Steam Replaces Internet Explorer with WebKit
February 26, 2010 by Vygantas Lipskas · 3 Comments
Steam, one of the most popular content delivery platforms is ditching Internet Explorer rendering engine in favor of Webkit.
“We swapped out the Internet Explorer rendering engine with WebKit, which gives us a bunch of size, stability and performance benefits,” John Cook, Director of Steam Development at Valve said.
Who’s next?
If you would like to try a new version of Steam (beta), please visit the following page.
Weekly Browsers Recap, December 14th
December 14, 2009 by Vygantas Lipskas · 1 Comment
- Microsoft CSS Vendor Extensions
- Mozilla exec urges Firefox users ditch Google for Bing
- Mobile Firefox release candidate coming as early as next week
- Move the Close Tab Button in Firefox
- 6 Killer Extensions for Google Chrome
- Why Mac Google Chrome is Better
- Opera on Google Chrome OS: what me worry?
- Opera Mobile 10 Comes to Android Via Carriers and Manufacturers
- Opera Mini Minor Server Upgrade
- Google’s Mac browser whips Firefox and Opera, lags Apple’s Safari
- WebGL Draft Specification Now Available
Thanks to Rob for links.
Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), Silverlight 4 Plans to Emerge Tomorrow
November 17, 2009 by Vygantas Lipskas · 4 Comments
Neowin reports that Microsoft VP Steven Sinofsky is going to announce plans for Internet Explorer 9 tomorrow, at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC).
Also, Scott Guthrie shall reveal more details about Silverlight 4.
September, 2009 – Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera Market Share Goes Up; IE – Down
October 2, 2009 by Vygantas Lipskas · 11 Comments
New month and we are back to Net Applications data, so let’s begin.
Not so surprisingly, Internet Explorer continues to lose its market share and fell from 66.97% to 65.71%.
This time Firefox has gained 0.77 point of its market share and went up from 22.98% to 23.75%. Read more
Google Brings Chrome Rendering Engine to Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8
September 23, 2009 by Vygantas Lipskas · 1 Comment
In an effort to help developers build rich web apps, Google has released a plug-in for Internet Explorer.
Here’s what Google says about it:
“Google Chrome Frame is an early-stage open source plug-in that seamlessly brings Google Chrome’s open web technologies and speedy JavaScript engine to Internet Explorer. With Google Chrome Frame, you can:
Start using open web technologies – like the HTML5 canvas tag – right away, even technologies that aren’t yet supported in Internet Explorer 6, 7, or 8.
Take advantage of JavaScript performance improvements to make your apps faster and more responsive.” Read more
IE6 No More
August 5, 2009 by Vygantas Lipskas · 20 Comments
Here comes another campaign to kill Internet Explorer 6 and urge its user to upgrade their browser.
As always, web masters are asked to add a special code into their site (which is ridiculous long) and hope for the best. Read more
Web Browser Books
July 30, 2009 by Vygantas Lipskas · 1 Comment
Surfing Amazon today I came across something interesting. Believe it or not, there are actually books such as: “Opera for Dummies”, “Don’t Click on the Blue E!: Switching to Firefox” and couple more.
Not sure if they are any good and why people would actually buy them (when you can find all the info on-line), but anyway: Read more
Internet Explorer Developer Tools vs. Firefox Firebug vs. Safari Web Inspector vs. Opera Dragonfly
July 23, 2009 by Vygantas Lipskas · 7 Comments
The time has come to compare most popular web browsers developer tools: Internet Explorer 8 Developer Tools, Firefox Firebug (1.4), Safari Web Inspector (r46183) which is similar to Google Chrome Developer Tools and Opera Dragonfly (Alpha 3).
About
Those are default installed web browsers/extensions with no settings changed. This is a mini comparison which focuses on elements inspection, source modification and overall usage rather than advanced tools. If you find yourself using features such as script debugging, elements loading speed, etc. this review might not be very helpful. Read more
Time Lapse Construction – Browser for the Better (Video)
July 20, 2009 by Vygantas Lipskas · 1 Comment
Here is one more IE video which promotes BrowserfortheBetter.com campaign.
If you haven’t heard about “Browser for the Better” yet, then this line will explain pretty much everything: for every IE 8 download through that web site, Microsoft will donate 8 meals to Feeding America organization. Now enjoy the video.
Weekly Browsers Recap, July 7th
July 7, 2009 by Vygantas Lipskas · 2 Comments
