Weekly Browsers Recap, January 4th

• Make “Add-ons” for Google Chrome Using Bookmarklets
• Power Twitter: Inline Media, Integrated Search And A Lot More
• New Firefox themes for a new year
• An Easier Way to Go Back in Opera Mobile
• Adobe’s Flash and Apple’s Safari Fail a Privacy Test

Web Browsers Security Handbook

Now here is something quite informative. Browser Security Handbook published by Google.

As Google explains, the document is meant to provide web application developers, browser engineers, and information security researchers with a one-stop reference to key security properties of contemporary web browsers.

The following browsers are included: Read more

Weekly Browsers Recap, December 21th

Sorry for not posting last few days. Had no internet (provider problems) connection since Thursday. Time to catch up.

• Google Chrome To Become Default Internet Web Browser
• Recent Updates Flood in for Google Chrome
• Test Finds Google Chrome, Apple Safari Weakest in Browser Password Management
• Analysis: Is Microsoft’s IE Flaw The Last Nail In Its Desktop Coffin?
• Microsoft releases patch for critical IE security flaw
• Firefox 2.0.0.20 now available for download
• Mozilla Officially Ends Support for Firefox 2
• Camino 1.6.6 Released
• Amaya 11 Released

Weekly Browsers Recap, December 14th

• Google dumps Firefox from download bundle, swaps in Chrome
• Fennec/Mobile Firefox coming to Symbian S60 in 2009
• Firefox, Chrome virtually tied for JavaScript speed
• Time for Mac Antivirus? Apple Safari Users Targeted on Facebook
• Microsoft Gets More Detailed About IE Vulnerability and Workarounds
• Skyfire rolls out UK mobile browser
• Net Applications again: Opera vs. Chrome - actual numbers vs. claimed market share

How to Disable Safari Font Smoothing

Here is how you can turn off smooth fonts in Safari.

Edt > Preferences
Open Appearance tab.

Find Font smoothing setting which should be set to Strong and make it “Standard - best for CRT” instead.

Girls as Browsers (Pics) v2

If web browsers were girls… Here is how they would look like.

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Web Browsers as Famous Girls

Via my.opera.com

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Performance: Firefox vs. Safari vs. Google Chrome vs. Opera

It’s time to run one of the most popular JavaScript performance tools: SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark.

We will be testing Firefox 3.0.4, Firefox 3.1 Beta 1, Safari 3.2, WebKit r38794, Google Chrome 0.4.154.29, Opera 9.62 and Opera 10 Alpha 1 builds.

Let’s begin, shall we? Read more

Safari 3.2 Released

Apple has released a new version of Safari 3.2 through the Mac OS X Software Update. The latest version of Safari provides improved security as well as protection from phishing websites:

This update is recommended for all Safari users and features protection from fraudulent phishing websites and better identification of online businesses. This update also includes the latest security updates. Read more

Yahoo Inquisitor Add-On for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari

Here’s a great toy for your web browser: Inquisitor, which was accrued by Yahoo Inc. some time ago.

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