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IE 8 RC1 is imminent

In a post to the IE Blog yesterday, Microsoft confirmed that it is about to release the curious long-in-the-coming Release Candidate version of Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8)... The version of IE8 in Windows 7 Beta is somewhat older than the Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate (IE8 RC1) that we're...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-22-2009
Google releases preview of Chrome 2.0

Looks like Google is serious about ramping up Chrome to better compete with IE and Firefox. There's an alpha version of Chrome 2.0 available, and the release notes include a list of new features... New version of WebKit. WebKit is the open source code Google Chrome uses to render web pages (HTML...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 01-09-2009
Microsoft pulls a Barbie

Microsoft explains how it missed a serious IE bug for NINE years or, as the company chooses to title this blog post, MS08-078 and the SDL : Every bug is an opportunity to learn, and the security update that fixed the data binding bug that affected Internet Explorer users is no exception. The bug was...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 12-22-2008
Compatibility View Improvements to come in IE8

No word yet on whether the default rendering mode will be improved as well, but Microsoft program manager Scott Dickens provides some details about the final IE 8 beta on the IE Blog: The next public update of IE8 includes improvements to Compatibility View that help end-users when they visit web sites...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 12-08-2008
Opera 10 sneak peek

Opera is beginning the push for the next version of its Web browser: Today, Opera Software introduces the first look at Opera 10. An alpha version of Opera 10 is now available at http://www.opera.com/browser/next/ . This release gives people a taste of Opera's new rendering engine, Opera Presto 2...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 12-04-2008
Google Chrome takes one-half of one percent of the Web browser market

And let me point out that it’s nice to see that OneStat understands the difference between usage share, which this is, and market share, which this isn’t. OneStat.com, the number one provider of real-time intelligence web analytics, today reported that Google's Chrome browser has only a small global...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-23-2008
IE8: What’s After Beta 2

I guess they took my strident feedback about Beta 2 seriously: IE 8 pretty much breaks the Web at this point. But as Dean Hachamovitch, the General Manager of Internet Explorer notes, there’s still work to be done before Microsoft can release its next browser : Since the release of Beta 2, the team has...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-20-2008
Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows

The Google Chrome Beta is live for Windows XP and Vista users. One box for everything Type in the address bar and get suggestions for both search and web pages. Thumbnails of your top sites Access your favorite pages instantly with lightning speed from any new tab. Shortcuts for your apps Get desktop...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-02-2008
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Now Available

The IE Blog reports on the long-awaited Beta 2 release of IE 8 : We’re excited to release IE8 Beta 2 today for public download. You can find it at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8 . Please try it out! You’ll find versions for 32- and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-27-2008
Microsoft discusses first IE 8 Beta 2 feature: InPrivate Browsing

I was under the impression that I was going to have to wait until Microsoft shipped Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 to discuss this, but the IE team today blogged about one of the features from that upcoming release, InPrivate Browsing: When we began planning IE8, we took a hard look at our customers’...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-25-2008

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