Power up your browser with bookmarklets
Google Chrome joined Firefox in offering extensions, but you can get your browser to do lots more without installing a thing using bookmarklets. Find out more in the video.
Netscape founder backing new web browser
The original founder of Netscape, Marc Andreesen, is overseeing the creation of another web browser, dubbed RockMelt. Shaped around the idea that "There are all kinds of things that you would do differently if you are building a browser from scratch," Andreesen seems certain that he is shaping up a browsing platform that will further change the web. Details on the browser are very few, though some are likely to surface soon.
Netscape, founded in 1994, was previously a major contender during the original "browser wars" in the mid 1990's - where Marc Andreesen's first attempt at a web browsing platform led to a heated competition against Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
Mozilla presents Firefox 4.0 mockups
Design plans for Mozilla's Firefox 4 browser are now publicly available for viewing on the Mozilla Wiki. Design changes are much less subtle than previous major releases of the browser, with some UI elements taking a page from Google Chrome's school of design, such as tabs replacing the titlebar on top. The pictures shown on Mozilla's wiki are mockups however, and are likely subject to change.
Microsoft changes its tune about IE8 taking over as default browser
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Microsoft's put up a post on its official Internet Explorer blog regarding the installer for IE8, the newest iteration of the browser. It will no longer take over as the default when installed with the "express" install method, a change that was made after Microsoft received negative feedback over the underhanded way the installer previously went about it.
Mozilla to get Chrome-like task management
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Electrolysis, the code name for a new Mozilla labs project, is aiming to add "process" based browsing to Firefox, the same that Google's Chrome browser has. The feature set will work almost exactly the same, in which plugins and web pages are all treated as separate processes, so if one becomes unruly, it can be quit without dumping the whole browsing experience. While there is no easy way to simply try the feature out with a plug-in, functionality is expected to arrive in the near future versions of Firefox.
The browser wars: Google on top?
It's funny that 10 years after Microsoft was busy monopolizing the browser space, we've seen a flurry of competition that makes even the most anti-competitive practices seem easy to overcome. Take, for instance, the recent report claiming Microsoft's IE share dropped 11% in March. Whether the data proves to be accurate or not, the more important takeaway is that people are leaving Internet Explorer in droves, whatever the percentage. Today, we talk to Clayton Morris from Fox News and Harry McCracken from Technologizer about the browser wars, and where they're headed.
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