Posts Tagged ‘Browsers’

• Windows 8 will be return to "digital dark ages", says Mozilla

  Friday, May 11th, 2012

  

  Mozilla, creators of popular internet browser Firefox, claim Microsoft is restricting user choice in Windows 8, by only supporting Internet Explorer.

  In a potential online PR disaster for Microsoft, both Mozilla and Google have raised public concerns about the future of Windows operating systems.

  Harvey Anderson, from Mozilla’s general counsel, claims Microsoft will return Windows 8 users to the “digital dark ages”, when only Internet Explorer was available to navigate the web.

  Anderson says Microsoft is refusing to allow Firefox, Chrome, or indeed any other browser to work on its new operating system, which will be loaded on ARM processor chips.

  Mozilla claims Microsoft is planning for its new Windows RT (Windows running on ARM) to run in two environments – a ‘Classic’ mode, and a ‘Metro’ mode which will run apps.

  “However, Windows on ARM prohibits any browser except for Internet Explorer from running in the privileged ‘Windows Classic’ environment,” Anderson said. “In practice, this means that only Internet Explorer will be able to perform many of the advanced computing functions vital to modern browsers in terms of speed, stability, and security, to which users have grown accustomed.

  “Given that IE can run in Windows on ARM, there is no technical reason to conclude other browsers can’t do the same.”

  Anderson said the decision would restrict user choice whilst also killing competition and innovation.

  “We encourage Microsoft to remain firm on its user choice principles. Excluding third-party browsers contradicts Microsoft’s own published Principles, that users and developers have relied upon for years,” he said.

  Anderson’s comments may hit home hard with Microsoft, which has already faced antitrust action in the past. Back in 2001, DOJ vs Microsoft saw the firm forced to allow PC sellers to include non-Microsoft software on new computers. The European Commission was also involved, leading to Windows users being given a choice of browsers in Europe.

  Google has backed Mozilla’s concerns. A spokesman told V3: “We share the concerns Mozilla has raised… we’ve always welcomed innovation in the browser space across all platforms, and strongly believe that having great competitors makes us all work harder.”

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  Tags: ARM, Browsers, chrome, Classic mode, Firefox, internet, Metro mode, Microsoft, mobile, mozilla, online, search, Windows, windows 8, windows RT
  Posted in Online PR (Public Relations)

• Google introduces Chrome extension: Google Related

  Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

  

  Google has used its official blog to reveal the introduction of a new Chrome extension, Google Related.

  The tool will operate in the background while you browse, for example, a news article, working to find the most relevant and interesting material related to what you’re viewing.

  Included amongst the results are the categories: video (most commonly providing results generated from YouTube); news; web and images; displayed in a thin grey bar at the bottom of the web browser. Google Related will remain minimized until the user moves the mouse over the bar, while a built-in +1 button means that users can share content with others as well.

  By paying close attention to user behaviour patterns, Google is able to hyper-personalise the results provided by the tool.

  An article on Search Engine Watch has suggested that it is possible for webmasters to take advantage of this new tool, by making content more SEO friendly.

  It states: “You can optimize your media or page contenting by improving your rank on other Google services; the images, video and news content reflect the top results found in Google universal search and Google News.”

  Google Related won’t be ignoring the results provided by competitors, which is great for those hoping for a wider variety of sources.

  SEW also added that while the Related toolbar was unlikely to have a great impact on the search engine’s algorithms, it had the potential to become a metric employed in the future.

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  Tags: Browsers, chrome, extensions, Google, Goole Related
  Posted in Search Engine Optimisation

• How does your site look in different browsers?

  Saturday, December 5th, 2009

  Making sure your site appears as it should in different browsers is no mean feat for the people who code your website.

  It is always wise though to check your site in as many browsers, including mobile browsers, before it goes live.

  Here are some tools to do precisely that and show you exactly what your website visitors will be seeing:

  browsera

  Browsershots

  Netrenderer – for all the most recent versions of Internet Explorer (IE)

  Browsercam – cross browser compatability on a wide variety of devices.

  

  Tags: browser checker, Browsers, cross browser compatibility, tools
  Posted in SEO, Tips & Tricks