http://www.favbrowser.com Web Browsers News and Reviews. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:58:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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? Final Results Lower is better. Tests were running on fresh ... http://www.favbrowser.com/performance-firefox-vs-safari-vs-google-chrome-vs-opera/ This is it folks, the first official Opera 10 build is here! I can’t wait to try it. Quick changelog: Presto 2.2 Engine Performance boost 100/100 and pixel-perfect on the Acid3 test Auto-update Inline spelling checker Opera Mail improvements, including rich text composition and delete after X days Widget Improvements on Linux For mode details, check this post. [digg-reddit-me] http://www.favbrowser.com/opera-10-alpha-1-released/ If you are being annoyed by flashy and sparkling flash objects which just loads your CPU with no good reason and looking for any ways to block them, then we have a solution for you. Of course, you could just uninstall Adobe Flash Player, but this is not a good ... http://www.favbrowser.com/block-flash-on-internet-explorer-firefox-and-opera/ Opera Software has released its third quarter financial results. Main highlights: Mobile: 58 new phones with Opera pre-installed, including 16 new phones with Opera Mobile and 42 with Opera Mini Opera Mobile shipments pre-installed: 8 million Opera Desktop: Desktop users grew by 20% in 3Q (up 40% from end 2007) Opera Mini: 21 million monthly users of Opera ... http://www.favbrowser.com/opera-financials-q3-2008/ An article on 3 web browsers: Firefox, Google Chrome and Flock. Safari and Opera were left behind. Read the article. There were few interesting comments on that article though. For example: "Opera hasn’t changed, there’s nothing new or exciting, nothing to talk about. People don’t ignore Opera, they just don’t really care about ... http://www.favbrowser.com/browser-head-to-head-chrome-vs-firefox-vs-flock/ For the first time in history, Firefox has reached and stayed above 20% market share mark. This is a great victory for both, developers and its fans. Next stop is 50% [digg-reddit-me] http://www.favbrowser.com/firefox-grabs-20-market-share/ If you are looking to download Firefox 64 bit, then this is the right place to start. But first, let’s check some benchmarks to see if 64bit Firefox has any performance advantages against Firefox 32bit. 3.0 (x86) vs 3.1 (x64) Lower is better Ubuntu 8.04 TLS on AMD Turion 64 1.8GHz Lower is ... http://www.favbrowser.com/firefox-32-bit-x86-vs-firefox-64-bit-x64/ In an email to his staff on Mozilla’s Financials which was sent on October 10, 2008, John Lilly also revealed its future expectations for the year 2009. To summarize everything: Mozilla intends to grow by 75 in 2009. Mozilla is break even. Mozilla believes Google Chrome could reach 7% market share next year. For a ... http://www.favbrowser.com/mozillas-financials-planned-growth-in-2009/ Opera Mini 4.2 Final was just released which features some great new features and performance improvements. With the release, new promotional video was made as well. What's new? Skins - Personalize Opera Mini by choosing a new colorful skin. Video - We are working to make video content available on more phones through ... http://www.favbrowser.com/opera-mini-42-released/ For the first time in history, on December 11th at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, the conference will be held dedicated to web browsers add-ons. People from Google, Microsoft and Mozilla will come together to discuss the future of web browsing. Platinum Sponsors: Microsoft, Mozilla For Agenda and Registration, please ... http://www.favbrowser.com/add-on-con/