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All the browsers of today tout their support for HTML5. The latest offering from Microsoft, Internet Explorer 9, is beating the chests in its HTML5 support and the beauty it brings to the web. So does the recently released Firefox 4 with it’s web o wonder. All these browsers do certain tasks very well. But, [...]
There are lot of people surfing the internet who don’t know what is a web browser. All they recognize is an “e” logo that sits on their desktops, as a window that allows them to do Email, Google, Facebook etc. When Google released Chrome, they tried to address this problem by educating people what web [...]
The beta channel of Chrome has added a new feature to support the HTML5 voice input or speech recognition support in webapps. The immediate application of this is Speech to Text support. Imagine using this with Google Instant search and you can speak and search without having to touch the keyboard. Already plugins have crept [...]
HTMl5 is Alive! That’s what Microsoft declares with its recently released version of Internet Explorer, IE9. Microsoft, which initially shied away from web standards is embracing HTML5 with both arms after seeing an ongoing decline of the market share of its pet browser and the rise of Chrome and Firefox. Internet Explorer is liked by [...]
With the impending release of Firefox 4, it is expected that Firefox will become modern again. Many Firefox fans wouldn’t like this, but yes Firefox has been left behind by Chrome and the recently release IE9 and is perceived as a sluggish browser. The only thing in favor of Firefox remains the vast availability of [...]
The recently released iPad 2 does very well in HTML5 support and performance tests. Sencha tested various tablets including iPad 1, Samsung Galaxy Tab and Motorola Xoom. iPad 2 beat all the tablets in every test. Since Apple has openly denied every supporting Flash on its mobile devices, it is very important that iPad do [...]
In an epic battle fight for the next generation HTML video standard, Microsoft, Apple and Google are playing their part sincerely. While Microsoft and Apple have vested interests in H.264, they keep promoting it siting it’s merits while conveniently ignoring the potential IP issues that may be enforced by MPEG-LA. Google has WebM as its [...]
I am a Windows 7 user who has installed Ubuntu in VirtualBox. I have a laptop for work and in my usual days at office I use the Web Browser, Excel and PowerPoint throughout the day. MS Word has already become obsolete for me – don’t know when was the last time I ever opened [...]
Microsoft has confirmed that it has not plans of supporting HTML5 in their upcoming mobile phone OS, Windows Phone 7 or just WP7. The browser in WP7 is a hybrid of IE7 and IE8, implying no HTML5 functionality. Microsoft earlier had trouble getting to terms with HTML5, but eventually came on board and implemented HTML5 [...]
Yes, we know IE9 preview uses GPU acceleration and Chrome is also planning doing the same. When it comes to speed tests, the fast growing Chrome browser is the benchmark and the browser to beat. Both, Opera and Safari are out there to beat Chrome, which is still the reigning speed king. But, there are [...]
