Tag: IE

Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Beta 2 Features Revealed

By | July 29, 2008 | 5 Comments

Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Beta 2Although the 2nd beta of Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) will be released on August only, new Beta 2 features were revealed earlier today.

What’s new?

Frame Process Merging

Instead of running 2 processes every time you launch Internet Explorer 8, it will use 1 now = improved startup performance. Continue Reading

Internet Explorer Loses. Firefox, Safari and Opera Gains (June 08)

By | July 18, 2008 | 0 Comments

2008 June Browsers Market Share ResultsYet another month passed by and it’s time to check how’s your favorite browser doing. On June, Firefox 3 and Opera 9.5 final versions were released. Did release increased those browsers market share? Let’s find out.

Internet Explorer continues its tradition to lose market share. This time it decreased by 0.74%, from 73.75% to 73.01%. Continue Reading

From IE7 Team Ex-Employer: Firefox is Better

By | July 16, 2008 | 1 Comment

Internet ExplorerSo there’s a guy who used to work on Microsoft Internet Explorer team. Although it’s not so easy to say that, he admits that Firefox 3 is better than IE7. After playing with Firefox 3, he says:

When I use IE now, it feels slow and poorly put together.

You may read his post here.

Catching Up

By | July 8, 2008 | 1 Comment

Catching Up As wrote before, I was not able to post any news for some time… Well, it’s time to catch up and summarize everything what happened during that period of time.

Opera Dragonfly alpha 2 released
Firefox 2.0.0.15 released
Mozilla Weave 0.2 (aka Opera Link) released
Firefox 3 Sets a Guinness World Record
Opera adds Ask.com search to its Web browser
40% of surfers don’t bother with browser security updates
Study Finds Firefox Users Safest, IE Users Unsafe
Meet the Fennec logo (Firefox Mobile)
Opera 9.51 released
IE8 to have antimalware protection
Opera brings Web standards to classrooms worldwide

Browsers Memory Battle

By | June 30, 2008 | 10 Comments

Browsers Memory BattleThere is an article in ComputerWorld.com called “Firefox 3.0 wins memory battle, says tester“. Sam Allen was testing Firefox, Internet Explorer (IE), Flock, Opera and Safari web browsers to see who wins in the memory management. “Test” is quite funny. There are no graphs at all and basically nothing… I guess this is what quality article is all about.

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

By | 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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Internet Explorer Loses. Firefox, Safari and Opera Gains (May 08)

By | June 2, 2008 | 13 Comments

2008 May Browsers Market Share ResultsYet again we have new web browsers market share data report.

Internet Explorer continues losing its market share. This time it lost more than 1%, from 74.83% to 73.75% (1.08% decrease).

With the Firefox 3 RC release, Firefox managed to increase its market share by 0.65%, from 17.76% to 18.41%. Continue Reading

IE7Pro 2.3 Released

By | May 21, 2008 | 1 Comment

IE7Pro 2.3One of the most popular add-ons for Internet Explorer 7 and 8 just got an update. IE7Pro 2.3 now offers faster browsing on IE browsers, session manager, new ActiveXObject interface and much more.

Here’s a full changelog: Continue Reading

Internet Explorer, Opera Mini Gains. Firefox and Safari Loses (April 08)

By | May 13, 2008 | 3 Comments

2008 April Browsers Market Share ResultsAfter some strange results, for example: huge Internet Explorer gains and other web browsers drops in the market share, HitsLink made some changes. Yes, it’s time for the “fixed” 2008, April market share report.

After Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 release, IE increased its market share by 0.03% (from 74.80% to 74.83%) for a first time since October, 2007. Continue Reading

More Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Details (Screenshot)

By | March 5, 2008 | 3 Comments

Internet Explorer 8While we’re waiting for Microsoft to talk more about upcoming Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) release and its features, more and more new features “lists” are being published. Here’s a screenshot for you to check (fake or not). Continue Reading