Tag Archives: firefox

Firefox 4 Beta 10 is out – it’s time to upgrade!

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

I downloaded Firefox 4 Beta 10 yesterday on my Mac. It was released just days after Beta 9 and I’m not sure what all the differences are between Beta 9 and Beta 10 are but I had been using Firefox … Continue reading →

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Media buttons not displaying in WordPress.com Add New Post screen in Safari

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

I’m new to WordPress.com (though been a WordPress.org user since 2004) so forgive me if this is old news but the WordPress.com New Post dialog box doesn’t display properly in Safari (version 5.03 on OS X 10.6.6, at least). If … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3.0b4 review

Posted on March 11, 2008 by

Firefox 3.0b4 was released overnight and it is a significant improvement over the already superb 3.0b3! The browser space is really improving of late, what with the release of the surprisingly good Internet Explorer 8 beta, the nightly Webkit releases, … Continue reading →

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Internet Explorer 8 (Beta) released

Posted on March 6, 2008 by

Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8 Beta yesterday and, surprisingly, it seems to be quite a good browser! I say surprisingly because Microsoft don’t have a track record in the good browser market I wrote a post a few weeks back … Continue reading →

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Screaming fast browser II

Posted on February 13, 2008 by

I wrote a post the other day giving speeds of various browsers running the SunSpider JavaScript Benchnark tests. Since writing the post Firefox has released Firefox 3.0b3 and Robert made me aware in the comments of the previous browser speed … Continue reading →

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Screaming fast browser?

Posted on February 11, 2008 by

After reading Seth Weintraub’s post on how the upcoming versions of Safari are blisteringly fast I decided to download the latest nightly (WebKit r30123) and check it out for myself. To check the different browser versions I used the SunSpider … Continue reading →

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Will 2008 be the year of the standards compliant browser?

Posted on December 20, 2007 by

Microsoft announced yesterday on the Internet Explorer blog that the next version of Internet Explorer (IE8) will correctly render the Acid2 test page. See the excellent Channel 9 video for more. The Acid2 test is a test of a browser’s … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3.0b2 released

Posted on December 19, 2007 by

I started using Firefox 3.0b1 a few weeks back as my primary browser (in general it is not advisable to use beta software on a production machine). In that time it has been incredibly stable and not at all resource … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3.0b1 on OS X Leopard quick review

Posted on December 5, 2007 by

I downloaded and installed the beta version of Firefox 3.0 a few days ago and have been using it since on my OS X Leopard laptop. I also installed the Proto theme for Mac Firefox which significantly enhances the look … Continue reading →

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Popfly mashups

Posted on November 12, 2007 by

After Steve Clayton demoed it to me last week, I decided to try playing around with Microsoft’s Popfly. Popfly is a tool for creating Mashups in Silverlight, with a drag and drop interface. It comes with a tutorial (on right) … Continue reading →

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