Category: Safari

Firefox – Buggier but Fixes Issues Faster

By | March 9, 2009 | 7 Comments

During 2008 Firefox reported 115 flaws. That’s more than Safari (32), Opera (30) and Internet Explorer (31) combined. However, Firefox fixes the issues way faster than any other company.

The research was made by Secunia. (see pdf)

Via  news.cnet.com

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Safari Reaches 10% Marketshare Mark for a Day

By | March 5, 2009 | 4 Comments

Despite the deceptive marketing campaign, Safari has reached more than 10% of the browsers marketshare.

That was done with over 11 million downloads and reaching a peak share of 10.91% on February 28, on Net applications.

For te full article at tgdaily.com

February, 2009 – Internet Explorer, Safari Loses; Firefox, Chrome, Opera Gains

By | March 2, 2009 | 6 Comments

As the new month begins, Net Applications has yet again updated their stats on web browsers market share. Let’s see what had happened in the February, 2009

Internet Explorer has slowed down its market share decrease and fell only by 0.04%, from 67.55% to 67.51%

Firefox continues to climb up and increased its market share by 0.2%, from 21.53% to 21.73% Continue Reading

Safari 4 vs. Firefox 3 vs. Google Chrome vs. Opera 10, 9.6 vs. Internet Explorer 8, 7

By | March 1, 2009 | 39 Comments

Nate Lanxon from CNet UK has benchmarked Safari 4 Beta, Firefox 3, Mozilla’s Minefield, Google Chrome, Opera 9.6 (note on Opera 10 results were added to article later), Internet Explorer 8 and 7 using SunSpider suite. Continue Reading

Hey, Apple, Stop Bullsh*ting People

By | February 27, 2009 | 21 Comments

Well, it seems like Apple’s new web browser “marketing campaign” is most of the time based on lies. Remember old and inaccurate Safari vs. Internet Explorer vs. Firefox vs. Opera graph on their page?
So what about Safari 4? Has anything changed? Well, let’s take a look:

Safari is the first – and only – web browser to pass Acid 3
Wrong. Continue Reading

Safari 4 Public Beta Goes With a Bang

By | February 24, 2009 | 19 Comments

The first and quite impressive public beta of Apple’s Safari 4 has been released earlier today.

There are a lot of improvements and new features in this build.

Nitro, a new rendering engine offers stunning JavaScript performance which is 4x faster than its successor’s. In addition, HTML rendering performance was improved as well. Continue Reading

Weekly Browsers Recap, Feb 22nd

By | February 22, 2009 | 0 Comments

Hack Web Browser, 2009

By | February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment

A new Pwn2Own hack contest which should begin in the middle of the March 2009 is set to test Internet Explorer 8, Firefox, Safari and Opera web browsers running on Windows 7 Beta or RC.

Unlike previous year competition, where “white hackers” tried to hack computer operating systems (Mac OS was hacked first), this year it will focus on web browsers and mobile operating systems (Android, iPhone, Symbian, Windows Mobile, RIM).

More details should be announced within the upcoming weeks.

Event home page

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10 + Essential Web Browsing Shortcuts

By | February 20, 2009 | 15 Comments

If you are that kind of person who just loves to squeeze the maximum of your browsing experience, then this topic is for you.

Have you ever thought about your time spent during certain tasks while using web browser? For example: right mouse click > save image, clicking on new tab icons, etc.

Well, wonder no more. We have a list of the most useful keyboard shortcuts which will drastically improve your browsing experience. Continue Reading

Weekly Browsers Recap, Feb 16th

By | February 16, 2009 | 1 Comment