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[1 Feb 2012 | One Comment | 876 views]

Apple released Safari 5 on June 7, 2010 and over 18 months later we’re still using a dot-variant thereof. Whether intended or not — Steve Jobs had just declared war on Adobe Flash — that D-Day anniversary marked the beginning …

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[31 Jan 2012 | One Comment | 573 views]

The rapid release cycle that began with Firefox 4, Mozilla has delivered a steady stream of relatively ho-hum updates over the course of nine months. This latest point release in whole number clothing comes with tangible progress baked in, but …

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[6 Jan 2012 | One Comment | 953 views]

Safari with a twist or, at the very least, a private label instance of WebKit with a twist. In addition to searchable bookmark tags, Dropbox integration and data portability, this still in beta browser will help you manage internet passwords …

Mac, Software »

[21 Dec 2011 | One Comment | 825 views]

Development of Mozilla’s all-in-one browser has perennially lagged Firefox, especially when it came to HTML5. The gap is now gone with this release as both browsers now score a ery respectable 300-plus points on th HTML5 compatibility benchmark, besting both …

Mac, Software »

[20 Dec 2011 | One Comment | 829 views]

Mozilla has added two-finger swipe navigation and improved theme integration for OS X Lion users. Further, the open source group is claiming much faster JavaScript performance, as well as improved HTML5 and CSS standard compliance.
It’s better, faster and more compatible …

Mac, Software »

[30 Nov 2011 | No Comment | 536 views]

This is a point update pure and simple. There are no new features, but a quartet of tweaks could make the Mac’s default browser much more usable. And, did Apple really reduce Safari’s egregious RAM footprint? In a word, yup.
If …

Mac, Software »

[30 Nov 2011 | 2 Comments | 891 views]

Looking for an up-to-date browser for your older PPC or Intel Mac running OS X 10.4 or later? It’s tough to beat Camino, though this could be the last major update we’ll ever see. What’s new? Step inside for those …

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[23 Nov 2011 | 4 Comments | 1,085 views]

There is one big mover in this iteration of the Fairer Platform’s HTML5 benchmark survey, but crowd hasn’t moved much. However, devices running Apple’s iOS 5 post an impressively consistent score.
The last time we looked at HTML5 compatibility benchmarks back …

Mac, Software »

[23 Nov 2011 | No Comment | 566 views]

Mozilla’s son of Netscape Navigator chugs along with the relative speed of rapid release without the confusing version inflation. Thereupon, this release looks very much like Firefox 8, the current stable release of the open source software maker’s flagship browser.
Miss …

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[8 Nov 2011 | One Comment | 845 views]

Rapid release marches ever onward. Mozilla’s latest whole number release comes to market with third-party adds-on are disabled by default, Twitter is now in the search bar, faster start-up time, better performance and memory handling, and support for HTML5 context …