Archive for October, 2010

HTML5: Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Google Chrome 8 vs. Firefox 4 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

By | October 26, 2010 | 22 Comments

Today, we test five most popular web browsers to find out, who leads and who lags in the HTML5 Benchmark (Beta).

Browsers

Internet Explorer 8
Internet Explorer 9
Firefox 3.6
Firefox 4
Google Chrome 7
Google Chrome 8
Opera 11
Opera 10.6
Safari 5
WebKit
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Weekly Browsers Recap, October 25th

By | October 25, 2010 | 0 Comments

Weekly Browsers Recap, October 25th

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Browsers Are Awesome!
See the video.

So I Close Firefox After Watching Some Porn…
Not 100% browsers related, but hey, it has “Firefox” in the title, so here…
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So I Close Firefox After Watching Some Porn…

By | October 22, 2010 | 8 Comments

Not 100% browsers related, but hey, it has “Firefox” in the title, so here we go…

So I Close Firefox After Watching Some Porn… (Picture) | Mirror

Via Reddit.

Firefox is #1 Again (SunSpider JS Benchmark)

By | October 22, 2010 | 20 Comments

Firefox is #1 Again (SunSpider JS Benchmark)

Mozilla does it again, or so it seems.

According to the AreWeFastYet.com web site, Mozilla’s Spidermonkey JavaScript engine has just surpassed Google’s Chrome V8 performance by a small margin, at least in SunSpider benchmark. However, Chrome still takes the lead in V8 Benchmark Suite.

While it brings more drama to the browser wars, we’d still like to see Opera 11 numbers to be included as well.

Opera: How to Prevent Flash from Loading (Load on Mouse Click)

By | October 21, 2010 | 5 Comments

Opera: How to Prevent Flash from LoadingDo you want to load Flash videos (or other plugins) only after you mouse click on them? Here is how, go to:

Preferences > Advanced > Content and check “Enable plug-ins only on demand”.

P.S. This method will only work in Opera 11 Alpha and above.

See opera:config for alternatives.

Download Opera 11 Alpha

By | October 21, 2010 | 60 Comments

Download Opera 11 Alpha

The wait is over. Opera Software has just released the alpha build of Opera 11 web browser.

The good news: it brings a little bit more than just extensions support.
The bad news: as of this moment, Opera extensions catalog is down.

Including already announced extensions support, alpha build also introduces:

– Opera Presto 2.6.37 engine, offering hundreds of bug fixes, enhanced Web Standards support as well as performance improvements and Websockets support.
– A new mail panel and bookmarks bar
– Enable plug-ins only on demand
– Updated installer

P.S. It looks like upgrade page has not been updated as well, as it still displays Opera 10.63 information after installation.

Update: Extensions catalog is now up.

Download Link: Opera 11 Alpha.

There’s a Golden Opera Logo in Google’s Demo Slam

By | October 21, 2010 | 7 Comments

Either I am into web browsers way too much or it’s actually an implementation of Opera Software logo.

There's a Golden Opera Logo in Google's Demo Slam

Via Asa Dotzler blog.

Ask Opera Anything

By | October 20, 2010 | 12 Comments

Here you your chance to ask Opera team anything. Just head over to Reddit and ask them anything about Opera… OMG, anything?

Reminds me of this:
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Download Firefox 3.6.11 and 3.5.14

By | October 20, 2010 | 1 Comment

Download Firefox 3.6.11 and 3.5.14Firefox 3.6 and 3.5 stability updates are here.

Both releases fix a total of 9 security vulnerabilities, including five critical and two high impact ones.

As for numbers, Firefox 3.6.11 improves stability by patching 40 nasty bugs, while its predecessor 3.5.14 squashes 23 of them.

Changelog: 3.6.11 | 3.5.14

Download Link: Firefox 3.6.11 | Firefox 3.5.14

Download Google Chrome 7.0.517.41

By | October 19, 2010 | 5 Comments

Download Google Chrome 7.0.517.41Google has just announced the availability of Google Chrome 7.0.517.41 Stable and Beta web browser builds.

The following version includes hundreds of bug fixes, file API, an updated HTML5 parser, directory upload via input tag and a couple of security related patches.

Download.