet Explorer and Firefox users and blends completely into the background, using few resources.
According to the news blub I received, it stated that:
Web [...]
As I continue to write about Google’s Chrome browser, and as I continue to use the browser in order to provide a complete review of how good or not so good Chrome is, I miss AdBlock Plus for Firefox. Last week there was a comment to an article asking if Google would provide a similar [...]
No hackers took on Chrome at the conference, simply because everything else was easier.
In a follow up to several other stories I have done on the benefits of Google’s Chrome browser, the statement above best describes the benefits that Chrome offers. The concept is rather simple. In a neighborhood where one house is protection by [...]
I received a comment from a reader named Don Williams who inquired:
I have been hanging with IE7 and it works fine for me, at least up to a point.
If I open more than about 3 tabs strange things happen.
Please update me on why Mozilla has become so popular.
In the olden days I used the paid [...]
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