Category: Internet Explorer

IE6 is “Safer” than Chrome or Opera

By | June 29, 2010 | 13 Comments

IE6 is US Bank Chase has decided to stop supporting Opera and Chrome web browsers, implying security issues and low popularity.

Therefore, people who use browsers other than: Internet Explorer 6.0 and higher, Firefox 2.0 and higher or Safari 3.0 and higher (for Mac systems only), may not be able to access Chase web site.

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Confidential Internet Explorer 9 Info

By | June 25, 2010 | 19 Comments

As from 4/14/2010 slides. Therefore, there are a lot of bits, that we know already.

Beta: August, 2010
RC/RTW: To be determined after Beta

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Internet Explorer 9 vs. Google Chrome 6 (HTML5 Performance)

By | June 24, 2010 | 25 Comments


In rather pointless benchmark, DownloadSquad has tested latest Internet Explorer 9 build against Google Chrome 6 dev.

What are the results?
As seen in video above, IE9 annihilated Chrome. However, while it does sound great, author failed to mention that Google Chrome 6 does not really support hardware acceleration (still in early development stage). Therefore, it shouldn’t come as a big surprise.
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Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Platform Preview 3 Released

By | June 24, 2010 | 3 Comments

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Platform Preview 3 Released

It appears that rumors about the upcoming IE9 Platform Preview 3 release were true, as it is now available for developers and early adopters to download it.

Besides various performance improvements, this build introduces HTML5 canvas element (audio, video tags and 2D graphics) that is hardware accelerated, plus WOFF (Web Open Font Format) standard support.

You may download IE9 Platform Preview 3 from the following page.

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Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Platform Preview 3 is Coming

By | June 23, 2010 | 7 Comments

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Platform Preview 3 is CommingAlthough Microsoft has yet to confirm IE9 Platform Preview 3 release, according to Softpedia, company might be releasing such build for developers and early adopters later today.

While changes remain unknown, we expect further performance and web standards improvements, as well as other enhancements.

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Weekly Browsers Recap, June 21st

By | June 21, 2010 | 1 Comment

Weekly Browsers Recap, June 21st

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The Difference between Google Chrome and Chromium
Softpedia has published a great article on Google Chrome and Chromium differences.

Flock Ditches Firefox in Favor of Chromium
Flock Inc., company behind well known social web browser has released the very first Beta of Flock 3.0.
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Web Browser Add-Ons and Themes for World Cup Fans

By | June 18, 2010 | 3 Comments

Web Browser Add-Ons and Themes for World Cup FansAlthough FIFA world cup has already started, it’s not yet too late to tweak your browser accordingly and get into soccer mood.

Here are few useful extensions for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Opera users.

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World Cup Coverage 2010
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Google and its “Don’t be Evil” Slogan

By | June 15, 2010 | 3 Comments

Google and its Don't be Evill Slogan
There appears to be a great story behind the latest IE 0-day exploit (worth a read).
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Track Web Site Changes in IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari and More

By | June 14, 2010 | 7 Comments

Track Web Site Changes in IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari and More
Now, there are quite a few extensions to track web page changes. Unfortunately, they are made for certain web browsers only.

What’s the solution?
Try Diphur.com. It is a simple bookmarking service that will do this for you. Therefore, you will be able to use it on any web browser.

Not ideal, but still, better than nothing.

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10 Artistic Web Browser Photos

By | June 11, 2010 | 8 Comments

Now here is something to freshen things up. A collection of artistic web browser (Firefox and Internet Explorer) photos/digital art, or just old “Internet Explorer vs. Firefox” argument, to be exact.

Firefox vs Internet Explorer (Good vs. Evil), by shlomit
Good vs. Evil
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