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Friday Favorite: Lazarus Extension for Safari saves your form text

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 16th, 2011)

Don't you hate that sinking feeling you get when you spend five to ten minutes filling out a form -- and then you lose all the data because of a hiccup in your Internet connection, or because of Safari's tab reloading quirks? Before that happens to you again, you should check out Lazarus. It's ...

Net Market Share lists Safari as top mobile browser

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 1st, 2011)

The latest mobile browser metrics from NetMarketShare show that Safari continues to gain market share. Since December 2010, Safari's share of the mobile browser market has increased from 49.17% to its current level of 62.17%. Android has also increased, but its growth rate is much slower than ...

The 'iPad effect' on browser share numbers

by Chris Rawson (Oct 3rd, 2011)

InfoWorld has noted an 'iPad effect' on browser share among mobile devices. Broadly speaking, InfoWorld reports that mobile devices now appears to account for approximately seven percent of all browsing, up from three percent in 2010. If accurate, that's a pretty remarkable stat by itself, but ...

Chrome hits version 14, adds Lion features

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 19th, 2011)

Google has issued a new stable, public release of its popular Chrome web browser. For developers, Chrome version 14 adds the new Web Audio API, which allows developers to add cool audio effects like room simulation and spatialization. However, the best things about Chrome 14 are the enhancements ...

Mobile Safari still dominates mobile browsing

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 2nd, 2011)

Mobile Safari continues its reign as the dominant mobile browser according to new data from web analytics firm Net Applications. Mobile Safari grabs a respectable 53% of mobile browser usage share, while its closest competitor, Opera Mini, grabs only 20.77%. Coming in third is the Android ...

Popular Android browser Dolphin Browser now on iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Aug 30th, 2011)

One of the shiniest gems on the Android Marketplace has made its way over to the iOS App Store. The Dolphin browser was an early alternative to the official browser on Android phones, and actually ran faster and smoother than the real thing for a while. Now, the Dolphin browser has come to the ...

Sleipnir for OS X arrives in beta, touts group tab management and sync

by Matt Tinsley (Aug 26th, 2011)

If you're the kind of person that loves to live on the wilder side of internet browsing, today you're in luck. Sleipnir is a new OS X web browser that has a few twists, particularly when it comes to tab management. Developed by Japanese outfit Fenrir, Sleipnir first arrived on the iPhone (which ...

Happy 10th birthday, WebKit!

by Mike Schramm (Aug 25th, 2011)

As AppleOutsider notes, the WebKit engine that powers both Safari and Chrome, as well as the browsers on the iPhone and the iPad, turned ten years old yesterday. We meant to mark the occasion on the date itself, but unforeseen circumstances forced us to juggle things around a bit. Sorry about ...

Firefox 6 now available

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 16th, 2011)

Mozilla has officially released Firefox 6.0 for the Mac. The newest version of Mozilla's web browser features a number of under-the-hood improvements that lend themselves to a 20% speed increase (or thereabouts) in the browser itself, plus security improvements. Over the weekend, Mozilla ...

Firefox 6 due next week

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 13th, 2011)

The next version of Mozilla's web browser, Firefox 6, will be officially released on Tuesday, August 16. There are no major UI changes; most of the other changes are under the hood. That's a welcome upgrade as Firefox 6 is reportedly 20% faster than Firefox 5. Also, while Firefox 6 does offer ...

Camino 2.1 now in beta, features improved plug-in control

by Chris Rawson (Aug 1st, 2011)

Camino, an open source third-party web browser for Mac OS X, released a beta of version 2.1 last week. According to the release notes, new features in Camino 2.1 include: Enhanced Location Bar Autocomplete: The location bar's autocomplete feature now displays results in a single list, ...

Safari browser growth outpaces Chrome in July

by Steven Sande (Aug 1st, 2011)

Apple's Safari browser is gaining usage share dramatically, with its largest increase ever during the month of July. Net Applications provides metrics on a regular basis showing how various web browsers are faring in terms of usage, and the July figures showed Safari being used by 8.1 percent of ...

iSwifter will bring Flash-free browsing to the Mac

by Steven Sande (Jul 26th, 2011)

Apple hasn't shipped Adobe Flash Player on Macs since last October, and the current shipping version of Flash Player has some incompatibilities with Lion that have yet to be fixed. If developer iSwifter has its way, you won't need Flash Player on any of your Apple devices. iSwifter currently ...

Opera Mini for iOS updated to 6.0.1

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 11th, 2011)

Opera Mini uses Webkit (as per Apple's rules), but also uses Opera's backend tech for caching and serving up pages somewhat faster than Safari alone. Opera was just updated and here's what's new: Improved YouTube video integration Added single column view Added Opera Mobile Store ...

iPad grabs 1% of global browser share, 25% of US mobile browsing

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 4th, 2011)

Not surprisingly, recent statistics from New Applications, a web analytics firm, show that many people are using their iPad to browse the web. The iPad now accounts for 1% of the global web browser market and 2% in the US. This number has steadily increased since the original iPad debuted in ...