Inventor of the Web, Tim Berners-Lee,  says that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser is falling behind other browsers - such as Firefox,  Safari, and others - in the support of scalable vector graphics (SVG). “If you look around at browsers, you’ll find that most of them support scalable vector graphics. I’ll let you figure out which one has been slow in supporting SVG.” said Berners-Lee.
SVG image files scale without degrading in image quality and resolution. Maps are popularly created as SVG file formats. Currently, the IE browser, including More»

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Apple calls it “Private Browsing.”Microsoft calls it “InPrivate.” Google’s new Chrome browser calls it “Incognito.” And yes, practically everyone else calls it “Porn Mode.”
Chrome’s launch on Tuesday confirmed a new feature as a must-have in Web-browsing software: a cloak of invisibility that hides the user’s path around the Web. Incognito browsing, like a similar setting in a new version of Internet Explorer released last week, is designed to erase any trace of the sites you’ve recently visited, wiping away cached pages and browsing history from your hard drive and turning off the browser’s autocomplete function, which can More»

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I downloaded and test drove the newest entrant into the browser wars, Google Chrome. There is nothing chrome about it. Instead of the traditional gray chrome frame found in the IE and FF browsers, Chrome’s chrome is actually sky blue. At first glance, the browser interface appears lightweight, almost featherweight like it is missing features, pared down, and bare like the traditional Google search interface. The lightness in color of the top portion of the browser makes it appear like it is without a strong anchor like the traditional More»

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Google officially entered itself into the browser wars today. The company launched it’s version and response to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser. Google Chrome is now available for download and offers the following features: one box for everything, new tab page, application shortcuts, dynamic tabs, crash control, incognito mode, safe browsing, instant bookmarks, importing settings, simpler downloads, and download now.
Not everyone sees this move on the part of Google as positive. Developers nor designers will not be happy about having to code and design for yet another browser. It is already a challenge keeping web More»

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Google today announced that it will be launching its very own Web browser tomorrow. The beta version of the open source browser called Google Chrome will be launched in more than 100 countries. The initial release is just for Windows; Mac and Linux versions are being developed. The browser will be free and available for download somewhere. I navigated to the URL, www.google.com/chrome, in the comic book that Google put out explaining Chrome and which served to leak the story and got a 404 error…page not found.
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Mozilla Labs announced the launch Tuesday of Ubiquity, a browser plugin connecting the Web with language in an attempt to find new user interfaces that could make it possible for everyone to do common Web tasks more quickly and easily.
Ubiquity 0.1:

Lets you map and insert maps anywhere; translate on-page; search amazon, google, wikipedia, yahoo, youtube, etc.; digg and twitter; lookup and insert yelp review; get the weather; syntax highlight any code you find; and a lot more. Ubiquity “command list” to see them all.

Find and install new commands to extend your browser’s vocabulary More»

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