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 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 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 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 It Will Be Windows 7 SP1 to Go Against Google Chrome OS
In the second half of 2010 Microsoft’s client operating system will have a new rival platform hungry for a piece of its market share.
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16.9.2009 Google Chrome OS to launch within a week?
Previously said to launch in the fall, rumors are circulating that Google's Chrome OS will launch within the next week.
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14.11.2009 Google brings Chrome rendering engine to IE6, 7 and 8
A thorn in the side of many web developers is Internet Explorer 6. It's an old browser that has many annoyances that cause those creating websites to have to add additional code just to have things render as they should.
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22.9.2009 Inside the Google Chrome OS security model
Google plans to use a combination of system hardening, process isolation, verified boot, secure auto-update and encryption to thwart malicious hackers from planting malware on its new Google Chrome OS.
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19.11.2009 Microsoft believes Google Chrome Frame lowers security of IE
Google's recent release of Google Chrome Frame wasn't entirely expected, though that's not to say it wasn't welcome. Some people questioned the usefulness of it, whilst others were overjoyed.
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25.9.2009 Leaked Google Chrome OS Private Beta Screenshots Are Fake
Just a day after Google confirmed that it was cooking its own breed of open source operating system, the first screenshots allegedly depicting Google Chrome Operating System got leaked.
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9.7.2009 IE8 Beta 2 Next Month, Final IE8 by the End of 2008
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is scheduled to drop next month, with the final version of the successor of Internet Explorer 7 confirmed for availability by the end of 2008.
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29.7.2008 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 Links Blog Search to Google News
Some time over the weekend Google put links to Google Blog Search on the front page of Google News and at the end of each news search results page.
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24.10.2006 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 Chrome OS beta as a Windows 7 spoiler?
Warning: This is a completely speculative post. But stay with me as I paint a possible scenario…
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15.10.2009 Download Chrome OS VMware Image
Its only been a few hours since Google spilled the beans on their upcoming Chrome OS, and now we already have a fully working VMware image of Chrome OS ready for download.
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20.11.2009 Chrome loses beta label, tackles privacy
Google has made it official: Chrome is out of beta.
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11.12.2008 IE8: What’s After Beta 2
The announcement of IE8 Beta 2 started an important and public phase of the product development cycle getting broad public feedback.
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24.11.2008 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 IE8 and Trustworthy Browsing
This blog post frames our approach in IE8 for delivering trustworthy browsing. The topic is complicated enough that some context and even history (before we go into any particular feature) is important, and so some readers may find this post a bit basic as it’s written for a wide audience.
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26.6.2008 Firefox 3.0 goes Alpha but little word yet on IE8
Firefox 2 only launched six weeks ago, but there appear to be no plans for a Firefox 2.5 with the alpha, developer version of Firefox 3.0 just made available on Friday.
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10.12.2006 Microsoft IE8 trial coming soon
Internet Explorer 8 will be released as a beta test version later this year, according to a Microsoft source. Windows XP is apparently included in the plans for the new web browser.
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26.6.2007 Lukewarm reaction to first IE8 beta
Yesterday at the MIX '08 session, Microsoft employees Ray Ozzie, Dean Hachamovitch and a host of Microsoft partners touted the new Silverlight and IE8 betas to what could be seen (from my perspective) ..
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6.3.2008 Wanted: IE8 Beta Testers
As previously mentioned in the IE8 Beta Feedback post back in March, we have several ways to submit feedback on the IE8 Beta.
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31.7.2008 Probably Fake IE8 alpha screenshots appear on the Internet
IE8 is set to be released in mid-2008, so we can fully expect IE9 to ship with Windows 7 (formerly known as Windows Vienna).
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5.7.2007Google Chrome extensions have arrived
The latest development builds of Google Chrome possess a feature that is desired by many, extensions. It is reported that four Chrome extensions have
surfaced. Of those four are two very notable releases: Cleeki: This extension offers functionality similar to that of IE8's accelerators. It can
also import accelerators from IE8 into Chrome. Adsweep: An advertisement blocker. Since the extension functionality is still in development in must
be enabled (on a recent development build of Chrome) by editing the "Target" line in your Google Chrome shortcut properties, adding "-
-enable-extensions" as a suffix (without the quotations). Installing an extension is as simple as visiting their website, such as the aforementioned.
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01.06.2009IE8 JavaScript Benchmarks -- It's faster
One of the things immediately noticeable in the latest beta (beta 2) of Internet Explorer 8 was how much faster it is. I thought I'd see for myself
how much faster it
really is by running a JavaScript benchmark, since that is one thing that really has slowed down IE in comparison to its
competitors. Google has put
a benchmark it used while creating their
Chrome browser live on the web, but it also lets us see how IE8 stacks up against its
predecessor. So I ran it.
I ran the test on a 2.8GHz P4 running Windows Vista.
* IE7 benched in at 24, 23
and 29 for an average of 28.6
* IE8 received 37, 40 and 40 for an average of 39
As you can see, IE8 is about 36% faster than IE7 in JavaScript! While it's a good improvement, we can still see that work needs
to be done, and will surely increase with every beta release we see of IE8...
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04.09.2008Google announces Chrome based Operating System
Google has announced that they plan to release a Chrome based OS. Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will
initially be targeted at netbooks. Google plans to open-source its code later this year and offer Google powered netbooks in 2010. Company officials
confirmed that Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips. Google is currently working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of
netbooks to market next year bundled with the new Chrome OS. Google Chrome OS is a new project, separate from Android.
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08.07.2009Google Chrome 2.0 Pre-Beta
Google Chrome's development is high-paced and version numbers are not very significant, but it's weird
to see a pre-beta release of Chrome 2.0, four months after Chrome 0.2. There are
many new things in Chrome 2.0...
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09.01.2009IE8, and why it's almost my default browser
Microsoft recently released Internet Explorer 8, and while I find that it is a great piece of software, it had a few shortcomings which left Google
Chrome untouched with respects to my default browser selection. There is absolutely no doubt that IE8 is better than IE7, its predecessor. It is
faster, more robust and certainly more stable. There are also some great new features; I am quite fond of IE8's Web Slices. I utilized a web slice
for Digg's top stories and to observe some stock quotes and I found it seamless and quite enjoyable.
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31.03.2009IE8, and why fixing that pesky 'tab issue' sealed the deal
In my most recent piece, "IE8, and why it's almost my default browser", I outline a couple of factors that inhibited IE8 from holding the
default browser position on my PC. Since writing that article, due in part to some helpful Neowin members and some quality time with IE8, I have since
awarded IE8 that coveted position on my PC and have promptly thrown Google Chrome to the curb. Perhaps the most taxing of my issues was what has been
colloquially referred to as the 'tab issue'. Many users have complained of severe delays when opening new tabs in Internet Explorer.
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03.04.2009Google Chrome getting extensions in May?
TechCrunch is reporting that Google's Chrome browser may possibly be getting extensions this May. The news comes from a programmer named Nicholas
Moline, who happened to notice that Google has posted an event named 'Developing extensions for Google Chrome' on their I/O site. Keep in
mind that this isn't an official word from the company itself, but if Google has seminars prepared on the matter, it mustn't be far away.
Besides, Google has already stated they have planned to bring extension support. The description on the seminar reads "Learn how Google Chrome makes
it easy to write extensions using the web technologies you already know.
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06.02.2009Google 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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09.05.2009Google confirms Chrome OS will be free, reveals OEM partners
Yesterday, Google announced that they plan to release a Chrome based OS. Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will
initially be targeted at netbooks. In a blog posting today, Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management at Google, confirmed that Chrome OS "will be
available to use at no cost". Google also revealed the list of companies it is working with:AcerAdobeASUSFreescaleHewlett-PackardLenovoQualcommTexas
InstrumentsToshiba Although Sony and Dell are both absent from the list Google did say "among others" before the list above so it's entirely
possible the company is still in negotiation with other OEMs. Company officials confirmed that Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM
chips.
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09.07.2009Stable build of Chrome available for OS X
When Google launched Chrome it was for the Windows platform initially. Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, has publicly stated the Google Chrome will be
released in the near future for OS X but if you're willing to use pre-beta software from Google then you can download Chrome right now. Google
has stated that the software "still lacks certain privacy features, and is not appropriate for general consumer use" which is a gentle reminder that
the software is not complete. But, if you are like most tech enthusiasts and are willing to look past the flaws in the beta, then you will find a
surprisingly stable build of Chrome that can be used for day to day web browsing.
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13.10.2009Google Chrome Adds Windows 7 Jumplist Support
The latest dev version of Google Chrome is now offering jumplist support in Windows 7. The jumplist can be opened by right-clicking the Google Chrome
icon in the Windows taskbar. The Google Chrome jumplist is divided into four areas of which three are always visible and one only if the user has
added at least one item to it.
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10.08.2009Google 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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03.09.2008Sony 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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03.09.2009Google Chrome extensions imminent
Techcrunch is reporting that it appears Google Chrome is about to receive it's long awaited extensions - the latest builds of Chrome - including
the Windows, Mac and Linux builds are showing various links to a "extensions gallery" at Google.com which doesn't exist. In the new builds, a
jigsaw piece appears next to the theme gallery button - if you click it, it'll send you right back to google.com, but if you hover over it, the
link it shows it goes to https://chrome.google.com/extensions - presumably where the new gallery will be hosted. Next to the jigsaw piece is a bubble
that says "New!
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17.11.2009Chrome is leaving Beta tag behind
Google's Chrome is going from strength to strength with new features being added in the nightly builds and being announced, so its no surprise
that Google are considering dropping the beta tag for the software. Google's Vice President Marissa Mayer announced that Chrome was leaving the
Beta to Michael Arrington from Techcrunch at Le Web 2008. What this means is that the browser will probably now be added to the Google pack and the
Toolbar download. Google recently have been trying to make all their services more usable via the Google Labs.
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11.12.2008How dangerous are the first Google Chrome vulnerabilities?
A pair of security holes whose proofs-of-concept were validated by BetaNews show that Google Chrome may not have been as thoroughly inspected as
Google would have us believe. But isn't finding bugs and holes what beta testing is all about?..
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08.09.2008Google releases Chrome OS information & source code
Google's Chrome OS has been a rather interesting project for many people as of late; it was said to be an operating system that was based in the
"cloud", stored mostly online, though nobody knew any exact details. Today, Google has explained more about the OS, clearing things up. As posted
on the official Google blog, Chrome OS is "all about the web." As such, it is web-based, and as Google states, "The entire experience takes place
within the browser and there are no conventional desktop applications.
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20.11.2009Coming Soon: Google Chrome Extensions
Google has already indicated that it plans to offer a platform for Chrome browser extensions, but now we finally have what looks like a firm date on
when that will arrive. Apparently, a Google developer conference scheduled for May 27th will include a session on developing extensions for Chrome,
which leads Google Operating System
to conclude that well see the extensions platform go live on or before that date.
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05.02.2009Tests: 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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13.03.2009Google Chrome OS to launch within a week?
Previously said to launch in the fall, rumors are circulating that Google's Chrome OS will launch within the next week. While Google is mum on the
launch of their new OS they have been known to launch projects in beta form ahead of schedule in the past. It is expected the the first release of
Google OS will not run on standard laptop and desktop computers, but will run on set of Google OS endorsed devices such as select netbooks. Google has
previously said they are working with Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Toshiba on the Chrome OS
project.
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