Tag Archive | "Safari"
Apple to unveil Safari 5 at WWDC with 25% faster JavaScript performance, DNS prefetching, and new feature dubbed “Safari Reader”
MacGeneration is reporting that Apple plans to take the wrapping off of Safari 5 at this Monday’s WWDC event, and they’ve gotten ahold of some support documents which lay out many of the new features in Apple’s homegrown web browser. Safari 5 is a major upgrade, and will include 25% faster JavaScript performance along with [...]
Continue reading...Gruber hints at extension API for Safari at WWDC
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
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In his typical cryptic manner, John Gruber hints at Apple finally releasing an extension API for Safari at the upcoming WWDC. “If only Apple had an imminent developer conference where they could unveil such a thing,” Gruber slyly writes. via DF
Continue reading...Putting Google’s Froyo claims to the test vs. an iPhone and an HTC HD2
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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Google last week made some grandiose claims about how fast the web browser in its latest Android update, dubbed Froyo, is. And oh yes, did we mention that Froyo runs Adobe’s Flash player 10.1 Beta? Well, Pocketnow decided to put Google’s claims to the test and conducted some browser speed tests with the iPhone, a Nexus [...]
Continue reading...Internet Explorer market share drops below 60% for the first time
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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For the first time in its history, Internet Explorer’s marketshare has dipped below 60%. According to recent data covering the month of April from NetApplications, the percentage of browsers running IE dropped 0.7 points to 59.95% in the month of April. Back in June of 2009, IE’s share came in at 68.32%. And for some [...]
Continue reading...Ever notice how gifs take forever to load on Safari?
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Once a staple of the web, animated gifs have for the most part been rendered obsolete by a number of other technologies used to relay video content. But they do still exist, and every once in a while you run into an animated gif that you just gotta see. And if you happen to be [...]
Continue reading...Ballmer: “The Internet is not designed for the iPhone”
Thursday, October 22, 2009
In a recent AP articleabout today’s release of Windows 7, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had an interesting answer in response to a question about whether or not smartphones “could unseat PC’s as the technology of choice for on-the-go consumers. Let’s face it, the Internet was designed for the PC. The Internet is not designed for [...]
Continue reading...Apple’s growing role in WebKit development and what it means for Flash
Friday, August 28, 2009
The WebKit engine has become the de-facto standard for mobile browsers, something which takes on broader implications in light of Apple’s unparalleled involvement and contribution to the WebKit open-source project. In addition to Apple, a number of other companies such as Nokia and Google are heavily involved with WebKit development, but with approximately 30 webkit [...]
Continue reading...Internet Explorer loses 11.4% of browser market share
Monday, July 6, 2009
Despite an increase in the number of people using IE 8, the overall number of users who browse the web with Internet Explorer continues to dwindle, with the latest report finding that since March, IE has lost 11.4% in browser market share. Internet Explorer has long been chastised for not strictly adhering to web standards, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday Night Links, Homie
Thursday, June 18, 2009
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On the off chance that you’re staying up all-night so that you can be first in line to pick up an iPhone 3G S tomorrow, why not pass the night away plowing through these links? First Example of In-App Purchasing Doesn’t Bode Well – The Apple Blog iPhone 3.0 excels at Wi-Fi hotspots – Macworld [...]
Continue reading...Safari 4 downloaded over 11 million times in 3 days
Friday, June 12, 2009
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Apple today issued a press release announcing that Safari 4 has already been downloaded 11 million times, a pretty astounding number considering that it was just released on Monday. Also telling is that more than half of those downloads came from Windows users. CUPERTINO, California—June 12, 2009—Apple® today announced that more than 11 million copies [...]
Continue reading...Overview of the cooler features in iPhone OS 3.0, for users
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Here’s a quick rundown of the more intriguing features users can look forward to in the upcoming iPhone OS 3.0 update, which is scheduled to drop on June 17. Cut, Copy, and Paste The next iPhone software will bring with it over 100 new features, chief among them the long awaited arrival of cut, copy, [...]
Continue reading...Safari 4: Not as big on privacy as you might think
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Web designer Chris Harwick writes about Safari not taking care of business when it comes to keeping your web browsing habits private: The most outrageous thing I found, and it took drinking from Spotlight’s firehose of filesystem changes with FSEventer to find it, was that Safari does not delete the webpage previews it generates for Quicklook. [...]
Continue reading...Quick thought on Palm Pre Cards.. and why it looks so familiar
Friday, April 17, 2009
Video footage of the Palm Pre looks great. There’s no getting around it. One of the Pre’s most often-cited and touted features is its use of ‘Cards’ to navigate between applications. While certainly a cool feature, is it really any different than the way you navigate between Safari windows on the iPhone? I only mention [...]
Continue reading...Safari 4 pushes Apple to 10% broswer share
Monday, March 2, 2009
Apple’s recent release of Safari 4 Beta has propelled the browser to over a 10% market share for web browsers. TG Daily has the full scoop over here.
Continue reading...UI inconsistencies in Safari 4 and reverting back to Safari 3 style tabs
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Graham Bower over at Macpredictions has some interesting opinions about some of the new UI tweaks in Safari 4. Specifically, Bower notes: What a travesty then, that Apple should see fit to copy so many aspects of Chrome’s UI in the new version of Safari – an app previously noted for its influential, clean looks. [...]
Continue reading...Initial Safari 4 impressions
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Been toying with the new Safari beta for a while, and it seems noticeably zipper than the latest build of Firefox 3. This is all the more impressive considering that with high bandwith connections, most sites load almost immediately regardless of what browser your using. I’ve seen some conflicting reviews about the ‘Top Sites’ feature, [...]
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Saturday, June 5, 2010
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