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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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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Microsoft today released IE8 Beta 2 for public download. The newest iteration of the browser was created around three themes: everyday browsing (the things that real people do all the time), safety (the term most people use for what we’ve called ‘trustworthy’ in previous posts), and the platform (the focus of Beta 1, how developers around the world will build the next billion web pages and the next waves of great services).
The new browser promises an improved tab and navigation experience. When navigating to a web site in IE8, the smart address bar searches across Favorites, History, and RSS feeds More»

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The next version of the Microsoft Internet Explorer  browser will include four new features to protect your privacy. The company has confirmed the following privacy enhancements:

InPrivate™ Browsing lets you control whether or not IE saves your browsing history, cookies, and other data
Delete Browsing History helps you control your browsing history after you’ve visited websites.
InPrivate™ Blocking informs you about content that is in a position to observe your browsing history, and allows you to block it
InPrivate Subscriptions allow you to augment the capability of InPrivate Blocking by subscribing to lists of websites to block or allow.

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Mozilla’s latest version of its popular Firefox browser, Firefox 3 (Release Candidate), is available for testing purposes only. So, in the ongoing browser wars between Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (version 8 beta available), Apple’s Safari browser, the Opera browser, and Mozilla’s Firefox, who is winning? The Netscape Navigator browser died a slow death and eventually dropped out of the race leaving the others to duke it out. So, who is winning? No surprise, based on Q1 2008 data from Net Applications, IE leads the pack with More»

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The beta versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 are here and although there is no firm release date as of yet for the final version of the latest IE browser, are you and your sites ready for it? IE 8 is being created to ensure adherence to web standards for interoperability. It is being touted as including a more standards-compatible layout engine by default which allows developers to build a single standards compatible website for multiple browsers. The problem and irony is that web sites created for Internet Explorer 7 and More»

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With 17 percent of the market and growing, Firefox has been slowly gaining ground on Microsoft’s internet explorer with 75 percent of the market share. Microsoft is down some 4% from a year ago.
Mozilla announced today that Firefox 3.0 beta 4 is now downloadable here, with some 900 (!)enhancements from the previous version.
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