In my ongoing search for something with which to tinker, I’ve occasionally run across the Midori browser, a fully GTK+2 integrated, WebKit-based browser with a focus on being lightweight and simple.
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An interface designer interning at Mozilla has suggested that the company mimic gimmicks in Google's Chrome to make users think Firefox starts up faster.
Read more »How ready is your browser for HTML5- Take the test
HTML5 is the second most buzzed word around I think, second only to the Hypepad. In case you're wondering whether your current browser is compatible with it or not, a simple tool to help you determine this is the HTML5 test tool.
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Introducing GNUzilla and IceCat
GNUzilla is the GNU version of the Mozilla suite, and GNU IceCat is the GNU version of the Firefox browser. Its main advantage is an ethical one: it is entirely free software. While the Firefox source code from the Mozilla project is free software, they distribute and recommend non-free software as plug-ins and addons.
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Firefox, Chrome, Safari have finally killed Internet Explorer
The hegemony that Internet Explorer once upon a time had is... over. Right now, other browsers are fighting amongst each other, and it's all about how much of IE's share they are getting. The war is over: Internet Explorer lost. Everybody else won. So, what kind of scenario has the IT world painfully missed?
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Rekonq: A Quick Glance At Kubuntu Next Default Browser
The talk of the town is that the next version of Kubuntu will have a new default browser, replacing Konqueror, the longtime KDE favorite.
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Microsoft/Novell Faking “Open Source” and Pushing .NET Into Web Browsers
Microsoft does not keep its promises regarding “Open Source” in .NET and its MVP Miguel de Icaza is trying to ram .NET into Web browsers
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End of the Desktop? Google Backs WebGL
Stick a fork in the desktop, it's done! Recently Google demoed a port of Quake II to WebGL and HTML5, showing that even first person shooters are suitable applications to run in the browser. While the tide isn't going to turn all at once, it seems more likely than ever that a browser-based desktop is a viable option and ultimately the way many users will experience all applications.
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WebKit2 browser engine introduces split process model
Developers at Apple have presented version 2 of their WebKit browser engine, adding a split process model with web content (JavaScript, HTML, layout) running as a separate process from the application's user interface
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Microsoft is Still Cheating in Browser Ballot — Claim
Microsoft has found "creative" ways of preventing people from actually choosing a Web browser other than Internet Explorer, according to Håkon Wium Lie from Opera Software (the infamous butterfly ballot is shown above)
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Firefox plans fix for decade-old browsing history leak
Firefox developers say they're close to plugging an information leakage hole that has plagued every major browser for more than a decade.
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Microsoft Not Only Broke the Law in Europe, So Browser Ballot Should Become International
A new push for the Web browser ballot to be deployed on all Windows installers/OEM PCs; other abuses of Microsoft in Europe
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Review: Linux Browsers, Part 2
HV3 is a world apart from the average web browser. The browser's site describes it as an experiment in creating "modern web browser components" from the Tcl/Tk platform. The project has two parts, the Hv3 cross-platform browser and the Tkhtml3 widget for developers.
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Flinks—Speed-Reading Web Browser
I'm always on the lookout for original projects, and this particular application really took me by surprise. According to its Web site, “Flinks is a text-mode flashing word Web browser. It is intended for speed reading.
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Alternative Browsers: Beyond Chrome and Firefox
Looking for a new flavor of Web browser? If the mainstream favorites aren’t doing the trick, or you just want to test drive something new, we take a look at several of the “alternative” Web browsers for the Linux desktop.
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