Tag: Browsers

Mobile Web Browsers Benchmark

By Vygantas Lipskas | June 29, 2011 | 2 Comments

Mobile Web Browsers Benchmark

In the age of HTML5 and GPU accelerated graphics, Microsoft has created a benchmark site aimed at the mobile web browsers.

Internet Explorer Test Drive Mobile offers a variety of tests, ranging from HTML5 and graphics demos to already popular, FishIE Tank, Speed Reading and similar benchmarks.

Up for some testing? Head over to the following page and try it out!

[Thanks, RamaSubbu SK]

Web Browsers: iPhone 4 vs. Samsung Galaxy S II vs. HTC Thunderbolt vs. Samsung Focus

By Vygantas Lipskas | May 12, 2011 | 6 Comments

PocketNow compared some of the most popular handsets web browsing experience.

If you don’t feel like watching the video, then here is a conclusion for you: what happens when you add the 1.2GHz Exynos CPU and 1GB of RAM to a cell phone (Samsung Galaxy S II)? It destroys the competition, that is all.

Give Away: How to Create Web Browser Theme

By Vygantas Lipskas | May 2, 2011 | 1 Comment

Give Away: How to Create Web Browser Theme

Today we are giving away 50 invites to BT Engage from Brand thunder, which allows you to make your own web browser theme.

Visit the following page
Click “Create an account”
Enter FavBrowser
Done.

Thanks to Mark for the give away!

Block Visitors That Block Ads?

By Vygantas Lipskas | April 19, 2011 | 18 Comments

Block Visitors That Block Ads

As webmasters try to do their best to achieve the profit targets they desire, thanks to ad blockers in pretty much every web browser, it’s not as easy as some might think.

Well, it looks like at least one web site has found a so called “solution”: block visitors that bring no revenue.

See the picture above? That’s what happens when you visit dollarade.com partners web site and have NoScript/AdBlock installed.

While it does not look like a good idea to me, I am not the one paying that site’s server bills.

Web Browsers Usage By Country

By Vygantas Lipskas | March 3, 2011 | 17 Comments

BrowserRank has put up a world map which displays the most popular web browsers in various countries, both desktop and mobile.

Web Browsers Usage By Country
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An Interview with Mozilla’s Christopher Blizzard

By Vygantas Lipskas | July 13, 2010 | 0 Comments

An Interview with Mozilla's Christopher BlizzardGizmodo has sat down with Christopher Blizzard, Mozilla’s Director of Developer Relations to discuss the future of Firefox it’s competitors and browsers in general.

Furthermore, he confirmed that company is not going to develop Firefox for Windows Mobile/Phone 7 anytime soon.

Read.

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My Name is Chrome (Pic)

By Vygantas Lipskas | May 5, 2010 | 23 Comments

Warning: this picture contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children). Continue Reading

Web Browsers Security – Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox, Safari, Opera

By Vygantas Lipskas | June 16, 2008 | 11 Comments

Web Browsers Security - Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox, Safari, OperaSome time ago we’ve posted an article about web browsers security which is based on Secunia reports.
Well, before the Firefox 3 release, it’s time to check how web browsers (latest “stable” versions) are doing now (2nd round).
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Mobile Web Browsers Compatibility Test

By Vygantas Lipskas | April 16, 2008 | 3 Comments

Mobile Web Browsers CompatibilityJust after Safari and Opera scored 100 in the Acid3 test, W3.org released its own. However, this is not the Acid, although it’s similar to it and tests 12 web technologies. This one will test mobile web browsers… Is this yet another race beginning?

W3.org tried to run it on Blazer 4.3.2.1, Opera Mini 4.1 Beta 1, PSP’s Netfront, Firefox 3 Beta 3, Internet Explorer 6 and “Android emulator webkit-based browser”. Continue Reading