Archive for October, 2015
Tip: How to Completely Flush DNS / Socket Cache in Chrome
Or any other, Chromium based web browser.
If you have recently changed site nameservers, migrated web hosting, simply seeing sites with old content, or for any other reason need to clear your DNS Cache and it is not working, here is how you do it properly:
Assuming you have already done the usual (OS level cleaning, which you can read more about here):
> Type “chrome://net-internals/#dns” in the address bar and click “Clear host cache” button.
> Type “chrome://net-internals/#sockets” and hit on the “flush socket pools” button.
> Lastly, simply clear Google Chrome Cache by going to Menu > Settings > History > Clear browsing data
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Latest Edge Builds Reveal New Features
Recently, Microsoft has pushed new Windows 10 builds for both PC and Mobile and with that came an updated version of Microsoft Edge, which does bring some needed changes.
Starting with the mobile, it looks like the user interface has received some necessary changes, including: slightly changed fly-out menu when tapping on … (see screenshot below)
In addition to that, you can now access Favorites, Reading List, History and Downloads much faster, and without having to visit the Hub. As far as other changes go, there is now also a toggle for syncing Favorites and Reading lists (yay) and ability to import favorites from other web browsers.
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Top 10 Funniest Comments From The .bro File Type Thread
In case you missed, Google and Mozilla have decided to rename the .bro extension to .br because a feminist told me so. Below, you will find some of the best comments from the reddit thread.
Well i’m glad they finally addressed one of the biggest issues with Firefox. Now it’s perfect !
Google and Mozilla Ditch the .bro Extension, Because a Feminist Told Them So
This is the world we live in.
When it comes to the first world browser problems, there are certainly more important things to talk about than ditching plugins, abandoning flash, and so on…
Just recently, Google revealed a new and open source web compression algorithm called Brotli, which is around 25% than Zopfli, a now previous generation algo from the very same company. Now what happened next is pretty ridiculous. Due to the nature of this name, files compressed with Brotli would have had a file extension .bro, but that is no longer the case as it will be changed to .br. Why?
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September, 2015 Desktop Market Share: Google Chrome, Safari, Opera – Up, Internet Explorer, Firefox – Down
After focusing on the Microsoft Edge specifically in our last post, it’s time to pick up the pace and reveal the rest of the desktop market share numbers.
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Edge Might Have Around 40 Million Active Users: 1 Out of 3 Pick It Over Competitors
Math and more math.
Few days ago, Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 has now been installed on more than 110 million PCs. Naturally, that made us wonder: how many of those people have tried Microsoft Edge and most Importantly, how many of them actually kept using it.
While there are tons of different metrics we could use to determine the number of real Edge users, such as: active Opera Desktop Users (from their quarterly reports, 55 million in July) vs. Opera / Edge market share (1.36% and 2.40% respectively), which would give us an indication that ~97 million use Microsoft Edge, we have decided to go the other way and compare Windows 10 market share vs. Edge market share.
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September, 2015 Mobile Market Share: Google Chrome, Android Browser – Up, Safari, Internet Explorer – Down
Another month, another report.
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A Mysterious Company Buys AdBlock
For an undisclosed amount of cash.
AdBlock, the extension that has over 40 million active users, has been acquired by the anonymous company that was asked not to be named. Following the deal, AdBlock will begin using the Acceptable Ads List that is controlled by the AdBlock Plus, for his reason alone, many speculate that the buyer was Eyeo GmbH, the company behind AdBlock Plus.
However, AdBlock Plus has since denied the rumor.
Any guesses?
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Leaked Windows 10 Build 10558 Confirms Upcoming Edge Features
Earlier this year, we have learned about some of the upcoming Microsoft Edge features, like tab previews and such. Now, it looks like the recently leaked build of Windows 10 has pretty much confirmed all that and even more.
The latest version, which could be released to the Windows 10 Insiders next week (after the Windows hardware event), includes the following Edge improvements:
– Tab previews / thumbnails
– Dockable F12 Developer Tools
– Ability to open folder where the file has been downloaded
– New icon for web notes
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Adobe Flash: The End is Near as BBC Joins the Party
A death by the thousand sites.
BBC, one of the major content providers in the world, has announced its plans to fully ditch Adobe’s Flash in its iPlayer and replace it with none other than the HTML5.
As of this week, there is now a new opt-in beta program, which invites pretty much everyone to try the new iPlayer, which features a much more mobile and desktop friendly user interface and MPEG-DASH streaming standard.
According to BBC, the HTML5 player will be gaining feature parity with the Flash player in the coming months. Oh, but before you start your celebration dance, keep in mind that these browsers won’t be able to join the Beta program:
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