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Archive for the ‘Browsers’ Category
Firefox Turns 5
Posted in Browsers, Fun on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How Fast is Google Chrome?
Posted in Browsers, Fun, Internet, Research, Trends on March 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Check out some of these experiments! Using both Google Chrome and Javascript, programmers are showing us how fast and flexible this browser really is. As you’re playing with some of these experiments, consider how quickly it responds to your mouse/input. It’s very much like having an application installed on your computer — except that it’s [...]
Google Chrome
Posted in Browsers, Software on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Google has entered the browser marketplace with it’s open source Google Chrome. It’s name refers to the chrome-like look of the browser.
I’ve been using it for a while now and, I have to say that, although it’s missing a few features for me, I really like it. It allows me to close just the tab that crashes, [...]
Mobile Web Best Practices
Posted in Accessibility, Browsers, Handhelds, Standards, Web Design/HTML on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The World Wide Web Consortium has announced a recommendation that will help us create web pages for mobile devices — Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0.
It includes a list of 60 best practices, which are provided at the beginning of the document and discussed further into the document. A definite good read!
[from beSpacific]
XHTML Version 1.1
Posted in Browsers, Standards, Web Design/HTML on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
XHTML Basic has been updated to version 1.1. From the W3C website:
The XHTML Basic document type includes the minimal set of modules required to be an XHTML host language document type, and in addition it includes images, forms, basic tables, and object support. It is designed for Web clients that do not support the full set of XHTML features; for example, [...]
Internet Users Not Updating Their Browsers
Posted in Browsers, Security on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One easily remedied security issue on the Internet is the upgrading of its software — browsers, in particular. A study, Understanding the Web browser threat: Examination of vulnerable online Web browser populations and the “insecurity iceberg,” provides us detailed information on our users and their dated web browsers.
At the time, approximately 637 million people had installed a [...]
Acid3 Test
Posted in Browsers on April 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Update 4/13/08:
Apparently, there is more to the Acid3 Test than just displaying the graphic below correctly. There are actually three parts to this test. Both WebKit and Opera have passed two of the three tests at this point. Thanks for the clarification, Lars!
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The Web Standards Project is always trying to focus those developing and manufacturing [...]
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1
Posted in Browsers, Security, Standards on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Microsoft is allowing developers to download the first beta of Internet Explorer version 8. They are asking the rest of us to wait until at least the second beta. However, some of the changes they’ve made should be helpful:
URLs in the Address Bar will now have the owning domain name highlighted. For [...]
Netscape Dies February 1, 2008
Posted in Browsers on January 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
According to Wired:
Tom Drapeau, AOL’s director of the Netscape brand, announced in a blog post Friday that AOL will cease development on all Netscape web browsers on February 1, 2008. The company will continue to support the current version of the browser, Netscape 9, by releasing patches or security fixes until that date. After February [...]
Firefox Extensions for Libraries
Posted in Browsers on January 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ellyssa Kroski has culled the 2,000 extensions for Firefox and provided three lists that can be helpful for librarians and within libraries:
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
There are 40 extensions in each list and they run the gamut — have fun!
[from LibrarianInBlack]
