Archive for August, 2010
Download Opera 10.61
Although Opera 10.61 has not been officially released yet, you may still grab it from Opera’s FTP servers.
The following release includes 3 security related fixes, a couple of user interface changes and other modifications.
For a complete list of changes, visit the following page.
Update: It’s now officially available and can be downloaded here.
Thanks to Daniel Hendrycks for the news tip.
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Firefox 4 Beta 3, Now with Multi Touch
Mozilla has just released the Beta 3 of Firefox web browser that not only fixes a total of 470 bugs, but also enables multi-touch on Windows 7 machines.
Also, by changing JavaScript value representation, they managed to improve JS performance when executing heavy, numeric code.
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Google SSL Search is Broken in Safari 5
It looks like there are some issues with Google SSL Search and/or Safari 5 web browser.
As reported by some users, when entering a search query via https link, it will redirect you to a standard Google.com web page.
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How to Remove Firefox New Tab Button
If you want to hide a Firefox new tab button, follow these simple steps:
1. Locate your Firefox profile folder:
Windows XP/2000
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\< profile.name >\chrome
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Weekly Browsers Recap, August 9th
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• July, 2010 – Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari Share Up; Firefox, Chrome – Down
As we enter August, it is time to yet again, check the latest market share numbers.
• U.K. Government Refuses to Ditch IE6
Back in February, 2010, the online petition was filled urging British government to dump a 9 year old web browser.
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MSN (Windows Live) Chat in Opera
One of the my.opera.com users has written a tutorial that enables you to chat with your MSN contacts using a built-in Opera IRC client.
1. Go to Tools > Mail and Chat Accounts
2. Pick Chat (IRC)
3. Enter account details (use your Windows Live email)
4. When asked for server name, enter: im.sixxs.net
5. You should now see a tab called “&bitlbee”. Select it and type: register yourpassword
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BlackBerry 6 Web Browser
In the official BlackBerry Blog, team has demonstrated some of the features that are coming to a WebKit powered, BlackBerry 6 web browser.
What’s new?
In order to access specific web sites faster, engineers have redesigned browser start page which now includes a single URL and search entry box. Therefore, as you enter address, it will also seek your history and bookmarks sections.
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IE9 Platform Preview 4 Beats Safari 5, Acid3 95/100
In what appears to be the final platform preview of Internet Explorer 9, IE Team has highlighted a bunch of improvements that were made during the course of its development.
In the previous versions, JavaScript engine (codename: Chakra) was working as a separate component. Starting from IE9 Platform Preview 4, it is now integrated into IE core itself boosting overall JS performance.
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Firefox Heat Map: One Third of the Elements are Dead
Mozilla Labs has released a Firefox heat map which provides a great insight, revealing more information about daily browser functions usage.
Obviously, the most popular elements are: location bar, back and reload buttons, scroll vertical bar as well as search bar.
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U.K. Government Refuses to Ditch IE6
Back in February, 2010, the online petition was filled urging British government to dump a 9 year old web browser.
Recently, Her Majesty’s Government has issued an official response stating that they will continue using Internet Explorer 6 and have no plans to upgrade it.
What’s the main reason? They want to save taxpayers money.
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