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Firefox 4 Mockups, Linux, Windows & Mac (Quick Thoughts)

    07:00 on June 21, 2010 , ,

I’m quickly becoming a fan of Stephen Horlanders design work on Firefox 4: You may click to embiggen. Some quick thoughts: We should keep in mind these are mockups. There’s a very good chance not all these three images are updated with all the latest decisions being made at Mozilla. For instance, the “Page” and [...]

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Safari Was The First To Fall [Updated]

    15:36 on March 25, 2010 , , ,

Pwn2Own 2010: Pwn2Own 2010 is under way, and after day one of the annual security showdown the results are darn near an exact replica of last year’s. Safari was the first to fall, followed by Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7. Firefox on Windows 7 x64 was also taken down, as was the iPhone’s mobile [...]

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Quick Thoughts On The IE9 PDC Preview

    11:24 on November 19, 2009 , , , , , ,

Good old Microsoft still think they have something to offer the web community. Segway: maybe theydo! Internet Explorer 9 is in the works, and if everything goes according to plan, it’ll sport 2D hardware acceleration (faster and more smooth scaling and rendering of fonts and CSS borders and images), CSS3 support (the interviewer seems to [...]

New Opera Icon [Update]

    12:42 on August 25, 2009 , ,

According to Jon Hicks, the Opera browser is set to get a new icon, designed by Oleg Melnychuk. It’s a little happy guy in a red jumpsuit, sporting the a capital O on his tummy. Certainly an improvement over the old one, while still not redoing the entire logo (which I’m sure the darkly suited [...]

Firefox 3.5 Mini-Review

    09:43 on July 24, 2009 , , , , , , ,

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 is the latest version of the open source project originally spun off of the Netscape browser. Its latest incarnation features private surfing, better history handling, a number of web standards display features, speed improvements and a tweaked icon. With 3.7 already on the way, Firefox 3.5 may prove to be a short-lived pleasure. [...]

Quick Thoughts On Mozillas Firefox 3.7 Theme Revamp Mockup

    13:22 on July 22, 2009 , , , , , , ,

The next Firefox browser, 3.7, is apparently scheduled for a theme revamp. As indicated by the above mockup, Mozilla is pondering radical changes (see all mockups). Some thoughts: Clearly, Mozilla looks to embrace Windows’ glass interface to make the browser look so much the more platform-native. The idea is nice, but the current implementation looks [...]

A Window With A Chrome Finish

    13:42 on July 8, 2009 , , , , , , , , ,

The once-mythical GooOS has materialized, and it’s carved in Chrome. Google has just announced that they’re entering the operating system arena with their own offering, Google Chrome OS. Here are the facts: Linux-core Initially targeted for Netbooks, later also for full size desktops New windowing system Focused on getting you on the web quickly Open [...]

So Safari 4 Ditched The Tabs-On-Top Again

    11:40 on June 9, 2009 , , ,

During last nights special Apple event, the final version of Safari 4 was released. And with that, they ditched one of the most interesting new features that was introduced in the beta, tabs on top (here’s a screenshot). Apparently they couldn’t make it userfriendly enough. Pussies.

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