Tag: browser wars
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Browser vertical tabs are great (and they're older than you think!)
A conversation about the invention of browsers with (the option of) vertical tabs reminded me of how brilliant they are. I used them back in 2000, and (with a break in the middle) I use them again today, and they're wonderful. Let me tell you why!
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Use Firefox
Ramkumar Shankar says you should use Firefox, and they're right: you should. Not just because it's a great browser, and it is, but because doing so helps protect the freedom and openness of the Web. Use Firefox.
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WebDX: Does More Mean Better?
I like the work that the WebDX Community Group have been doing, but I find myself asking: are we at risk of implying that giving the Web 'more' features invariably makes it 'better'?
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Ladybird Browser
Y'know how I predicted that we'd never again see a new fully-featured Web browser engine after the death of EdgeHTML? It turns out that maybe, just maybe, I was wrong. And that's brilliant.
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Netscape's Untold Webstories
Back in 1996, Netscape promised to publish a series of articles about making the best of the Web. With help from the Wayback Machine, let's see how that turned out for them, and learn a little about late-1990s web design as we go along.
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Chrome is the new Safari. And so are Edge and Firefox.
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I am not saying Apple’s approach is wrong. What Apple is doing is important too, and I applaud the work Apple has been doing in improving privacy on the web.
But it can’t be the only priority. Just imagine what the web would look like if every browser would have taken that approach … -
<blink> and <marquee>
Dan explores the history of two (much-maligned) HTML tags of the yesterweb. With blinking marquees!
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Evolving Computer Words: "GIF"
People think of GIFs as animations for the Web, but that's only a fraction of their story.
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Edge Blink and Progressive Web Apps
Dan investigates the pioneering Progressive Web App features of Edge Dev.
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Microsoft exec riles Firefox faithful by telling Mozilla to embrace Chrome - CNET
Microsoft staffer pokes finger into Twitter beehive by saying Firefox should join Chrome, not fight it (CNET) Debate: Does Mozilla have more influence as a Chrome rival or ally? ...
"Thought: It's time for @mozilla to get down from their philosophical ivory tower. The web is dominated by Chromium, if they really *cared* about the web … -
We need a movement of developers and enthusiasts who loudly, proudly, use @mozilla @firefox as their primary browser....
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Browsers
by Jeremy Keith I’ve been using Firefox as my main browser for a while now, and I can heartily recommend it. You should try it (and maybe talk to your relatives about it at Christmas). At this point, which browser you use no longer feels like it’s just about personal choice—it feels part of something …
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Chromedge and headcount
So Microsoft is going to retire EdgeHTML and use Chromium instead for Edge while not really answering the question if the web [is] better off with less engine diversity. This upset people, and Mozilla, especially, is worrying about the future:
Will Microsoft’s decision make it harder for Firefox to prosper? It could. Making … -
Browser diversity starts with us
Jeffrey Zeldman (zeldman.com) ...
Even if you love Chrome, adore Gmail, and live in Google Docs or Analytics, no single company, let alone a user-tracking advertising giant, should control the internet.
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Diversity is as good for the web as it is for society. And it starts with us.
Jeffrey Zeldman
Yet more fallout from the Microsoft … -
Edge may be becoming Chromium-powered, and that's terrible
It's rumoured that Edge might switch to Chrome's rendering engine. This would be really, really bad for the web, and it takes a 90s/00s web developer to remind you why.