Category: Internet Explorer
Web Browser Backup: FavBackup 2.1.1 Released
With the release of Firefox 6, we are happy to announced the availability of FavBackup 2.1.1, which fixes a bug when backing up AdBlock data (as reported by DeoDomuique) and adds a few new web browsers support.
Changelog
– Added Google Chrome 15 Dev Support
– Added Firefox 6 Support
– Fixed Firefox AdBlock Backup Issues
If Web Browsers Were Memes
What if Internet memes represented top 6 web browsers? Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, Opera and Maxthon…
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Download Internet Explorer 9.0.2
Following a version numbering that makes sense, Microsoft has released the second update for its Internet Explorer 9 web browser.
According to the changelog, IE 9.0.2 fixes a total of 7 vulnerabilities, including 5 non security ones.
- The Internet Explorer 9 option “Ignore colors specified on webpages” does not remove background images on webpages
- Internet Explorer takes a long time to open a message in Outlook Web App
- The Save As dialog box disappears and the file is not saved when you try to download a file in Internet Explorer 9 to a network share on which you have Change permissions
- Pictures on a webpage are only partly displayed in Internet Explorer 8 when both IPv4 native sites and IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack sites exist in the network
- Internet Explorer 8 may stop responding when you browse some webpages in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
The following update can be obtained via Windows Update.
Weekly Browsers Recap, August 8th
- 8.4% of all hangs in IE9 in the past month caused by not using XMLHttpRequest
- 13 Firefox Add-Ons to Enhance Your Google+ Experience
- O’Brien: Is the end near for Google’s support for Firefox?
- A New Platform: Mozilla Against The World
- Google Announces Plans To Bake Android-Like Web Intents Into Chrome
- Google Chrome Dev Channel Update
- Google Chrome Beta Channel Update
- Chrome OS Stable Channel Updates for Chromebooks
- Chrome OS Dev Channel Update for Samsung Series 5 and Cr-48
- Choosing the Right Mobile Browser for Your Android Phone
- HTML5 Ad Builder Sprout Acquired By InMobi
Web Browsers IQ Study Is A Hoax
IE users rejoice.
Earlier this week, we reported about the recent study which claims that IE users tend to have a lower IQ when compared to other web browser users. Turns out, it was a hoax all along.
According to BBC, the web site that published results was set up just weeks before official announcement and used staff images copied from Central Test, a French company specializing in research.
Although ApTiquant has already changed some of its staff member names, they did that few days too late.
[Thanks, RamaSubbu SK]
July, 2011: Google Chrome, Safari Share Up; Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera – Down
It’s August already as we look at the July’s web browser market share numbers. As you will see from the stats below, this month was awful for everyone but WebKit.
Internet Explorer is first in our list and there are no surprises here. It has lost some of its market share again, down from 53.68% to 52.71% (0.97 point decrease).
Firefox 5 did not change the situation for Mozilla as its browser market share continues to grind lower, down from 21.67% to 21.47% (0.2 point decrease).
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Firefox Overtaken By Chrome In The UK
Google’s first product that has been advertised on TV in the UK, Google Chrome, has become more popular than Firefox. Seems like advertising works!
Yes, that’s right. Chrome is now the second most used web browser in the UK after having overtaken Firefox. That is, according to StatCounter. Being only just ahead of Firefox, Chrome currently possesses 22 percent of UK users. Internet Explorer, however, still has more market share than both of them combined, lying at 45 percent.
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Weekly Browsers Recap, August 1st
- Internet Explorer 9: The Best Browser for Your Business
- HTML5 Drag and Drop in IE10 PPB2
- Mozilla fires up mobile OS for smartphones, web
- Update: Google Chrome cupcake is gone, along with multiple profiles
- Chromebook security: browsing more securely
- Chrome Gets OS X Lion Two-Finger Gestures. They’re Backwards
- Beta Channel Update for Chromebooks
- Google Chrome Dev Channel Update
- Opera Network latency improvements, Microdata and QRESYNC
- IndiaGames Partners Opera Mini Browser For Mobile Gaming
- Facebook Will Bring Credits To Mobile Browsers
- There’s a web browser hiding inside the iriver Story HD, but it’s pretty shy
[Thanks, RamaSubbu SK, Shane Bundy]
If You Use IE6, Chances Are, You Are Not An Einstein
Science agrees: geeks use other web browsers.
By collecting data from more than 100,000 users, a research firm has revealed that the majority of Internet Explorer users tend to have a lower IQ than Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, Opera or Camino users. No one cares about the EQ anyway.
However, if you use the Internet Explorer with Google Chrome frame, there is a hope for you too.
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