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• Opera Goes Turbo

  Author

  Matt Oakes

  Date

  Fri 13 Mar 2009 at 4:01

  Type

  Blog Entry

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  7 comments

  

  About a month ago, Opera announced Opera Turbo. Opera Turbo is a piece of software that runs on the Opera server in between you and the Internet. It compresses website data by as much as 80% and then sends you the results to be displayed in Opera. The technology is already used in Opera Mini, where it can compress a standard web page (with images) down to around 7KB, which loads quite quick, even on a standard mobile connection. Originally it was thought that Opera were only going to licence the technology to third parties, who would then i…

• In-depth Comparison of Web Browsers at MaximumPC

  Author

  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Wed 11 Mar 2009 at 22:19

  Type

  Blog Entry

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  1 comment

  

  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…

• What Kind of Browser User are You?

  Author

  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Tue 7 Oct 2008 at 15:05

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  Blog Entry

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  3 comments

  The Choose Opera blog posted a funny little chart about typical web browser users of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Apple Safari. It is funny, especially the Apple Safari row, but the chart also has a little accuracy in my opinion. IE users are generally either not informed or stubborn about switching to a better browser. Opera users tend to be a little elitist, but only because they're using the better browser (I do use Opera myself). Power users of Apple Safari are almost certainly using it for the "Private Browsing" feature, …

• Reviewing Google Chrome

  Author

  Matt Oakes

  Date

  Sat 6 Sep 2008 at 11:35

  Type

  Blog Entry

  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…

• Web Browser Testing 101

  Author

  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Thu 4 Sep 2008 at 8:12

  Type

  Article

  

  The web browser market has grown: Opera, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Seamonkey, Konquerer, K-Melon, Netscape... and the list goes on. So many browsers! How are you going to test in all of them? Wait, you don't even have IE6 on your computer anymore! You don't have a Mac, how do you test in Mac browsers? Don't worry! There is a sensible way to approach browser testing. Read on to find out!

• Google Announces New Web Browser

  Author

  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Mon 1 Sep 2008 at 21:10

  Type

  Blog Entry

  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. …

• Know the Big Players

  Author

  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Sun 12 Jun 2005 at 7:44

  Type

  Article

  To some, cross browser design may seem close to impossible, but you have to start somewhere. Here Ethan introduces you to the four main browser rendering engines - KHTML, Gecko, Trident/Talsman, and Presto.

• Browsers on Thumb Drives

  Author

  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Sat 11 Jun 2005 at 20:42

  Type

  Blog Entry

  Comments

  2 comments

  Ever wished that you could take your browser of choice wherever you go? That way you don't have to use Internet Explorer? I've found methods to get both Opera and Firefox on a thumb drive. Both work fine and make a nice way to have a good browser with you at all times. Opera megamanXplosion at Sitepoint.com posted some great instructions on how to get Opera on your thumb drive. It also guides you through setting the cache to go on the current computer and for Opera to be offered to you on the drive's startup menu: Installing Oper…

• Review: AOL Browser

  Author

  Matt Oakes

  Date

  Tue 15 Mar 2005 at 14:30

  Type

  Article

  America Online has always been a one stop spot for an Internet surfer with their tightly knit service. Here Matt reviews on the latest standalone version of AOL's web browser.

• IE Alternative Web Browsers

  Author

  Ethan Poole

  Date

  Sun 30 Jan 2005 at 6:39

  Type

  Article

  Internet Explorer is the most popular web browser, but here Ethan shows us some alternatives to IE aimed for developers. Discover Mozilla, Firefox, and Opera along with what they have to offer.