Author Archive: Vygantas
Vygantas is a former web designer whose projects are used by companies such as AMD, NVIDIA and departed Westood Studios. Being passionate about software, Vygantas began his journalism career back in 2007 when he founded FavBrowser.com. Having said that, he is also an adrenaline junkie who enjoys good books, fitness activities and Forex trading.
Opera Mini Submitted to Apple App Store
Good news, Opera Software has finished Opera Mini for the iPhone and submitted it to Apple’s App Store.
What happens next? We sit and wait. While doing just that, you can try guessing approximate application approval date and win an iPhone!
Thanks to Daniel Hendrycks, Ichann and Justas Gervinskas for the news tip.
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German Government: Stop Using Firefox
Back in January, German government urged users to start using Firefox instead of Internet Explorer.
Well, due to security vulnerabilities (that were fixed in Firefox 3.6.2), they asked users to stop using Firefox as well, at least until patch is released.
So here you have it: start using Firefox, then stop, and now… Start using it again…
Thanks to Daniel Hendrycks and Ichann for the news tip.
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Microsoft MIX10 Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Videos
Microsoft MIX10 videos were just released . You can now watch and/or download them (~2GB total) via visitmix.com
- Dean’s Day 2 Keynote about IE9
- In-depth Look at Internet Explorer 9 with John Hrvatin and Ted Johnson
- HTML5: High-Performance Best Practices for Web Sites with Jason Weber
- HTML5: Cross-Browser Best Practices with Tony Ross
- Internet Explorer Developer Tools with Jon Seitel
- Advanced Web Debugging with Fiddler with Eric Lawrence
Alternatively, you can visit our YouTube channel and watch them there.
Thanks to Daniel Hendrycks for the news tip.
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Weekly Browsers Recap, March 23rd
- Microsoft Winning Fans Early with Internet Explorer 9 Preview
- Windows Phone 7 browser is based on Internet Explorer 7
- IE8, iPhone will fall first day of hacking contest, predicts organizer
- Firefox 3.0 reaching end of the line
- Clear Firefox’s History for a Single Site
- Chrome Tip: Always restoring tabs
- Google Launches 3D Graphics Driver Project for Chrome
- Opera expands widget offering to all mobile phones
- Opera’s AdMarvel Partners With PointRoll For iPad Advertising Platform
- Analyst Uncovers 20 Security-related Flaws in Safari
- Amazon’s Kindle may get a proper web browser
- Next-gen Web TV apps focus on the browser
- Camino 1.6.11 Released
Thanks to Daniel Hendrycks for links.
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Mozilla Halts Fennec for Windows Mobile Development
It’s been few years since Fennec (Firefox Mobile) was announced. As so much time has passed, it still is a disappointing web browser when compared to its rivals. Well, today Mozilla announced that due to various WinMo7 restrictions, they are stopping development for Windows Mobile 6.5 and 7.0:
“While we think Windows Phone 7 looks interesting and has the potential to do well in the market, Microsoft has unfortunately decided to close off development to native applications. Because of this, we won’t be able to provide Firefox for Windows Phone 7 at this time. Given that Microsoft is staking their future in mobile on Windows Mobile 7 (not 6.5) and because we don’t know if or when Microsoft will release a native development kit, we are putting our Windows Mobile development on hold.”
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Opera 10.51 Receives a Performance Boost
When it comes to minor upgrades, you usually expect bug fixes and minor performance improvements. Well, this time it’s different.
With the release of Opera 10.51, company managed to increase its browser performance by up to 27% (according to Peacekeeper benchmark results). Furthermore, fixed a lot of bugs and made other improvements. Just like in earlier release announcements, this version is available for Windows users only.
Thanks to effzee and Daniel Hendrycks for the news tip.
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Opera’s Browser Ballot Screen Results
According to Opera Software, more than a half of web browser downloads from Europe is a direct result of Ballot Screen launch.
This confirms that when users are given a real choice on how they choose the most important piece of software on their computer, the browser, they will try out alternatives,” said Håkon Wium Lie, CTO of Opera Software.
Company has also shared the following statistics: Continue Reading
Internet Explorer 9 Developer Preview Now Available, No XP Support
Today Microsoft has released developer preview build of Internet Explorer 9 web browser. Although it does not include IE9 user interface (no tabs, no address bar), and/or never announced features, it’s equipped with new JavaScript rendering engine (codename Chakra) and hardware acceleration feature.
How does it stack up against its competitors? Continue Reading
Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 Released
Opera Software has just released the final versions of Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 web browsers.
Both builds have gone through a lot of changes since previous release; received a major make over and new features, such as: wands, tabbed browsing, download manager and Opera link.
As for Opera Mini, team recommends running it on devices with a 320 x 240 or higher display resolution.
Key new features: Continue Reading
