Internet Explorer 7 vs. Firefox 2.0 vs. Opera 9 vs. Safari 3
Thanks to odeeee for this article. Apple has compared the performances of Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0 and Opera 9 to its own browser transitioned to Windows Vista and Windows XP and has concluded that Safari is top dog.
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13.6.2007 Firefox 3 vs IE 7 vs Safari 3.1
A few short years ago the browser war seemed dead and buried. After Microsoft’s Internet Explorer usurped Netscape’s Navigator in the late 1990s, it’s domination of the Internet seemed complete, over 95 percent of us using a version of IE.
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24.5.2008 Safari 3.2.1 Download
The problem was almost instantly isolated and confirmed as incompatibility with third party software. Apple has now issued a new Safari update, for both Mac and Windows users, which delivers “stability improvements,” according to the Cupertino, Calif.-based Mac maker.
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25.11.2008 Safari 3.0.4 Beta for Windows
Experience the web, Apple style, with Safari: the fastest, easiest-to-use web browser in the world. With its simple, elegant interface, Safari gets out of your way and lets you enjoy the web, up to 2 times faster than Internet Explorer.
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16.11.2007 Apple Safari 4 beta - not for Windows 7
Safari 4 beta work only in Windows XP and Vista. Apple has released to public beta its Safari 4 web browser, and I thought I’d give it a hands-on spin to see what all the fuss is about. Here are my first impressions and review.
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24.2.2009 Safari for Windows Vista na XP
The world's best browser. Now on Windows, too - Safari 3 Public Beta. Among the most interesting things Apple CEO Steve Jobs outlined today was the company’s move to take Safari to Windows.
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12.6.2007 Security flaw hits Safari for Windows only hours after release
Thanks to marct for this article. Security researcher Aviv Raff claims to have found the first security vulnerability in Apple's Safari browser on Windows only hours after the software was released.
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12.6.2007 Microsoft Urges Users Stop Using Safari In Windows Platform
Microsoft's security team is advising users to stop using Apple's Safari browser pending investigation into a quirk that allows miscreants to litter their desktop with hundreds of executable files.
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2.6.2008 Apples carpet-bomb Safari flaw can wreak havoc on Windows
A researcher has created a proof-of-concept site that graphically demonstrates the risk Windows users face when using Apple's Safari browser.
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10.6.2008 Opera 9 for Devices now available
Opera Software today announced that Opera 9 for Devices is now available to bring the power of the Web to set-top boxes, portable media players, games consoles and other electronic devices.
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5.9.2006 Apple monster update fixes iPhone, Safari, Mac OS X flaws
Apple has issued a monster update with patches for about 50 security vulnerabilities affecting iPhone, Safari and Mac OS X users.
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1.8.2007 Google to buy Opera?
"Take that, IE 7"
Google may soon announce its acquisition of browser firm Opera, if rumour is to be believed.
Pierre Chappaz, founder of Kelkoo and ex-Yahoo! Europe president, has revealed in his personal blog, Kelblog, that a "usually well informed source" has told him the buy is on the cards.
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17.12.2005 Why Would Microsoft Buy Opera?
Reports are propagating that Microsoft has bought browser maker Opera Software. According to at least one publication, however, Opera representatives say the rumors are untrue, just as the rumors about Google buying Opera that supposedly circulated last week were also unfounded.
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25.12.2005 Opera 10 released
Ah, September 1. Not a particularly eventful day... aside from a few obscure public holidays (it's Knowledge Day in Russia!) and other events of the sort, it's hard to say that there's much going on (well, there might be something else happening).
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1.9.2009 MSDN Opens Up to Firefox, Opera
MSDN announced last week that it had tweaked its subscriber download site in order to make it compatible with both Firefox and Opera. There are some issues, such as extra work needed in installing the File Transfer Manager, however developers are working on a new version of the FTM that should correct final problems.
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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 Opera Boycott: Clearing up a few things
The JCXP.Net Windows enthusiast site has launched a “Boycott Opera” campaign aimed at users who are unhappy over Opera’s antitrust suit against Microsoft.
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15.6.2009 Free Opera Hits 1 Million Downloads
Just 48 hours after Opera Software removed the ads and license fee from its popular Web browser, Opera 8.5 has been downloaded by over 1 million people, the company said Thursday. The number is double Opera's previous download record, which it achieved in April with version 8.0.
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Redesigned Microsoft.com doesn't support Firefox, Opera?
Take a trip to the preview site for Microsoft's new homepage and you'll notice a nice shiny new layout with a fresher look and feel to it, provided you're using Internet Explorer.
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30.7.2006 Opera 9.24 Build 8816 Final
Opera is a free Web browser with a pop-up blocker, multiple-window navigation, mouse gestures, keyboard shortcuts, an e-mail client with a spam filter, and integrated search for user security and speed.
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17.10.2007 Opera 10.0 Alpha Build 1491
A new development milestone of Opera 10.0 is now available for download, and this time around the browser comes in versions tailored to all supported operating systems, including Linux, not just Windows and Mac OS X as the release at the end of April.
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11.5.2009 EU Regulators, Opera on Windows 7 E plan
At the end of the day Microsoft acknowledged its plan to ship a browser-less version of Windows 7 in the European Union to attempt to appease antitrust regulators, those same regulators and Opera Software weighed in on Redmond’s plan.
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12.6.2009 Download Opera 10 pre-Beta Build 1535
Opera 10 has evolved all the way to Build 1535, a development milestone that is labeled as Beta, despite not being quite a Beta in fact. Still, one thing is clear.
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29.5.2009 Opera 10 Beta Version 10.00b1 download
The well-known web browser, Opera has released its new Opera Browser 10 beta version, which features faster speeds, new enhanced tabs and automatic update. The new Opera Brower 10 beta comes with Opera Turbo for fast browsing on slow connections.
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26.6.2009Opera 9.5 Alpha Gets History Search, Speed
After over a year in development, Opera Software has release the first public Alpha build of Opera 9.5, the next version of its popular alternative
Web browser. The main focus of Opera 9.5 seems to be performance and compatibility with sites, and users are already reporting a big speed boost from
Opera 9.23...
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04.09.2007Bang On: Firefox, you're kind of ugly
We're all taught as kids that we should never judge a book by its cover. If you weren't, then you should have a talk with your parents.
I'm going to choose to ignore this valuable lesson, though, and say the following for everyone to read: Firefox, you're kind of ugly. I have
three browsers installed on my system. I mostly use the Firefox nightly builds for my day to day browsing, but I also have Internet Explorer for
random compatibility issues and Chrome for fulfilling my inner-geek's desire to tinker. I wish I could say that I also have Opera and Safari
installed, but Opera tends to annoy me and Safari just runs like a dog.
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03.02.2009PayPal warns: Steer clear of Apple's Safari browser
If you're using Apple's Safari browser, PayPal has some advice for you: Drop it, at least if you want to avoid online fraud. Safari
doesn't make PayPal's list of recommended browsers because it doesn't have two important anti-phishing security features, according to
Michael Barrett, PayPal's chief information security officer.
"Apple, unfortunately, is lagging behind what they need to do, to
protect their customers," Barrett said in an interview. "Our recommendation at this point, to our customers, is use Internet Explorer 7 or 8 when it
comes out, or Firefox 2 or Firefox 3, or indeed Opera." Safari is the default browser on Apple's Macintosh computers and the iPhone, but it is
also available for the PC. Both Firefox and Opera run on the Mac.
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28.02.2008Opera Offers Free Browser Licenses
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Opera Software plans to give away free registration codes for its Opera Web browser for a period of 24 hours. Users can also join the party at Opera..
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31.08.2005Google, Opera Partner on
Mobile Search
Google has been selected as
the default search for Opera
Mobile and Opera Mini, the
browser's developer said
Thursday. The search giant and
Opera Software have entered
into a one-year agreement,
which would make Google a
"major part of the
browsers home screen,"
Opera said in a statement...
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29.12.2005Opera Mini and Mobile dump Yahoo, go back to Google
Web browsing software company Opera today announced that its free Opera Mini, and its Opera Mobile browser will once again have Google as the default
search engine...
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01.03.2008Battle for full Acid3 compliance won by Opera?
Regular listeners to the
NeowinCAST podcasts will know I get more
than a little passionate about web development, and a surprise announcement by Opera today at having scored 100/100 in the Acid3 test has caused more
than a few heads to turn.
Acid3 is a test page from the Web Standards
Project designed to check the compliance of a web browser to various DOM and javascript standards. Different browser manufacturers place
varying amounts of importance on passing the tests in their nightly builds,
but today Opera announced they have passed the
full compliment of tests for the first time.
Previously the race had been expected to be won by WebKit, the rendering engine behind Safari
with a current score of 98%; on the
Surfin' Safari blog, daily updates of the edge
towards passing each test had been given much to the anticipation of web developers.
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27.03.2008Opera Updates Mobile Browser with Flash
Opera on Monday released version 8.65 of its Opera Mobile Web browser, the $24 USD shareware product not to be confused with Opera Mini, which is
free. The update works with Windows Mobile 5 and 6 on either Pocket PC or Smartphone platforms...
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02.10.2007Opera releases Mini 4 beta
Opera has released a beta of
the new version of Opera Mini,
a mobile phone browser.
A
free
download from the Opera
website, Opera Mini 4 is the
latest product in the family
that already has 15 million
users worldwide.
According to Christen
Krogh, vice president of
engineering at Opera, Opera
Mini 4 is not meant to adapt
the web for the mobile phone,
but to put "the internet as
you know it" on your handset.
Rather than show
websites in a specially
adapted small-screen format,
it presents the sites as you
would see them on a PC,
allowing you to zoom in and
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19.06.2007Memory 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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21.06.2009Opera Beefs Up 'Mini' Phone
Browser
Opera Software on Wednesday
released the second revision
to its Opera Mini browser for
mobile phones. The software
brings full Web capability to
non-smartphone owners,
supporting any handset with
Java capabilities. Opera Mini
2.0 adds a number of new
features, including content
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04.05.2006Opera Launches 'Mini' Phone
Browser
Opera Software on Tuesday
rolled out the final version
of Opera Mini, a full Web
browser designed to run on any
mobile phone that supports
Java. The software has been in
trial mode since August and is
available for download free of
charge by loading
mini.opera.com in a phone's
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24.01.2006UIQ devices get Opera Mobile 9.5 beta
Opera Software has been touring the world this week while supporting the release of the latest Opera Mobile browser beta version 9.51b2, which was
released on Monday...
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24.10.2008Microsoft Not Acquiring Opera
Despite a recommendation by
infamous tech pundit John C.
Dvorak and rumors of a
near-complete deal, Opera
Software on Friday said it was
not being acquired by
Microsoft. Opera also says a
rumor last week that Google
was an interested suitor is
just as false. But that
hasn't stopped a barrage of
opinions...
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23.12.2005That's enough. Down with Opera!
You may have heard it in the news recently, Microsoft is currently the target of an antitrust lawsuit by the EU for bundling its Internet Explorer
web browser as the default browser in Windows. That's right, they're being sued for including their own browser in their own operating system.
Who is behind all of this? Opera Software, makers of the Opera web browser. In December of 2008, Opera pushed the EU to open a case against
Microsoft as Opera believed it to be anti-competitive for Microsoft to include its own browser as the default browser within their own OS.
For some unknown reason, instead of combating the lawsuit, Microsoft decided to settle, and on Thursday announced that they would no longer
include Internet Explorer in versions of Windows 7 (Microsoft's next operating system) sold in Europe, and would leave it up to OEM builders to
decide which browser to install.
Well, things took a turn for the worse today when Opera made a statement saying this was not enough, and
have now pushed the EU to pursue with the antitrust case. Opera believes the only reasonable solution is for Microsoft to include a "ballot screen"
for users to select which browser to use.
That's enough. And it's time we do something about it.
Today, we are proposing a complete boycott of all Opera
software.
This is absolutely nothing more than a company who can't legitimately gain market share trying to squeeze their unpopular
browser onto Windows systems. Opera is simply upset because their browser is dead last in market share, and has already been surpassed by the recently
released Google Chrome browser and Apple's Safari browser for Windows.
Microsoft is entirely within their right to include Internet
Explorer as the default browser within their own OS, just like Apple includes their own Safari as the default browser in Mac OS X, and just like Opera
Software would be free to include Opera as the default browser in their own OS, should they ever make one.
No company should be forced to
include a competitor's product within their own products. This is as ridiculous as suing Coca-Cola to include Pepsi in their cans and bottles, or
suing Toyota to use engines manufactured by General Motors in their vehicles.
Please join in the boycott, and remove all
Opera products from your computers and devices. Opera needs to learn that this is completely unacceptable, and since they refuse to listen to us,
it's time they learn the hard way. If they're disappointed with their current market share, they ain't seen nothing yet.
Please consider
these great alternatives to Opera Web Browser:
Use Opera on your mobile device? Here are some
fantastic alternatives:
And most importantly, spread the word! Use whatever means necessary to get the word out there, Opera doesn't
deserve your business. Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and share it on your favorite forums!
Boycott Opera!
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13.06.2009Opera debuts Devices SDK 9.6 at IBC
At this gathering of technology’s greatest minds at IBC, Opera Software unveils its Opera Devices SDK 9.6. Opera’s previous Software
Development Kit (SDK) set the bar high for version 9.6, in terms of performance improvements and its new user interface visual effects. However, the
Opera Devices SDK 9.6 takes a leap forward with several new and improved features, as well as its ability to deliver these features to even the most
limited devices.
Visitors to Opera’s exhibit at IBC, in Hall 3, Stand C11, will witness Opera Devices SDK 9.6’s new
hardware-accelerated Opera Zoom beta feature. With Opera Zoom, users experience smooth panning and zooming, enabling them to quickly scan full pages
in overview mode and dive in on the details.
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10.09.2008WebKit (Public) and Opera (Internal) builds pass Acid 3
Today is another great step forward for the Internet community. Two of the underdogs in the browser world,
Webkit which is used for Safari, many new mobile devices, is part of QT4 and has a GTK port available and
Opera which is an alternative browser for all platforms and is used on the Wii have passed the
Acid 3 test.
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27.03.2008Free Opera Hits 1 Million
Downloads
Just 48 hours after Opera
Software removed the ads and
license fee from its popular
Web browser, Opera 8.5 has
been downloaded by over 1
million people, the company
said Thursday. The number is
double Opera's previous
download record, which it
achieved in April with version
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23.09.2005Opera Mini 3.1 Released for Phones
Opera on Wednesday updated the
Java-based version of its Web
browser for mobile phones,
improving connectivity and
adding support for more
handset models. Opera Mini 3.1
offers one new feature: the
ability to better manage RSS
feeds...
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22.02.2007Opera Mini 4 Available for Phones
After nearly 5 months of beta testing, Opera Software has released version 4 of its Opera Mini Web browser for mobile phones. The update includes
iPhone-like capabilities that enable users to see a full overview of a page and zoom in to specific parts...
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