Weekly Browsers Recap, June 7th

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• Microsoft Pushes Hard with Internet Explorer 9
It looks like Microsoft IE team tries to do its best to make you forget about Internet Explorer 6/7 mess.

• Internet Explorer 6 Market Share to Reach 10% in 2010
If we analyze Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 market share trend, the following conclusion can be made.

• Mozilla to Add Weave Sync for the Next Firefox Release
It appears that Mozilla has decided to integrate data synch feature into the upcoming major Firefox release.
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Tab Phishing

Now here is a clever one.

As Mozilla Firefox creative lead Aza Raskin describes it, the attack is as elegant as it is simple: A user has multiple tabs open, and surfs to a site that uses special javacript code to silently alter the contents of a tabbed page along with the information displayed on the tab itself, so that when the user switches back to that tab it appears to be the login page for a site the user normally visits.

Even with NoScript plugin installed, users were still vulnerable. Fortunately, May 27th update fixes that.

Google Chrome to Android Extension

Here is a nifty extension for Android 2.2 and Google Chrome users.

You can now send links from your web browser directly to your Android device using Cloud to Device Messaging service.

As for other platform users, there is always a mail.

Download.

Google Releases Chrome 5 Stable

Few days ago, Google has released the final version of Google Chrome 5 web browser, tagged as version 5.0.375.55, for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems.

Besides more than just a few security patches (6), they managed to fix a handful of stability issues as well.

Chrome 5 brings browser preferences and bookmarks sync, HTML5 features, updated bookmark manager and more.

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Thanks to Blake and Rafael Luik for the news tip.

Chrome to Replace Firefox in Ubuntu?

If UberGizmo rumor is true, Canonical, a company behind Ubuntu is planning to ditch Firefox web browser in favor of Google Chrome (or Chromium).

In fact, Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10 should be the very first version to do that.

How this version differs from the desktop release? It has a new interface, designed for restricted size machines that features a single menu bar design (more about it here).

It’s still unclear, whether same changes are planned for desktop version or not.

Acer Bursts Chrome OS Device Bubble

Last week, rumors were floating around about the upcoming Acer announcement at Computex regarding Chrome OS device.

Unfortunately, company has issued a press release stating that company has no “short-term plans for such a product”.

However, such device is still plausible in the future, as Acer said: “Acer believes that Google Chrome OS is without doubt an exciting product announcement and deserves it’s full attention as well as an in-depth study of its potential from a consumers perspective.”

Weekly Browsers Recap, May 17th

• Internet Explorer History Monitor
• Install Firefox add-on without restarting, now in nightly builds
• Mozilla Plugin Check for All Browsers
• The Book of Mozilla
• Use Google Chrome to Drag Images into e-mails‎
• Verizon’s Tablet Bet Is on Google Chrome‎
• Why the Opera web browser is anti-Flash
• Opera’s Secrets Unlocked: 16 Tips and Tricks
• Apple Safari Browser Hit By Zero-day Vulnerability
• iPad JavaScript Shockingly Slow?
• Is Your Browser HTML5 and CSS3 Ready?
• Android Browser Roundup

Thanks to Android, Ichann, Nox and Tiago Sá for links.

Google Chrome 6 Dev Is Here

Here we go again. The sixth version of Google Chrome, labeled 6.0.401.1, has been just released and can be found at dev channel.

Just like with some previous “major” releases, it has neither significant improvements nor any under the hood changes.

Changelog:
- Don’t prepend scheme on copying an incomplete hostname. (Issue 43585)
- Much better display/eliding of RTL and mixed-direction strings in the omnibox dropdown. (Issue 41716)

Download.

Weekly Browsers Recap, May 10th

• Microsoft publishes its latest Security Intelligence Report, Vol. 8
• Worldwide Internet Explorer 6 Boycott? JavaScript Guru Says Do It!
• IE9 Platform Preview 2: more of the same, but a bit faster
• Firefox: How to Duplicate a Tab
• Mozilla to Detail Next Version of Firefox‎
• Updated Firefox 3.6.4 beta available for download and testing
• Google Buys BumpTop, A 3D User Interface For Chrome OS & Android?
• Opera Joins Flash Debate: “You Can Cook an Egg” While It’s Running
• How to change action for file types in Opera
• Unpatched drive-by download flaw in Apple Safari browser‎
• “Silent” update of Opera Mini 5
• FastMail.FM FAQ

Thanks to mabdul and RamaSubbu SK for links.

How to Remove New Google Search Sidebar?

If you are not a big fan of new Google Search sidebar (which was introduced recently), here are few simple scripts for Firefox and Google Chrome users to remove it.

Google Classic
Remove Google Sidebar

In addition: feel free to try Hide Google options add-on as well.

Via SmarterWare.

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