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Google Chrome gets even faster ... On Google sites ... According to Google

Google Blog : We introduced Google Chrome back in September, and it's received a great response so far. Since launching, we've been working hard on adding the top requested features and making Google Chrome even faster. Today, we are updating to a new version of Google Chrome that is faster than...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-21-2009
Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 now available

It looks like Mozilla has released a new beta of Firefox 3.5 (formerly 3.1): Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 is a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback. It includes many new features as well as improvements to performance, web compatibility, and speed. We recommend that you...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-28-2009
IE8: Ad blocking with the InPrivate Filter

You know, I almost wrote a scathing overview of some recent comments made by the author of the Firefox add-in Ad Block Plus. He came off like a real jerk, which is bad enough, but he also seemed utterly clueless about the benefits of doing an IE version of his add-on. (I believe the rationale boiled...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-03-2009
Is IE8 really fat and slow?

In sharp contrast to certain dimwitted bloggers out there, no one can ever accuse Ed Bott of "false misunderstanding." The guy grabs on to a topic and shakes it until it squeaks, and for this reason, he'll always be the voice of reason in our industry. The topic du jour: Reports that IE...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-27-2009
Why Internet Explorer 8 disappoints web developers

Jake Goldman has written up a lengthy post using three examples of how Microsoft continues to disappoint web developers with IE 8. I think this is an important part of the overall discussion around this browser, and about browsers in general, and of course the wider uber-topic under which it all sits...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-23-2009
Internet Explorer 8 is now available

Just a heads-up: As promised, the final version of IE 8 just went live . It's good for virtually all modern Windows versions (XP and up) but not for Windows 7 Beta, of course.

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-19-2009
Windows Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View List

Or, to use a more controversial headline which I'm sure you'll see elsewhere: Internet Explorer 8 natively incompatible with over 3,000 web sites Microsoft has provided a list of web sites (in super-convenient Excel format) that haven't taken as little as 10 minutes of time to make sure they...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-19-2009
Microsoft Delivers Internet Explorer 8

This was supposed to be announced today, but someone (Walt Mossberg, based on my RSS feeds, but I could be wrong) broke the NDA, so Microsoft allowed reviewers to start posting earlier. Here's my take on the news from WinInfo : Microsoft will release its newest web browser, Internet Explorer 8, today...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-19-2009
New beta version of Google Chrome released

Google Chrome blog: Since we took the "beta" tag off Google Chrome in December, we've been updating two release channels : developer and stable. With our latest release, we're re-introducing the beta channel for some early feedback — and if you're reading the brand new Google Chrome...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-17-2009
Opera Turbo

Opera begins beta testing the next version of its Windows Web browser (Opera 10): At Opera, we love speed. We work hard to make our browser faster with features that speeds you up, but your connection also plays a big role on how fast you can go. Some people have fast connections, a lot have slow connections...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-16-2009

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