Memory test - Firefox 2.0.0.9 vs Firefox 3.0 b 1
Does Firefox 3.0 beta 1 do a better job of handling memory than earlier versions? In a test put Firefox 3.0 beta up against Firefox 2.0.0.9 in a series of tests.
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21.11.2007 Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 - Fastest browser yet!
I’ve had a little hands-on time with Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 now and initial testing shows it to be the fastest browser available.
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2.4.2008 IE8 Performance vs. Google Chrome and Firefox
With Microsoft making headway towards the gold build of Internet Explorer 8, the Redmond company has to face an ugly truth. Performance-wise, with emphasis on JavaScrip performance, the software giant is getting ready to release a browser inferior to what is already available from rivals Google and Mozilla.
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27.9.2008 Microsoft's own speed tests show IE beating Chrome, Firefox
Microsoft has released its own tests that show IE8 can load many websites faster than two open source browsers: Firefox and Chrome.
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12.3.2009 Firefox Web Browser Gains Slightly at Internet Explorer's Expense
NEW YORK — Mozilla's Firefox Web browser edged up slightly in usage at the expense of Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Internet Explorer, commanding nearly 11 percent of the U.S. market on a typical weekday, according to research by WebSideStory.
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16.12.2006 Google Chrome - Web browser from Google
Google has released the very first beta of their new web browser, Google Chrome. Chrome is a browser that, for now at least, is focused on offering a full browsing experience within a minimalistic user interface.
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2.9.2008 Firefox vs. Internet Explorer, Ahead of IE8 and Firefox 3.1
For the past couple of years Internet Explorer has been on a downward spiral, albeit slow, but inching down with every passing month, with only Firefox to blame.
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2.12.2008 Convert your firefox favorites and feeds into IE7 with "Firefox To IE7"
My friend blake, who runs windowscoding.com, has just posted this really useful application to his blog..
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30.7.2006 TheWorld Browser 2.0 RC1
TheWorld Browser is a tiny, fast, safe, powerful, multi-tabbed with multi-threaded frame browser, it is a freeware with no function limited.
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2.4.2007 Browser wars renewed
With the launch of Internet Explorer 8 as the latest volley in the browser wars—IE vs. Firefox vs. Google Chrome vs. Apple’s Safari—there’s a lot of talk about speed, browsing improvements and rendering engines. Where does security fit into the equation?
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20.3.2009 Opera Web Browser Goes Freeware
Following a successful 24-hour giveaway last month, Opera Software has decided to drop the banner ads from its Web browser and permanently nix the licensing fee. Opera 8.5 is now available for download free of charge, putting new pressure on Firefox as it nears version 1.5.
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BitTorrent to Remain in Opera Browser
Opera released details of a plan Monday to further integrate BitTorrent capabilities into an upcoming version of its Web browser, saying integrating the technology would allow for faster and more efficient downloads of large files. The move could also anger intellectual property holders however, who see the network as a boon to piracy.
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7.2.2006 Microsoft, Mozilla look into browser flaws
Microsoft and Mozilla are each working to tackle recently disclosed security flaws in the Internet Explorer and Firefox Web browsers.
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20.2.2007 Microsoft: How to install a browser on Windows 7 E
Microsoft have created a guidance page on the Windows 7 part of their website, detailing how users should go about installing a browser on Windows 7 E – the main version of Windows that will ship in the UK, that comes without a browser.
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15.7.2009 Android Dresses Up In Chrome
Microsoft's Google Chrome problem may start on the PC but it ends on cell phones. Microsoft's competitive position is at best tenuous at a time when it needs tenaciousness.
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4.9.2008 Google releases Chrome 3
Google has released its third major revision of Chrome. The updated browser boasts a 150% (25% over its most recent stable release) increase in javascript performance since the launch of version 1.
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15.9.2009 Google Chrome 4.0.211.4
With the Google Chrome 3.0 stable release barely out the door, the Google team is not looking back and the web browser reached 4.0.211.4 in the developer channel with the latest release.
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21.9.2009 Google Chrome 4 Beta
he Chrome beta channel has been updated to version 4. If you're already in the beta channel, you can go ahead and run the auto-update (if it hasn't ran already).
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4.11.2009 Avant Browser 10.1 (Build 35)
Avant Browser is a fast, stable, user-friendly, versatile web browser. Avant Browser is a multi-window browser which features with many functions such as Pop-up Stopper and Flash Ads Filter, Built-in Google Searching, Safe Recovery, Integrated Cleaner and Advanced Browsing Options. Flash Animation Filter: More than 85% of all flash animation on web pages is advertising. These flash files are pretty large, and normally take up to 90% of the size of the page you're visiting.
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14.12.2005 March Security360 Preview: Browser Security
This month's Security360 webcast examines tactics for helping to secure the world's most popular software application, as well as security features in Internet Explorer 7.
The Web browser is the most ubiquitous desktop application in the computing world. Whether it's at home or at work, just about everyone uses one. Using the Web browser is the number one daily activity for business users to conduct research and access company applications.
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18.3.2006 New Microsoft Browser Raises Google's Hackles
With a $10 billion advertising market at stake, Google, the fast-rising Internet star, is raising objections to the way that it says Microsoft, the incumbent powerhouse of computing, is wielding control over Internet searching in its new Web browser.
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1.5.2006 MS agrees to browser choice in Europe
Microsoft is willing to give Windows 7 users in Europe a choice of browsers, rather than simply no browser.
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26.7.2009 Google Chrome - reasons to avoid
As we reported, Google has released the first beta of their new web browser, Google Chrome. Within a day of its release, there are already a couple of points that users should be cautioned of before using this new browser.
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5.9.2008 Google Chrome 2.0.170.0 Beta
Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. Google Chrome combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.
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18.3.2009 Download Google Chrome 2.0.174.0
The latest version of the open-source browser made available for download through the Google Chrome Developer channel is 2.0.174.0. With Google Chrome 2.0.174.0, the Mountain View-based search giant is offering end users a tad more flexibility when it comes down to the content on newly opened tabs.
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17.4.2009 Google Chrome OS Announced
After eons of speculation stating that Google is secretly working on an OS, they finally are, except it’s not so secret anymore.
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8.7.2009 How to Install Chrome OS in Windows 7
Google unveiled Chrome OS in an event yesterday where they demonstrated the upcoming cloud-based OS for the first time in public. Source code of Chrome OS was also released which folks over at gdgt have compiled in a ready-to-install .vmdk file.
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20.11.2009 Maxthon Browser v1.5.9 build 30 Combo
Maxthon Internet Browser software is a powerful tabbed browser with a highly customizable interface.
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6.2.2007 Microsoft Silverlight WPF/E Web browser plug-in
Microsoft on Monday showed video pros at NAB Silverlight, a new Mac and PC-compatible Web browser plug-in that provides interactive Web capabilities similar to how Adobe Flash works with streaming video capabilities superior to QuickTime, according to the company.
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23.4.2007 European XP, Vista users to pick browser
Microsoft posted on its Web site on July 24 the details of its proposal to the European Commision (EC) designed to settle its browser-bundling antitrust case in Europe.
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27.7.2009Firefox 3.5 benchmarked, not as fast as Chrome
The results are in from benchmarks of Firefox 3.5, performed by ZDNet. The benchmarks test all the main browsers from Google Chrome 2.0.172.33,
Safari 4, Firefox 3.5, Firefox 3.0.5, Opera 10 Alpha and Internet Explorer 8. Each browser was put through three tests including SunSpider
javascript benchmark, V8 Benchmark Suite and finally the ACID 3 test. Firefox 3.5 was built for speed and performance, compared to previous
versions of Firefox. Firefox 3.5 performed better than Firefox 3.0.5 and Internet Explorer 8 in all three categories. From the graphs, it is clear
to see that Google Chrome performed the best overall, followed shortly by Safari 4 and then Firefox 3.5.
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01.07.2009Firefox captures twenty percent of net; Chrome ties Opera
For the first time ever, the Firefox browser has accounted for 20 percent of browser usage over a sustained period. The browser topped the one-fifth
mark for two weeks in October...
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06.11.2008Firefox Director Talks Firefox 3.6, Tasks, and Competing with Chrome
Lifehacker: We were eager to know what's happening for Firefox. Mike Beltzner, the open-source browser's director, was glad to tell us. Here's what
he had to say about future features, competition with Chrome, and keeping thousands of Firefox contributors in sync.
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06.08.2009Chrome, Firefox get clickjacked
Security researchers have discovered a flaw affecting Google's Chrome browser which exposes it to clickjacking where an attacker hijacks a
browser's functions by substituting a legitimate link with one of the attacker's choice.
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29.01.2009Lunascape Is Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer Rolled Into One
Free application
Lunascape is a web browser capable of running any of the three major web
rendering enginesGecko (Firefox), WebKit (Safari/Chrome), and Trident (Internet Explorer). That means that each time you open a new tab or follow a
link, you can tell Lunascape which engine you want to use to render the page. The idea, in theory, is that Lunascape gives you the benefits of each
popular browser in one. For example, Lunascape gives you IE support for the few IE-only sites still out there and no-nonsense speed from WebKit or
Gecko.
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25.11.2008Memory Usage of Chrome, Firefox 3.5, et al.
This experiment graphs the
memory usage of Chrome and Firefox 3.5 (along with Safari and Opera)
over a series of 150 Web page loads using an automated script. Firefox 3.5 shows the lowest memory usage in all categories, including average memory
usage, maximum memory usage, and final memory usage. Chrome uses over 1 GB of memory due to its process architecture. Safari 4 and Opera show memory
usage degradation over time, while Chrome and Firefox 3.5 are more reliable in freeing memory to the OS.
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21.06.2009Tests: Firefox 3.1 JavaScript outpaced by Safari 4, Google Chrome
If the race to be the biggest alternative Windows Web browser to IE8 comes down to JavaScript interpreter speed, the latest Firefox will have some
catching up to do.
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13.03.2009Memory test - Firefox 2.0.0.9 vs Firefox 3.0 b 1
Does Firefox 3.0 beta 1 do a better job of handling memory than earlier versions? In a test put Firefox 3.0 beta up against Firefox 2.0.0.9 in a
series of tests.
Before I go any further, a few disclaimers and notes. First off, I’ve carried out this test on a single system
running Windows Vista Home Premium on which Firefox had not been previously installed. The system has 2GB of RAM. Both Firefox 2.0.0.9 and Firefox
3.0 b 1 were installed fresh using a standard install. For each test I visited the same web pages and did my best to make the browsing the same on
both versions.
OK, with that out of the way, on with the tests. I simulated three different browsing scenarios:
- Loading a five
pages into the browser
- Loading a single page and leaving the browser for 10 minutes
- Loading 12 pages into the browser and wait 5
minutes
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21.11.2007Sony to ship PCs with Google Chrome browser
Google and Sony have announced a deal that will see computers in its VAIO range supplied with Google's Chrome browser pre-installed. This is the
first time that Google has agreed such a deal with a major OEM. All VAIO laptops and desktops sold in the US will be supplied with the Chrome browser
set to default. Sony claimed that the decision was based on the "quality and functions" of Chrome. According to the Financial Times, Google is also
in talks with other manufacturers about future deals.
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03.09.2009Firefox counters Google's browser speed test
Mozilla fought back on Wednesday with some performance results to show a forthcoming version of Firefox outpacing
Google's new Web browser, Chrome.
During a launch event Tuesday,
Google was eager to toot its horn about
Chrome's performance running JavaScript, a programming language used to power many sophisticated Web applications such as Google Docs, Yahoo's
Zimbra e-mail site, and Zoho's online application suite. Google showed performance results using
its own collection of five JavaScript benchmarks and V8, Chrome's JavaScript engine, but Mozilla
countered with a different test called SunSpider...
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03.09.2008Microsoft IE Tops in Enterprise, Firefox and Chrome Gaining: Forrester
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 continue to dominate the enterprise desktop browser market, but Mozilla Firefox is being adopted more readily by
the enterprise, according to a new research paper by Forrester. Google Chrome and Apple Safari have also gained some market share as enterprise users
look to Web-based tools to provide a broader range of functionality.
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30.04.2009Google to promote Chrome browser through TV ads
According to both the Wall Street Journal and Google's official blog, Google will promote it's Chrome browser through a TV ads. The ad,
shown below, was made by the Google'd Japan Team to promote Chrome, and according to Google's official blog, will be featured on TV. However,
a Google spokeswoman said there currently aren't plans to use any of the other Chrome videos for upcoming TV spots. Considering that Google has
never been a major TV advertiser, it'll be interesting to see how these ads will affect Chrome's market share. Currently, Chrome's market
share is at 1.42% according to market share data.
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09.05.2009Make "Add-ons" for Google Chrome Using Bookmarklets
Even though Google took their web browser
Google Chrome out of beta last month, we can't help but feel
like Chrome is still only half way to being a compete product at this point. Without RSS support, the ability to use add-ons, and
gasp! no
Mac version, Chrome still has a way to go before people give up Firefox for good and make a full switch...
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02.01.2009Google reveals plans for Chrome cloud synchronization
Google has revealed plans to build a sync service for its Chrome Web browser that will initially support bookmark synchronization, with plans to add
other browser data in the future. The code will arrive this week and a test build could be made available later this month.
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03.08.2009Google patches Chrome browser to work with Hotmail
LiveSide: Weve been seeing lots of complaints on
Twitter and
elsewhere about Hotmail not working in
Googles new browser, Chrome. So today,
rather than waiting for Hotmail to address the problem, Google patched Chrome to work with Hotmail, by adding support for User Agent spoofing and
appearing to Hotmail as if it were a Safari browser instead. A quick check using the latest Chrome install seems to work fine with Hotmail
(truthfully been to busy playing with Windows 7 to spend much time with Chrome, but there have been lots of mentions of problems)...
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29.01.2009Google Chrome is insanely fast ¦ faster than Firefox 3.0
Google Chrome is fast ¦ insanely fast ¦ faster than Firefox 3.0.
Heres Chrome vs. Firefox 3.0.1 vs IE7 vs. IE8b2 in a
head-to-head shootout running the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark.
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03.09.2008Firefox and Chrome Run Gmail Twice as Fast as IE, Says Google
Google has taken a more aggressive approach to moving users away from Internet Explorer, recommending that Gmail users install Firefox or Chrome if
they want to see Gmail run "an average of twice as fast."
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27.12.2008Google Chrome takes more than just inspiration from Mozilla
A few of the names appearing in Google's promotional "graphic novel" for the first beta of its own Web browser, may ring bells for anyone who
was a beta tester of Firefox 3. So just what kind of browser war does Google plan to wage?..
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02.09.2008Google Chrome Download available now
The Google Chrome Browser is available for download now. The extremely hyped new web browser is in beta now and is based on the same rendering engine
as Apple Safari.
The Google Chrome Press conference is still going on, but the Chrome download pages are live now. You can
download Chrome on the Google Gears
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03.09.2008Chrome masks as Safari to fool Windows Live Mail
According to Google's Chrome Releases blog, Chrome-users no longer need to go out of their way to make Windows Live Mail/Hotmail work. In
addition to providing important security updates, Google's most recent version of Chrome--1.0.154.46--makes it easy for followers to use Windows
Live Mail. For some reason, Windows Live Mail does not work properly on Chrome, unless it thinks it is some other browser, such as Apple's Safari.
Previously, Chrome-users who had wanted to be able to use Windows Live Mail would have to switch the user-agent manually, but now the browser will
identify itself properly as "Chrome" for most normal sites but as "Safari" for URLs ending with mail.live.com.
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