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Said NO to IE8

Planet Lowyat — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:09:57 +0000

Remember my previous post about Internet Browser benchmark test results, Microsoft IE really really suck.

And the good news is you can remove your IE8 on Microsoft Windows 7 build 7048 now.

Here are some instructions courtesy of Bryant

1. Enter the Control Panel and look at “All Control Panel Options”
2. Click “Programs and Features”
3. In the left sidebar, click “Turn Windows Features On or Off” (you will be thrown a UAC prompt if you elevated UAC)
4. Wait for the list to load.
5. Look for Internet Explorer 8 in the list and uncheck it.
6. Click OK. You will see a prompt notifying you of a reboot.
7. The machine will reboot once, configure things, and reboot again.

My Internet Browsers Benchmark Test

Planet Lowyat — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:25:32 +0000

Remember my previous post about Safari 4 benchmarks champion, I did a quick test based on my Dell laptop D630 and 2G RAM.

Results show as below:

SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark
IE 7: 37740.8ms
Opera 9.63: 6681.8ms
Firefox 3.06: 5035.8ms
Safari Public Beta 4: 2259.2ms
Chrome 2.0.166.1: 1900.2ms

Note: Higher ms means low performance: Lowest is better!

V8 Benchmark Suite
IE 7: Score: 33.0
Opera 9.63: Score: 132
Firefox 3.06: Score: 166
Safari Public Beta 4: Score: 1281
Chrome 2.0.166.1: Score: 1799

Note: Higher scores means better performance: Bigger is better!

Summary:
Based on V8 and SunSpider results, Google Chrome is the faster browser and IE7 is the slowest browser running on my laptop.

Safari 4 benchmarks champion

Planet Lowyat — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:44:01 +0000

Apple announced the public beta of Safari 4 yesterday.

ZDNET used the SunSpider suite of JavaScript tests to determine which browser was the quickest, and the Safari 4 beat every browser in terms of speed, on both a PC running Windows XP SP2, and a Mac running OS X 10.6 with all updates applied.

Fore more details, please check here.

What do you waiting for? Download Safari 4 now.

Apple Announces Safari 4

Planet Lowyat — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:24:54 +0000

Apple today announced the public beta of Safari 4, the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser for Mac and Windows PCs.

“Apple created Safari to bring innovation, speed and open standards back into web browsers, and today it takes another big step forward,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Safari 4 is the fastest and most efficient browser for Mac and Windows, with great integration of HTML 5 and CSS 3 web standards that enables the next generation of interactive web applications.”

What’s New In Safari 4?
Top Sites
Cover Flow
Full History Search
Tabs on Top
Nitro Engine
Windows Native Look and Feel
Developer Tools
Full-Page Zoom
Smart Address Field
Smart Search Field
Phishing and Malware Protection

Check out here for more information.

Running Latest Chrome Browser in Advance

Planet Lowyat — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:20:54 +0000

Personally I’m not a big fans of Google Chrome Browser but I would like to try new cool features for the upcoming release of Google Chrome Browser in advance.
I think the Chrome dev channel has averaged weekly updates which is really nice because you can literally watch plug-in fixes and other improvements arrive every few days.

Here I would like to share how can I make it.

1. Download and run the Google Chrome Channel Chooser.
2. Click the circle next to Dev.
3. Click Update to save your choice.
4. Click Close.
5. In Google Chrome, click the wrench menu and choose About Google Chrome.
Note: On Windows Vista, updates from the About box require Service Pack 1. With 0.2.149.29 (the current release), on demand updates do not work in Vista SP1 if User Account Control is disabled.
6. Click Update Now to install the current Dev channel release.
7. Restart Google Chrome.

Enjoy! I’m running Google Chrome version 0.4.154.29 now.

Firefox 3.03 has been released

pm — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:58:34 +0000

Attention Firefox fans:

In order to repair a problem experienced by some users with the Password Manager feature in Firefox 3.0.2, and as part of Mozilla Corporation’s ongoing stability and security update process, Firefox 3.0.3 is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux as free downloads at http://getfirefox.com/

Mozilla Firefox strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest release. If you already have Firefox 3 or Firefox 2, you will receive an automated update notification within 24 to 48 hours. This update can also be applied manually by selecting “Check for Updates…” from
the Help menu.

For a list of changes and more information, please review the Firefox 3.0.3 Release Notes at http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/3.0.3/releasenotes/

Mozilla releases Firefox 3.1 alpha

Planet Lowyat — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:51:29 +0000

Yes! I’m fans of Mozilla Firefox.

Mozilla has announced that the first Firefox 3.1 alpha is now available for download. This release, which is codenamed Shiretoko, includes Gecko 1.9.1 and adds a handful of new features.

Firefox 3.1 alpha 1 includes some user interface enhancements like a new graphical tab selector that shows page previews and a smarter filtering system for the Awesome Bar. This release also offers some nice improvements for web developers, such as new CSS properties and selectors. The HTML canvas element also got a boost in alpha 1 with the introduction of support for the canvas text API.

Binary builds are available for all three major platforms, but users should proceed with caution, since its an early alpha release and it’s primarily intended for testers and developers. For additional details, see the official release notes.

The first developer milestone of the next release of Firefox – code
named Shiretoko Alpha 1 – is now available for download. Shiretoko is
built on pre-release version of the Gecko 1.9.1 platform, which forms
the core of rich internet applications such as Firefox. Please note
that this release is intended for developers and testers only.

This Alpha of Shiretoko / Gecko 1.9.1 introduces several new features:

* Web standards improvements in the Gecko layout engine
* Text API for the

Anyone interested in Shiretoko should read the release notes, as well
as the “Firefox 3.1 For Developers” article on the Mozilla Developer
Center before downloading. Please use the links from the following
post to download Shiretoko:

http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2008/07/28/firefox-31-…

We would appreciate hearing about any feedback you have (in
mozilla.feedback), or any bugs you may find (on bugzilla).

Firefox 3 To Be Released On June 17th

Planet Lowyat — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:07:38 +0000

Mozilla has been announcing Release Candidates for Firefox 3 consistently for the past month. In fact, Firefox 3 RC 3 was just released earlier today. Hmmm… I’m just wonder why my Firefox 3 RC2 couldn’t found Firefox RC3 update when I click on check for updates.

READ carefully, FF3 RC3 contains a single change for Mac OS X users only; there is no change for users running previous Firefox Release Candidate versions on Windows or Linux.

An hours after RC3 released, Mozilla has announced that Firefox 3 will be officially released next Tuesday, June 17th.

Let’s wait and make it happen – Firefox Goes for World Download Record.