Posts tagged “browser”
BrowserPlus to become Open Source
The new BrowserPlus framework – a way of extending your browser capabilities – will become open source next year, which seems a sensible way to increase its adoption: The big idea here is that we’ll have the whole platform open sourced by mid-next year, and as soon as possible we’ll have many of the services [...]
JavaScript engine war hots up
Coming soon after the announcement of Google’s new Chrome browser and its V8 JavaScript engine, the WebKit project has now released details of SquirrelFish Extreme. An update to the never officially released SquirrelFish engine, the benchmarks against Safari 3.1 certainly look impressive. Other benchmarks also show it outperforming both V8 and Firefox 3.1′s TraceMonkey engine. [...]
Google bringing new browser to the party
Google have announced news of Chrome, a new open source Webkit-based browser. The central premise is that it has been designed from the ground-up to work efficiently with the demanding web applications of today’s web. In particular, it features a JavaScript engine called V8 which can utilise multiple processes, as opposed to the single-process engines [...]
Internet Explorer beta with new porn mode
The new beta of Internet Explorer 8 for Windows features a new feature called “InPrivate Browsing”. As Microsoft explain, Now you can shop for that special gift with confidence knowing your family won’t accidentally find out. Windows Internet Explorer 8: Home page
Yahoo preview Web desktop platform
Today Yahoo are entering the world of Web desktops (“Webtops”) with BrowerPlus, a plugin for your browser that makes building rich applications a lot simpler. Included is an example Flickr uploading application that allows you to drag and drop files from your desktop onto the browser. BrowserPlus
Flock browser a real contender
It’s been about a year since I last looked at Flock, the “Social Web Browser”. In that time it’s matured into a very stable and useful application, perfect if you are into social networking and blogging. Some of the sites that it integrates with are: Facebook Flickr Twitter Youtube Flock
Netscape Navigator 9… what’s the point?
I happened to notice that Netscape have released version 9 of it’s browser. Does anyone still use this? The fact that Netscape will end all support for their browsers on 1st March makes this release seem completely pointless. (Oh, and since when did the browser re-gain the “Navigator” suffix?) Netscape Navigator 9