Safari Screenshot Compatibility Test
Safari Screenshot Compatibility Test is yet another way to test your websites in Safari. The nice feature about this service is that the result is returned in only a couple of seconds. The others I...
View ArticleRun Safari on Windows
(Note: this post isn’t strictly about running the Safari browser on Windows, but instead introduces a way that practically speaking will be handiest for seeing how your pages render in Safari while you...
View ArticleRecent WebKit Features Include CSS-3 Support
The Surfin’ Safari blog is releasing details on some Recent WebKit Features that will eventually find their way to the Safari web browser. Of note, CSS-3 support for background-size, border-radius,...
View ArticleDetails on CSS Changes for IE7
The IEBlog has posted Details on their CSS changes for IE7 that includes an extensive list outlining bug fixes and CSS features implemented in the next version of Internet Explorer. Even though some...
View ArticleIE6 and IE7 Running on a Single Machine
Microsoft is feeling charitable? They recently announced that anyone can have IE6 and IE7 Running on a Single Machine through an offer that allows you to download a free Virtual PC image of Windows XP...
View ArticlePlanned Features for Firefox 3
If you’re still keeping up with the browser wars, Percy Cabello has a nice list of Planned features for Firefox 3. For an unedited list, you might also want to take a look on the Mozilla Wiki. The...
View ArticleEvent Streaming to Web Browsers
I have to admit that I don’t follow the Opera web browser much, but when my colleague Mike Haugland pointed me to his new Opera feature it piqued my interest. Event Streaming to Web Browsers allows you...
View ArticleSpaceTime 3D Web Browser
Most of the tech blogging world is probably talking about Apple Safari for Windows (yawn) but I am today blogging about a new browser called SpaceTime. SpaceTime allows you to visually browse in a...
View ArticleChrome Extension Check
The ongoing birth of extensions for Chrome. Obviously plugins are a huge part of Firefox’s popularity and just as clearly it was just a matter of time before we saw the Chrome Extension as well. They...
View ArticleGoogle Wave, First Thoughts
I just spent a fun hour watching the introductory Google Wave demo. Google touts it as a ‘demonstration of what’s possible in the browser’. Hello HTML 5. The larger message from Google is clear: you...
View ArticleAdobe BrowserLab
Wow, how much time do you think Adobe BrowserLab is going to save web designers, collectively? Wednesday Adobe will unveil a free preview of BrowserLab, which will use virtualization technology to let...
View ArticleMultitouch on Firefox
Mouse dominance won’t go away overnight, but soon it won’t be the only way, and after that my bet is that all things user interface are going to change quickly. Windows 7 will offer good support for...
View ArticleA New Kind Of Web Design Application
Jason Santa Maria analyses the shortcomings of current web design tools and browsers and asks if Webkit could be the basis of desktop app for web design. A thought-provoking must-read, especially if...
View ArticleCheck Cross-Browser Compatibility
I was looking for a tool to help me quickly check cross-browser compatibility (i.e. how a website renders on every version of every browser) on Digital Media Minute’s new site design, and I found this...
View ArticleA Decentralized Web
What if ‘the Web’ came to mean a place where information could move between browsers without the need for servers, a decentralized method for communication and all that implies? Marshall Kirkpatrick...
View ArticleMicrosoft RSS Icon – And the winner is….
Firefox! That’s right, the Microsoft team has decided to use Firefox’s RSS Icon in Internet Explorer 7! I think this is good for RSS in general, and congratulations to Microsoft for doing the “good”...
View ArticleSafari Web Inspector
A new feature has been added to the latest nightly builds of Safari/WebKit. The Web Inspector is a tool that lets you browse the live DOM hierarchy in a compact HUD style window. You can find out more...
View ArticleRSS Is a Glorified “Favorites” Feature
Scott Karp has suggested that IE7’s RSS Is a Glorified “Favorites” Feature and I couldn’t agree more. After an initial evaluation of the IE7 beta, my overal impression is that the RSS support is no...
View ArticleUsing Feeds in IE7
The IEBlog has a three part series on how to use IE7 Beta 2 as your feed reader. Part 1: Hello feeds Part 2: Discovery and Subscribe Part 3: Read and Manage If you’re a seasoned veteran of consuming...
View ArticlePortable Firefox 2.0 Alpha 1
Well now that Mozilla has officially released the Firefox 2.0 (bon echo) Alpha, you can now also get the Portable Firefox 2 Alpha 1. All you have to do is download the Portable Firefox 2.0 Alpha 1...
View ArticleStrider URL Tracer with Typo-Patrol
Strider URL Tracer with Typo-Patrol is a new product from Microsoft Research that helps protect web surfers from accidentally visiting sites that capitalize on misspelled domains. When a user visits a...
View ArticleIE – The Great Microsoft Blunder
In his most recent column from PC Magazine, John Dvorak suggests that the Great Microsoft Blunder is Internet Explorer. In the column he states that: So what can Microsoft do about its dilemma? First,...
View ArticleIntroduction to Platform for Privacy Preferences
If you are at all interested in privacy, don’t miss this overview of the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) Project, which will give you a thorough introduction you to the Platform. P3P is a...
View ArticleFirefox 2 Beta 1 Released
Mozilla Firefox 2 Beta 1 has just been released. Several new features include anti-phishing, browser session restore in case of a crash or restart due to installing extenstions (whoohoo–I’ve wanted...
View ArticleHow To Tweak Firefox 2.0 Beta 1
Cybernet has a tutorial that will show you How To Tweak Firefox 2.0 Beta 1. They offer suggestions like removing the red “X” from each tab or maybe only placing a red “X” on the current tab and will...
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