Internet Explorer 9 vs. Google Chrome 7 vs. Firefox 4 (Hardware Acceleration)

As Google Chrome 7 (dev) now includes hardware acceleration, guys from DownloadSquad decided to test it along with Internet Explorer 9 (developers preview) and Firefox 4 (beta).

What are the results?
Google Chrome 7 utilized the most of the hardware resources, delivering better FPS (frames per second) than Internet Explorer 9 or Firefox 4, which took the last place.

However, as those are not the final builds, don’t draw your conclusions yet, things might change in the future.

Thanks to geek for the news tip.

Weekly Browsers Recap, August 30th

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Internet Explorer 9 UI Screenshot, Features
Out of all potential IE9 “leaks” and concepts, this one is definitely the most plausible.

Facebook Chat to Stop Supporting IE6
According to Facebook blog post, company will be dropping Internet Explorer 6 support for its chat application…
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Facebook Chat to Stop Supporting IE6

According to Facebook blog post, company will be dropping Internet Explorer 6 support for its chat application on September 15th, 2010.

Rodrigo Schmidt explains that the older web browsers, such as 9 year old Internet Explorer 6, do not support various features that are essential for Facebook Chat improvements.

What about the rest of web site? No information yet, one step at a time.

Internet Explorer 9 UI Screenshot, Features

Out of all potential IE9 “leaks” and concepts, this one is definitely the most plausible.

MS4Press.ru has written an article called “5 new opportunities with IE9″ (translated title) that did include the following screenshot.

Obviously, mentioned post has been removed since then and the higher resolution image is not yet available.

If you are curious enough about the content, here is a cached version from Bing + Google Translate:
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Windows Phone 7 Browser Comparison

Guys at PocketNow.com compared Windows Phone 7, iPhone and Android browsing experience.

Weekly Browsers Recap, August 23rd

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• The History of Internet Explorer
As Microsoft celebrates the 15th birthday of Internet Explorer, lets dive into the past and see how it all started…

• Is Internet Explorer the Modern Times Jesus?
Before we begin… If you are easily offended Christian, just skip this post.
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Steam Software Survey

It looks like Steam survey now also tracks software usage. While it’s just a minority of all Internet users (and all of them are gamers), you can still gather some interesting numbers.

Personally, I was curious about Microsoft Silverlight adoption. Turns out, 1 out of 2 people has actually Silverlight installed. Adobe Flash Player on the other hand dominates the market.

Stats:

For a complete list, visit the following page.

Thanks to nobody and Nox for the news tip!

Even Google Knows It (Pic)

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6 of the Worst Web Browser Features

There comes a time when browser developers decide to implement a specific feature or do things in certain way that may cripple user experience.

So, lets dig into this mess and find out, what these things actually are.

Internet Explorer: Connecting

Turns out, such simple task as opening new tab, can also become a headache. If you’ve been using Internet Explorer 7/8, then infamous “Connecting…” message is already wired into your brain.
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Weekly Browsers Recap, August 17th

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• Internet Explorer 9 Launching on September 15th
IE team has just announced the launch of Internet Explorer 9 Beta that will take place in San Francisco on September 15th.

• Firefox 4 Beta 3, Now with Multi Touch
Mozilla has just released the Beta 3 of Firefox web browser that enables multi-touch…
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