Google Chrome is well known for being very fast at rendering web pages, but based on an update on the Google Student Blog it appears to be mind bogglingly snappy. To give you a sense of how snappy, take a look at this video comparing Chromes rendering to the speed to a potato.
Crazy Right? Well it’s all down to a new V8 JavaScript rendering engine, which boasts an improvement of 35%.
Recently Google Announced a new exciting product called Google Chrome Frame. Which is an add-on for Internet Explorer which offers Internet Explorer users all the features of other browsers without having to install a different browser (When a certain Meta tag is used on a web page)? The video Google released explains the product in a little more detail.
Most of you may have noticed that Firefox 3.5 has just been released. Here is a quick overview of what new features and improvements it has:
If you want to read in a bit more detail the new features of Mozilla FireFox 3.5, take a look at Firefox 3.5 for developers.
Ever wondered how many people know what a browser is? If you haven’t this video may make you cry a little.
Overall April was quite an eventful month for the OS and Browser wars. On the OS front, Windows 7 (Win7) release candidate was made available to the public, which has received quite a positive response. Microsoft also started advertising how cost effective windows machines are in their “I’m a PC” advertisement campaign.
Browser wise, webmaster have been encouraged by Google to inform their IE6 users about the alternative browser available and the disadvantages of IE6. The effect this has had on IE6 users is debatable, but overall IE6 is slowly disappearing.