Tag: Mac OS
Firefox 5 and Hardware Accelerated Canvas for Mac OS, Linux, XP
Hardware acceleration is great if you are running Vista or Windows 7 machines. However, when it comes to XP or other operating systems, you won’t be able to experience the very best of it.
What’s the solution?
Joe Drew, the developer of Firefox web browser is considering writing a hardware accelerated backend to canvas, possibly in collaboration with other browser maker (you are welcome to join).
As he said:
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Fake: New and Different Mac OS X Web Browser
Now here is an interesting spin on a regular web browser. Basically, it’s a programmable web browser, designed with automation in mind. Think about it as a blend of Safari and OS X Apple Script utility.
According to Fake web page, you can use it to automate various web tasks, such as: filling forms and/or capturing screenshots. Developers may also find it beneficial, as they can use Fake to graphically configure automated tests for their web applications.
However, there are two downsides: Mac OS X only and a price of $29.95.
“Stable” Google Chrome for Mac OS X Released
Today Google has released yet another build of its Chrome web browser for Mac OS X. While final version should be ready by the end of this year, Gizmodo reports, that this release is quite solid and worth a try.
Google itself describes those releases as lacking certain privacy features and not appropriate for general consumer use.
If you are anxious enough and would like start using Chrome on Mac as soon as possible, here are some download links:
Direct Download (DMG file) | Chrome Dev Channel | Chromium Builds
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First Google Chrome for Mac Screenshots
Mike Pinkerton has just published the first 2 screenshots of Google Chrome running on Mac OS.
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New Apple Safari Vulnerability Discovered
Guy Brian has discovered a new Safari vulnerability which affects Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) users who haven’t changed default feed reader preferences.
This vulnerability allows phishing sites to silently read all the user data from hard drive without him knowing that.
There is however a workaround for Safari users on Windows OS. Continue Reading
Touch Your Firefox on Mac OS
Here’s something for you. An experimental Firefox 3.1 build was released earlier today with multitouch support which will work on any latest MacBook.
The following gestures are:
Swipe Left: Go back in history [bonus! hold Cmd to open it in a tab]
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OmniWeb 5.8 Released
One of the shareware web browsers for Mac OS X has just received an update which includes new version of WebKit, few bug fixes and minor interface changes.
What’s new in this release?
WebKit
This release is primarily an update to the version of WebKit in use by OmniWeb. OmniWeb is now based on the same WebKit in use by Safari 3.1. This includes the latest security patches and features included with Safari 3.1.x such as downloadable fonts, CSS Animation, HTML 5 media tags and client side database storage. Continue Reading
Download Google Chrome for Linux and Mac OS X
Using Linux or Mac OS X and want to try Google Chrome? Try Chromium which codebase is based on Chrome.
Few important things which you should know before trying it:
This is just a proof of concept, for fun, and to showcase what Wine can do.
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Camino 1.6.3 Released
Camino 1.6.3 web browser for Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later is now released. This release contains the following improvements over the version 1.6.2:
Upgraded to version 1.8.1.16 of the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine, which includes several critical security and stability fixes.
Download Camino 1.6.3: English or Multilingual
Camino 1.6 Released
The web browser for Mac OS X, built on Mozilla’s Gecko rendering engine, Camino 1.6 is now released. The new version now features automatic software updates, improved tabbed browsing, improved search toolbar, changed user interface and a bit more. For a complete list of changes, feel free to check Camino 1.6 Release Notes.
Download Camino 1.6 (English Only).
Download Camino 1.6 (Multilingual).
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