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The Evolution Of The Web

By Vygantas | September 3, 2011 | 1 Comment

The Evolution Of The Web

Do you remember using Netscape Navigator or Mosaic? What about constantly evolving web standards and other web technologies?

With the help of recently created web page, you can now relive those memories and dive into the ocean of oblivion.

Click here to do that now.

[Thanks, Ichann]

August, 2011: Google Chrome, Safari Share Up; Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera – Down

By Vygantas | September 2, 2011 | 11 Comments

It’s Friday, Friday…

Another month passes by as we look at the August market share stats to find out, how web browsers competed at the end of summer.

Internet Explorer is approaching the 50% market share mark, as it’s now down another 1.13 point, from 52.72% to 51.59%.
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Download Firefox 6.0.1

By Vygantas | September 1, 2011 | 10 Comments

Download Firefox 6.0.1 Sometime after the initial Firefox 6 release, Mozilla has announced the availability of the very first security update for both Firefox 6 and Firefox 3 branches.

Both versions fix one security vulnerability that was solved by removing the DigiNotar root certificate.

Download.

Weekly Browsers Recap, August 29th

By Vygantas | August 29, 2011 | 0 Comments

[Thanks, Dirk Finken]

Firefox 8 To Use IE9 Like User Protection

By Vygantas | August 29, 2011 | 9 Comments

Firefox 8 To Use IE9 Like User Protection

It looks like Mozilla is implementing more and more features from its competitors.

Just like in Internet Explorer 9, starting with Firefox 8, Mozilla will automatically block web browser add-ons that are not yet approved by the user.

In case other software installs an add-on, Firefox 8 will disable it and notify the user.

In the world where a plenty of companies inject their add-ons into Firefox, such as: Skype, anti-virus software, etc. it’s a very welcomed step nonetheless.

Firefox 9 To Feature Speed Dial

By Vygantas | August 25, 2011 | 20 Comments

Firefox 9 To Feature Speed Dial Welcome to the 4 years ago.

According to the latest article on wiki.mozilla.org, Firefox 9 will be borrowing various Opera Speed Dial elements (introduced in Opera 9.2 on April, 2007) for its own good.

The following post covers some of the upcoming Firefox 9 new tab page features and mentions:
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Malware Protection: IE9 Smashes Other Web Browsers

By Vygantas | August 22, 2011 | 14 Comments

Malware Protection: IE9 Smashes Other Web Browsers

Google responds.

Once again, NSS Labs, an independent security research organization, has tested top 5 five web browsers to find out, how good they are at blocking the socially engineered malware.

Has anything changed? In terms of ranking, not rally. However, Google Chrome saw a 340% or 10.2 percentage points improvement when compared to the previous report, which is definably a good news for all its users.
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Weekly Browsers Recap, August 22nd

By Vygantas | August 22, 2011 | 0 Comments

Microsoft Sends Mozilla A Cupcake

By Vygantas | August 16, 2011 | 14 Comments

Microsoft Sends Mozilla A Cupcake

Orders more wholesale.

Continuing its sweet tradition, the software giant has sent a gift to Mozilla Corporation, congratulating them on the Firefox 6 release. What is that, you ask? A delicious cupcake.

Unfortunately for Mozilla, Microsoft has decided not to send a full sized cake, which would’ve been sent prior the rapid release cycle introduction. Still, a nice gesture nonetheless.

Via Neowin