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Tweet Apple soliciting Safari extensions for upcoming gallery In an e-mail sent to its registered third-party developers, Apple continues to solicit submissions for the upcoming Safari Extension Gallery, a curated collection of extensions for the latest version of the company’s desktop Web browser. Apple doesn’t give an exact date for the gallery’s unveiling, saying only [...]

Tweet IE9 will have better JavaScript performance Microsoft has said today that its upcoming Internet Explorer 9 browser will “nearly” close the JavaScript performance gap that its current browser version has against rivals Firefox and Chrome. The claim is notable especially because the software giant only started developing IE9 last month. Says Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft [...]

Tweet Firefox 4.0 goes Chrome, will arrive with new UI in Q4 2010 Mozilla recently updated its product roadmap through 2010. According to the first draft, the current browser will see a minor update in Q4 2009 as well as Q2 2010. Version 4.0 is headed for an October or November 2010 release and will [...]

Tweet Web browsers – what they are and how to choose one There is a good chance that everyone reading this column is familiar with web browsers and browsing, because you are using a web browser to display it. However, browsers are becoming both more varied, and more important as more people become connected to [...]

Tweet First Google Chrome 4 reveals the beginnings of cloud synchronization With Google, one tends to learn the meanings and intentions behind the many events in its development programs pretty much as they happen. For example, the distinctions between what goes on in the Chrome browser’s development channel (“Dev”) and what happens in the beta [...]