Posts Tagged ‘Firefox’
Google Chrome Leapfrogs Internet Explorer as the Web’s Top Browser
Google Chrome Leapfrogs Internet Explorer as the Web's Top Browser. This is kind of amazing. Firefox has been ubiquitous in my surroundings for years now, but we never saw a headline like this as a result. I find this fascinating because when I talk to family and friends and mention Chrome, no one is using [...]
Hyphenation arrives in Firefox and Safari
Hyphenation arrives in Firefox and Safari | Fontdeck Blog. This is good news.
Slow Performing Firefox Add-ons
Slow Performing Add-ons :: Add-ons for Firefox. Firefox has been all over the news lately with the release of Firefox 4, the latest version of what was once my eye-opening favorite browser. Lots of browser talk focuses around performance. Every time a new browser version comes out many of the intro paragraphs for reviews mention ”OMG [...]
Why Firefox 4 won’t score 100 on Acid3
Mythbusting: Why Firefox 4 won’t score 100 on Acid3 — Alexander Limi. Acid3 made waves back when being a standardisa often meant being a bit (too) zealous about validation and the like. It was often used as a solid benchmark for browser compliance, and many times I’ll still see references to a browser’s Acid3 score [...]
What’s New in Firebug 1.6
What’s New in Firebug 1.6. I’ve been using Chrome exclusively for roughly the past six months, before that it was Safari. Needless to say I’m a big WebKit fan. I didn’t become one until moving to OS X, before that I was a die hard Firefox user when I ran Linux. I remember first stumbling [...]
Improving Your Process: The Browser Gauntlet
Having an effective browser test suite for Web design should be a terribly important part of your process.
Comparing Safari 3.1 and Firefox 3 Beta 4
I took a week to give Safari 3.1 a fair shot for Web development, here are my results.
Apple Rekindling the Browser War or Trying to Help?
What struck me about WWDC07 this year was the announcement regarding Apple making Safari available on the Windows platform. I had always wondered if that would ever happen, especially after the establishment of The WebKit Open Source Project, but honestly didn’t expect it at this point in time.
When Readers Choose to Use Their Own Style
User style sheets can sometimes interfere with author CSS. Most commonly, users don’t create their own style sheet due to the requirement of a working CSS knowledge. Automated scripts adding custom style sheets for users changes things up a bit, however.
Site Testing with Text Based Browsers
I can’t stress enough how important it is to keep tabs on yourself by properly testing your site in various environments. Cross platform, cross browser, and also just as important: cross technology. Many times, developers feel that if their code is valid, they’re good to go. Validity is very important, yes, but if a document [...]
