Posts Tagged ‘IE’

Opera Software today said that it has counted more than 100 million Opera users worldwide during a March 2010 survey. The number consists of a claimed 50 million users for Opera on Windows, Mac and Linux computers, as well as 50 million people using Opera Mini on cellphones.

Analysis – One year ago, Firefox looked like a sure bet to take over the browser market. It was the most mature of a new generation of browsers; it was trend setting in offering new features and security. It was years ahead of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer in virtually any measurable discipline. Firefox is still a viable choice over the Internet Explorer today, but its rivals are catching up. Especially Google’s Chrome is gaining traction and market share. What if you had to decide today which browser you should put your money on? Which one would you choose? Which one will dominate two years from now? Is Firefox doomed? Will Chrome break IE’s neck? Extra: Charts and Slideshow

Microsoft has scheduled an out of band update to patch a critical remote code execution vulnerability in IE6 and IE7. Microsoft said that “targeted” attacks exploiting the vulnerability are already in place, justifying a fast patch release.

Google today released a new public Windows beta version of its Chrome web browser, which comes with a handful of new features. However, the true improvement happens deep under the hood as Chrome 5 is substantially faster that Chrome 4, Safari 4 and Microsoft IE9 Platform Preview. It is stunning to see how quickly the browser sails through current Javascript benchmarks.

Microsoft’s IE9 Platform Preview isn’t really a browser that is especially practical yet. There isn’t even a URL bar and the installation of the browser might be a bit inconvenient if you are running anything less than Vista SP2 (XP is not supported in any version, period.) But Microsoft has done its homework. The browser’s JavaScript performance is impressive. Mozilla’s current Firefox version is not as fast as IE9. Extra: SLIDESHOW

Newsbyte – Microsoft released the first platform preview of the next Internet Explorer, which comes two years after the first preview of IE8 and unveils an entirely different product approach: Microsoft departs from a strategy of pushing proprietary strategies and is focusing on technology trends instead. And IE9 is faster. A lot faster.