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In-depth Comparison of Web Browsers at MaximumPC
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- Wed 11 Mar 2009 at 22:19
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There are a lot of web browsers on the market today, with a lot of marketing text and hidden agendas clouding any real evaluation of each browser. Even at Lowter, we heavily lean towards Opera. All of the graphs and speed tests are the worst, with each data set showing almost entirely different results, always skewed towards a particular browser. However, I found a great article on Maximum PC that gives a pretty detailed and fair review of the major browsers on the market. It compares the browsers on the rendering engine, the user interfa…
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Matt's Predictions for 2009
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- Sat 27 Dec 2008 at 10:50
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As is typical at the end of each year, we're going to make some predictions about next year and technology. I'm going to start with my five predictions and Ethan will add his five in a separate blog post tomorrow. At the end of 2009, it will be interesting to see who got what right. Microformats Prediction: Microformats will be incorporated into more websites; however, few people will make use of the extra data at all. Microformats have started to pick up steam in 2008 and are just starting to be used on mainstream websites. I think…
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Reviewing Google Chrome
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- Sat 6 Sep 2008 at 11:35
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After all the fuss about Google Chrome, you can't help but feel that it's just hype and that it won't end up being as good as originally promised. I must say, however, that after reading through the comic I was pretty excited. I don't want to get into the debate about whether Google should have their own browser, as well as give money to support Firefox. However, I do think that it's a great thing that a wider selection of browsers has opened up recently: first with the arrival of Mozilla Firefox and now with a high profile release from Goog…
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Google Announces New Web Browser
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- Mon 1 Sep 2008 at 21:10
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Today Google, using a comic, announced that they have been developing their own web browser called Chrome. Basically, Chrome is Google's answer to improving web browsers and they have some pretty good ideas. The comic explains everything pretty well, but to list a few key points: The browser is focused on each tab being "separate". Each tab runs in its own process so that if it crashes the entire application doesn't go down along with it. Plus the technical setup of the tabs (what they describe as a "sandbox") makes them more secure. …
