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Want a better browser than Safari? Now you finally have a choice, with Apple approving Opera Mini for release into its app store.]]> Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:17:21 +1000 http://apcmag.com//microsoft-introduces-browser-shuffle-ballot-in-windows-7.htm http://apcmag.com//microsoft-introduces-browser-shuffle-ballot-in-windows-7.htm

Microsoft will revise its ‘browser ballot’ Web browser installation routine for European editions of Windows 7 and present the top five browsers in a random order.]]> Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:44:50 +1000 http://apcmag.com//firefox-designer-slams-pick-your-browser-option-in-windows-7.htm http://apcmag.com//firefox-designer-slams-pick-your-browser-option-in-windows-7.htm

Microsoft’s ‘browser ballot’ for European editions of Windows 7 ranks Safari and Chrome before Firefox on the menu. Apple and Google seem happy, but not Mozilla... ]]> Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:22:04 +1000 http://apcmag.com//web-creator-berners-lee-sorry-about-those-slashes.htm http://apcmag.com//web-creator-berners-lee-sorry-about-those-slashes.htm

Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, but says he got it wrong when he put the // in front of the ‘www’.]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:43:15 +1000 http://apcmag.com//chrome-to-get-cloud-based-bookmark-sync.htm http://apcmag.com//chrome-to-get-cloud-based-bookmark-sync.htm

In a hint of thing to come for the OS, Google will add automatic bookmark and password synchronisation to its Chrome browser, based on a Google Account and ‘push’ technology.]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//sneak-peak-streamlined-chrome-style-ui-for-firefox-4.htm http://apcmag.com//sneak-peak-streamlined-chrome-style-ui-for-firefox-4.htm

Official mockups of Firefox 4 reveal hints of a streamlined UI similar to Google’s Chrome browser in what Mozilla calls a ‘Tabs-on-Top’ design concept.]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:14:33 +1000 http://apcmag.com//sneak-peak-new-firefox-ui-for-windows.htm http://apcmag.com//sneak-peak-new-firefox-ui-for-windows.htm

The Firefox team is tinkering with the browser’s Windows UI ahead of next year’s 5.7 update. These screenshots give you a first look at their ideas for the redesign...]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:59:12 +1000 http://apcmag.com//google-polishes-chrome-20-browser.htm http://apcmag.com//google-polishes-chrome-20-browser.htm

The new Web browser is not only much faster, it finally gets form auto-fill and a full-screen mode. Hurrah!]]> Sun, 24 May 2009 00:04:05 +1000 http://apcmag.com//-firefox-to-get-multicore-boost.htm http://apcmag.com//-firefox-to-get-multicore-boost.htm

Firefox is poised to get core software features that will allow it to make full use of multicore CPUs for faster performance.]]> Tue, 19 May 2009 23:20:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//googles-chrome-20-browser-to-support-plug-in-extensions.htm http://apcmag.com//googles-chrome-20-browser-to-support-plug-in-extensions.htm

The latest beta release of Google’s open source Web browser introduces support for third-party extensions.]]> Sat, 16 May 2009 14:34:19 +1000 http://apcmag.com//internet-explorer-to-drop-below-50-browser-share-by-2011.htm http://apcmag.com//internet-explorer-to-drop-below-50-browser-share-by-2011.htm

Steady uptake of Firefox, Safari and Chrome sees Microsoft’s browser slip to 66% of share – and the slide will continue until it tumbles below 50%, says one analyst.]]> Wed, 13 May 2009 00:19:03 +1000 http://apcmag.com//use-safari-and-firefox-to-read-newstand-magazines-on-your-desktop.htm http://apcmag.com//use-safari-and-firefox-to-read-newstand-magazines-on-your-desktop.htm

Read free copies of popular US tech magazines, motoring magazines and (ahem) men’s magazines by telling your browser to pretend it’s running on an iPhone...]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:23:05 +1000 http://apcmag.com//firefox-35-hits-final-beta.htm http://apcmag.com//firefox-35-hits-final-beta.htm

The fourth beta of Firefox 3.5, released overnight, will be the last before the browser’s code is locked for an expected mid-year debut.]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:10:54 +1000 http://apcmag.com//firefox-32-to-get-a-radical-itunes-inspired-ui.htm http://apcmag.com//firefox-32-to-get-a-radical-itunes-inspired-ui.htm

“Forget tabs!” says a UI designer of his Firefox 3.2 mock-up, which mimics iTunes with a playlist-like ‘Surflist’ of sites, an integrated ‘Library' of sites and a 'Genius’ button.]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:29:47 +1000 http://apcmag.com//death-to-internet-explorer-60.htm http://apcmag.com//death-to-internet-explorer-60.htm

Web developers and online services lead a campaign to stamp out IE6 from the face of the planet.]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:37:49 +1000 http://apcmag.com//microsoft-to-drop-internet-explorer-for-gazelle.htm http://apcmag.com//microsoft-to-drop-internet-explorer-for-gazelle.htm

The concept of Microsoft dropping Internet Explorer like a bad habit is next to thrilling.]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:00:00 +1000