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.
Chrome and Firefox top browser speed test
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Lifehacker ran a browser-speed challenge and found that versions of Google Chrome had the fastest JavaScript engine and started up the quickest. Mozilla Firefox 3.6 beta 1 pulled an upset by using the least amount of memory. The tests also included Internet Explorer, Opera and Safari and tests were performed using Windows 7 Home Premium.
Google unleashes Chrome 3.0 to battle in browser wars
The third iteration of Google's Chrome browser just went from 'beta' to 'stable' status. New features include "considerably improved speed" (as if it can get any faster) and support for the Adobe Flash-free HTML5 video tag (which isn't yet a done deal).
Opera hits the big 10, Google and Sony play nice
It's a browser Tuesday, with Opera, one of the classic web browsers that's been around since the late '90s, releasing its 10th version, and Google partnering with Sony to get its new browser on the block, Chrome, on every Vaio machine shipped from Japan. What do we expect from browsers now that they're maturing, what are the most important things that browser makers need to get right for users, and which browser should you be using? We ask GDGT co-founder Peter Rojas and LAPTOP Magazine's Dana Wollman.
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Google patches Chrome vulnerabilities
Users of the Chrome browser should update their browser immediately, as Google has found a few critical bugs in Chrome that would allow an attacker to run malicious code on a target machine just by visiting a website with the bad Javascript.
Google to add themes to Chrome
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Google will be adding theme support to its Chrome browser in the future, and will be launching a theme gallery, according to a report by TechCrunch.
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.
Is Chrome OS a Google distraction?
Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, told reporters at a press conference he was reluctant to start developing software applications for consumers, and had resisted the eager Google founders' wishes for six years before Chrome saw the light of day. Did he have it right then? Should Google be focusing more on developing software, or defending its core business (search) from its competitors? We ask Ross Rubin from The NPD Group and Kevin Tofel from JKOnTheRun.com.
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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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Firefox update around the corner
The Mozilla foundation is expected to release the update to it's popular web browser Firefox in the coming weeks. Firefox 3.5 will target updates that other browsers like Google Chrome created in the past year, and add long-missing features such as private browsing. Other noteworthy features? Offline access of web applications and support for the W3C geolocation API.