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Google and Adobe join forces on Open Screen Project

No one wants to install the Flash plugin?You mean the 100 people who won't already have it installed by default on their new PC?-MRE: Google and Adobe join forces on Open Screen ProjectIs Google going to take control of everything you watch like they tried to do in Chrome?No the...

Tags: Channel management, Web browsers, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., web tool, WebKit, Microsoft Corp., Web

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Smartphone UI vs feature list, can any device excel in both?

Smartphone UI vs feature list, can any device excel in both?Storm resolutionIs that 480x3600 resolution a typo? I'm having a hard time believing in pixels that asymmetric.Hero - browser?What is the browser like on this device? I know the iPhone has a very nice web browser, some of the...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Smartphone UI, HTC Hero, WebKit, Smartphone

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

Benchmarking Firefox 3.5

Benchmarking Firefox 3.5Benchmarking Firefox 3.5Any reason you chose to benchmark 3.0.5 instead of 3.0.11? Not a gripe, just curious. If its something like no speed improvements since the 3.0.5 patches then that's understandable.Something unexpected hereI just ran a Sunspider of FF3.5 running in Win7 build 7100 on this...

Tags: Web browsers, Apple Safari, Chrome, Benchmarking Firefox 3.5, Mozilla Firefox, benchmarking, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

Rise of WebKit advances mobile Web's role, opens huge opportunity for enterprise device developers

Rise of WebKit advances mobile Web's role, opens huge opportunity for enterprise device developersWebKit and Mobile, please let me introduce myself: SkyFirehttp://get.skyfire.comWorks better than the WebKit Nokia browser on my N95 by a long shot.If you've got one of the supported Mobiles, please dispatch IMMEDIATELY to download SkyFire!P.S.A nice review...

Tags: WebKit, Skyfire

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

Firefox inches towards 50%, Safari holds steady

Firefox inches towards 50%, Safari holds steadyFirefox is the one and onlyIf only for the add-ons. Adblock Plus, NoScript, MediaPlayerConnectivity. NoSquint on my netbook.Nevertheless, I occasionally use Epiphany and even Opera (I hate Opera's GUI though). Mainly for viewing websites that refuse to work properly in Firefox.Write for Firefox and...

Tags: Apple Safari, Fennec, IE8, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Open-Source Technology, Opera Software ASA, Web browser, WebKit

Discussion threads 2009-03-20

First impressions: Apple Safari 4 beta (First impressions: Apple Safari 4 beta)

First impressions: Apple Safari 4 beta (First impressions: Apple Safari 4 beta)really like the some new featuresThe top sites click is pretty cool. Got to see ZDNet headlines without waiting.So far, doesn't operate with web-based Outlook. So it's put up with Firefox (which doesn't work well) or go back...

Tags: Apple Safari 4 beta, Apple Safari 4, Apple Safari, beta, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-24

Sorry, you won't see Opera, Firefox, or Chrome soon on your iPhone

Sorry, you won't see Opera, Firefox, or Chrome soon on your iPhoneMobile Safari is fine if........I could install adblock or alter my hosts file without jailbreaking my phone. The biggest problem surfing on my iPhone is the amount of time spent loading ads.That doesn't meanThat mobile Firefox won't find...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile Safari, Mozilla Firefox, Opera Software ASA, WebKit

Discussion threads 2009-01-14

WebKit for IE? "Interesting," but it's ever going to happen

WebKit for IE? "Interesting," but it's ever going to happenThe biggest reason is the lock-in that MS gets from incompatibilities. TheyWILL maintain as many incompatibilities as possible as long as possible.You get a thumbs up for "blorgasm"!! :) nt.GPL??? Fact-check please.WebKit is BSD licensed. The JavaScriptCore and WebCore components are...

Tags: Web browsers, Apple Safari, WebKit, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-11-07

Why IE 8 won't use the WebKit rendering engine

Why IE 8 won't use the WebKit rendering engineYou have to stop using Net Applications.It is an IIS driven opt in unknown methodology counting system. There is no reason to believe it represents reality except as stated, in a custom network of IIS driven click driven network. It...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, WebKit, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE 8

Discussion threads 2008-11-07

Why IE 8 won't use the WebKit rendering engine

Despite the fact that many developers would welcome more rendering-engine compatibility, anyone expecting Microsoft to switch out its "Trident" engine and replace it with WebKit in Internet Explorer IE -- especially in IE 8 -- is misguided. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., IE 8, WebKit, Final IE 8

Blog posts 2008-11-07

Microsoft? IE? WebKit? Don't count on it

Microsoft? IE? WebKit? Don't count on itAs long as IE Supports Web StandardsWhy should they turn to WebKit? Imagine a software world where everything was open source? That to me is scary. Where is the innovation in open source? Where is the competition that drives innovation...

Tags: Web browsers, Quality, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., WebKit, Microsoft Internet Explorer, open source, standards

Discussion threads 2008-11-07

Microsoft? IE? WebKit? Don't count on it

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's developer powwow is getting some attention on what was almost a throwaway sentence. Ballmer said Microsoft may look at WebKit, the browser rendering engine in the Safari and Chrome. Naturally, that turned into Microsoft adopting WebKit for Internet Explorer Techmeme. ...

Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., WebKit, WebKit Comment, Quality, Web Browsers, Business Operations, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-07

Firefox 3.1 raises the browser bar ... again

Firefox 3.1 raises the browser bar ... againWhat's wrong with the benchmarks?[Quote] "[i]Way to skewer the graphs by comparing everything to IE7 instead of IE8 B2. If you're going to be comparing Beta releases, at least be consistent.[/i]"In the 3 benchmark graphs I see that Chrome, IE7, IE8 beta2, Firefox...

Tags: Web browsers, IE8 Beta, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Chrome, Firefox 3.1, Web browser, WebKit

Discussion threads 2008-10-15

Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight

Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlightis Flash chopped liver?I don't get it... Flash is ubiquitous.. it's on almost every PC out there and has a huge developer base behind it, yet these people are implying Silverlight is THE platform to beat. What does Silverlight have that Flash doesn't (besides a...

Tags: Scripting languages, Adobe RIA, SWF, Chrome, WebKit RiA, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, WebKit, Microsoft Office, SVG, Adobe Systems Inc., developer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Who wins with Google Chrome

Who wins with Google ChromeChrome adds a lot. By about any measure, Chrome will be way ahead of IE8.If there was nothing new here, there would be no excitement.Chrome Adds Nothing NewAt this point in time, Chrome adds effectively nothing new. It's little more than a late attempt to...

Tags: Web browsers, WebKit, FF 3.1, Chrome, Google Inc., Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

Chrome (beta)

Google has released the beta version of a new browser, Chrome. In its comic-book preannouncement, Google stated correctly that watching videos, chatting, and even playing Web-based games didn't exist when browsers were first invented. Google wants the browser to help users focus on the applications and pages they are...

Tags: Web browsers, WebKit, Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, Omnibox

Product reviews 2008-09-02

Will Google Chrome be the Android's mobile browser?

Will Google Chrome be the Android's mobile browser?I can not imagine that they would NOT put Chrome on Android. But, the firstshipping version might not be. For them to not use their own browser on their own mobile OS would be suicide.Memory Models may Dictate OtherwiseGoogle state that Chrome's design...

Tags: Web browsers, Advertising & Promotion, Google Chrome, mobile, Web browser, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Google Chrome bats 1-for-3 for me

Google Chrome bats 1-for-3 for meNo AdBlock Plus...no Chrome. Simple as that.what do you expect it's a beta!'Ordinary' users would never be trying to surf with a beta release of a niche browser minutes after it's release.Don't be such an arse - you know damn well that most browsers...

Tags: Web browsers, WebKit, Google Chrome, plug-in, Google Inc., Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

First look at Google Chrome

Yesterday Google inadvertantly disclosed that it was planning to release a browser called Chrome when the Google Blogoscoped blog was sent and it seems received a couple of days early a comic book outlining some of the browsers new features. Today we get to see the browser first-hand. by Adrian...

Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, google, chrome, webkit, browser, v8

Image galleries 2008-09-02

Could Google's Chome be death blow to Firefox?

Could Google's Chome be death blow to Firefox?Purchasing Firefox could be a disaster.Purchasing Firefox could be a disaster. IE8 is getting close to release, and having a Firefox/Chrome transition (or worse, battle) could kill their market share if IE8 is released during the transition.Could Google's Chome be death blow to...

Tags: Web browsers, WebKit, IE8, Chome, Mozilla Firefox, Google Inc., Chrome, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-09-02