By Imran Hussain  |  124 days ago  |  3 CommentsMicrosoft

Latest Google Chrome update gets a Kiosk Mode

Google has released another update for the Chrome, versions 4.0.245.0, aimed at dev version users, which brings a Kiosk Mode to the browser along with the usual bug fixes and stability improvements. Kiosk Mode in Chrome is inspired by the very same option in Internet Explorer, which hides the toolbar and status bar and runs the browser in...

By Muhammad Ali  |  139 days ago  |  1 Comment

Internet Explorer Collection: One Installer for all IE versions

Web Developers are familiar with the term web browser compatibility. It is a process of testing web applications performing consistently across different browsers as well as different versions of the same browser. Internet Explorer collection is one such application that will assist you in performing the web browser compatibility test for...

Setup multiple home pages in Internet Explorer
By Muhammad Ali  |  147 days ago  |  4 CommentsMicrosoft

Setup multiple home pages in Internet Explorer

Everybody has a certain number of sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and others, which are always opens whenever one is surfing the web. So, the ideal solution would be to set those pages as home pages. Luckily, Internet Explorer enables you to do that. The tip is a simple one but quite useful. Read on for the steps that enable you...

By Imran Hussain  |  258 days ago  |  3 CommentsInternet

Market Share of Firefox 3.5 ? See it live!

  whos.amung.us, the best real time stats tracking service in my opinion, has provided some brilliant information on the live market share of various browsers. It’s focused on Firefox 3.5’s launch, but shows the usage of other browsers as well, which closely match the figures released by other stats tracking services. As posted by...

By Imran Hussain  |  274 days ago  |  3 CommentsInternet

Apps for Windows: New Yahoo Toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox

Yahoo has released a new Yahoo! Toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox with features aimed at making information easily and quickly available specially if it’s a part of any Yahoo service. Available for Internet Explorer 6+ and in beta for Firefox, the new toolbar takes a clue out of Internet Explorer 8 Web Slices and MSN Toolbar and...

SearchTogether Beta from Microsoft Research
By Imran Hussain  |  347 days ago  |  1 CommentMicrosoft

SearchTogether Beta from Microsoft Research

                        SearchTogether is a project from Microsoft Research which features include group query histories, split searching, page-level rating and commenting, automatically-generated shared summaries, peek-and-follow...

Does Microsoft still unconsciously promote Internet Explorer 6?
By Imran Hussain  |  360 days ago  |  2 CommentsMicrosoft

Does Microsoft still unconsciously promote Internet Explorer 6?

In current times, when we are seeing campaigns such as STOP IE6 and also Microsoft themselves advertising the fresh new Internet Explorer 8, which is no doubt better than previous IE version and even the vulnerable and easily hackable Safari, we still see IE6 being promoted by Microsoft themselves. No, this isn’t a Photoshoped image, and...

Internet Explorer in Windows 7 Beta gets updated, but not to RC 1
By Imran Hussain  |  387 days ago  |  2 Comments

Internet Explorer in Windows 7 Beta gets updated, but not to RC 1

Microsoft has released a reliability update marked KB962921 for Internet Explorer in Windows 7 Beta. According to the Windows Internet Explorer Blog, the main areas of fixes have been the crashes and hang ups in the browser. They took into account the feedback generated by Beta users and reports sent in by the Windows Error Reporting tool....

Who needs Chrome? The new amazing Safari 4 Beta is here!
By Imran Hussain  |  388 days ago  |  6 CommentsMicrosoft

Who needs Chrome? The new amazing Safari 4 Beta is here!

Apple has just released Safari 4 Beta for Windows and OS X, and it sure is amazing to say the least. If Google Chrome blew you away, be prepared for the onslaught of features by the new Safari 4 Beta. Featuring a blazing fast new Nitro JavaScript Engine on Webkit and with an Acid3 score of 100, it’ll knock your socks off. … ...

Windows Internet Explorer 8 has RTM’ed
By Imran Hussain  |  389 days ago  |  1 CommentMicrosoft

Windows Internet Explorer 8 has RTM’ed

Just came across this on Neowin, Windows Internet Explorer 8 code has gone gold, or in normal word, finalized on 21st February. This has been proved by Russian website Wzor with the following screenshot. Microsoft is preparing to release this final build, version 8.0.6001.18691, to Connect, Technet and MSDN users before a public RTW ( release...