Posts Tagged ‘browserwars’

Mozilla said that it may have to release more betas fro Firefox than initially planned, possibly nine, and that it will drop the number following the “beta” as a result. At least when it talks about beta releases in public.

Google released the first developer version of Chrome 7 under the Chromium label today. Early Chrome releases typically do not reveal the upgrades for the browser, but Google there are promising hints that Chrome 7 will be focusing on graphics performance: First tests show that Chrome 7 is notably faster in Microsoft’s complex HTML 5 tests than Chrome 6 Beta.

We have been pretty critical of Firefox lately, which has to do with the fact that the current Firefox, stable and beta, simply do not have the kind of excitement and innovation we would expect from a software that wants to challenge Microsoft and has to defend itself against a fast-paced Google. However, it appears that Mozilla has found its wow at last: Tab Candy has made its way into the nightly builds of Firefox and is maturing quickly. Add the new JavaScript engine JaegerMonkey (JM) to the bottom line and Firefox may soon be much more attractive than it is today

Microsoft today confirmed that IE9 Beta will be launched on September 15. Developers, designers, bloggers and press are receiving invitations to a special launch event titles “Beauty of the Web” in San Francisco.

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser will turn 15 on Monday next week. First released on August 16, 1995 it has been Microsoft’s most controversial software besides Windows over its lifetime, has gained and lost market share dramatically and is currently shaping up to become competitive once again.