Will You Miss The Brows...

Say goodbye to your address bar… maybe. Google is mulling over replacing the address bar found in its Chrome Web browser with something less intrusive (if that’s the word to use). In one scenario, the address bar would only become visible when, say, the mouse pointer is hovered over a certain area of the screen. At all other times the address bar would vanish from the interface. The (possible) changes come soon after the release of the latest Internet Explorer 9 beta (technically it’s a release candidate at this point). Mozilla may hate the browser , but the interface is the most “radical” of the bunch. For starters the tab bar and the address bar are on the same Y axis, which Microsoft says helps sites “shine.” (You always get the feeling that Microsoft tries too hard when it comes to verbiage.) Obviously what Internet Explorer does is irrelevant to the Mac and Linux users in the audience, be it serves as an example of where modern browser design may be going. Read More

Mozilla: Internet Explo...

Why is Mozilla harshing on Internet Explorer 9 ? The company’s tech evangelist, Paul Rouget, said in a recent blog post that Internet Explorer 9 isn’t a “truly modern” browser, specifically calling out its implementation of HTML5. I don’t understand why the average person couldn’t use both (along with Chrome and Opera) to browse the Web as they see fit, but let’s hear Rouget out for a bit. Read more…

IE Loses Europe, Chrome...

According to the latest figures from StatCounter, Microsoft's Internet Explorer lost its crown as the top Web browser in Europe in December

Internet Explorer, Safa...

According to NetMarketShare, Internet Explorer, Safari and Opera all experienced a small bump in market share in July, while Firefox and Chrome were knocked down.

Internet Explorer loses...

Microsoft's Internet Explorer has lost market share in major European markets including the UK, after the software giant was forced to make it easier for European consumers to use competing browsers.