Mozilla has released its latest version of the Firefox 4 Beta, with the updated browser packing a truckload of bug fixes and some mighty impressive mullti-touch functionality.
Microsoft continues to revive the fortunes of its once-ailing Internet Explorer (IE), with new figures from NetMarketShare reporting that the browser has increased its share of the browser market in by 0.42 per cent in July to bag a total share of 60.74 per cent.
We’ve been faffing about like mad between Firefox and Chrome for months now, unable to decide which browser to stick with.
Casting off its beta tag with careless abandon is Opera Mini 5.1 For Android, an alternative mobile web browser which is deemed to now have sufficient polish to warrant ‘full release’ status.
Like Billy Whizz on a bag of Columbian marching powder, Google’s internet browser Chrome has zipped past Apple’s Safari for the first time in the US to grab third place in the browser market.
Curiously absent from yesterday’s WWDC10 keynote speech by Steve Jobs was any mention of the expected update to their Safari browser.
Instead, a press release came shuffling out from Apple after the event, with the all-new Safari 5 promising a claimed 30 percent performance improvement its predecessor.
Bingo!
Just like the iPhone 4, Microsoft’s Bing search engine has also moved into town as one of the search engine options.
Apple say that Safari 5 comes with improved developer tools and supports more than a dozen new HTML5 technologies for serving up create rich, dynamic websites.
Already the most popular browser on Android market, the Dolphin Browser HD has recently been updated, with the new version bolting on a load of new features, including add-ons, multi-touch and tabbed browsing.
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We’re growing to really like Google’s quirky and engaging promo videos, and two more gems have just been released that are well worth watching.
The first one shows off some of the extensions available for the Chrome browser, while the second one showcases its native translation capabilities.
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Google has confirmed that future versions of its Google Chrome browser will integrate Adobe’s Flash plug-in.
The move looks set to aggravate relations with Apple a little further, who have declared the Flash platform to be too unstable, too buggy and too much of a CPU hog to grace the company’s iPhone and iPad devices.
It’s been a long time since Internet Explorer was our first choice of browser, but things have been steadily improving since IE6′s near-undisputed reign as the worst browser ever released.
Now heading up to version 9, the latest Internet Explorer slams in support for several HTML 5 specifications including CSS3, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), XHTML parsing, plus support for embedded H.264/MPEG4 video and MP3/AAC audio.
Since releasing the Chrome for Mac beta browser at the end of last year, Google’s techie bods have been busy bunging in new features, and have today decided to share their latest version of their free browser with the Apple world.
Their new update of Chrome for Mac now packs extensions, bookmark sync, and the ability to install any of over 2,200 extensions currently available in Chrome’s extensions gallery.
Plucky Opera have decided to take on Apple’s iron-like grip on its AppStore by announcing a version of its Mini browser for the iPhone.
Due to be unveiled at next week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Opera are confident that iPhone users will soon be able to use their popular browser, cheekily commenting:
“We have not submitted Opera Mini to the Apple App store. However, we hope that Apple will not deny their users a choice in web browsing experience.”
Mobile platform strategist, consultant and trainer Peter-Paul Koch has posted up a very entertaining blog post where he draws parallels between the current iPhone obsession and the dominance of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer version 6 back in 2000.
It sounds an unlikely premise for an informed rant, but inbetween the sweary bits and strops, Koch makes some very interesting observations about the state of web development on mobiles, and the current fad for focussing on iPhone optimised websites.
Here’s one of his opening salvoes (warning: naughty words ahoy – delicate wallflowers look away!):
Google have just sent a new stable release of Google Chrome for Windows out into the wild, and the update includes two features that we’ve been waiting for some time for: extensions and bookmark sync.
An updated version of the Skyfire web browser has been released for Symbian S60 3rd and 5th edition smartphones.
The free app claims to bring a PC-like browsing experience to mobile devices, with the latest version adding full support for high-resolution screens, an updated, finger-friendly user interface (UI), crisper text, smoother zooming with kinetic movement, and a full-screen mode that maximises screen real estate.
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