For the last 12 months the web browser market has been dominated by three browsers in particular – Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome and until now it’s been in that order. In the grand scheme of things there is very little difference between what each of them has to offer, and to the ‘average user’ it doesn't really matter. However, for the more web-savvy among us, it’s the little things…
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Web browsers come in all shapes and sizes, all with different features, some better than others. We’ve tried and tested them all but in our opinion Mozilla Firefox is the clear winner, beating all other browsers on every level. Not only is Firefox fast, it has excellent plugin functionality and customisability features which increase efficiency beyond belief. The following list contains a combination of Firefox plugins that we use on a…
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There’s nothing quite like a dose of 80s tech nostalgia. So we were delighted when we came across Pixelfari – a superb little Mac OSX application that customises your Safari browser and allows it to render all of your favourite websites in 8-bits. Pixelfari has been attracting a lot of love on the blogosphere this week, capturing the attention of tech bloggers everywhere. Here’s how it looks; *Cue Zelda theme-tune*…
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Mozilla has released the latest version of its popular web browser – Firefox 4 Beta 11. Since the launch of version 4 Beta 10 two weeks ago, the browser has seen some considerable stability and performance improvements. As well as this, the new version has a new “Do Not Track” feature, which aims to enhance user privacy. The “Do Not Track” feature was resurrected by the FTC (Federal Trade Commission)…
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This week, Mozilla Firefox celebrates it’s 6th birthday. Created by Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross as an experimental project, the first version of the browser, Firefox 1.0 was released on November 9, 2004. The free, open source web browser and has since grown to become the second most widely used browser, serving 30% of the web browser market worldwide. A feature that has set Firefox apart from other browsers is…
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There is a new web browser in town – the socially integrated, user focused RockMelt. RockMelt was build around the premise that current web browsers aren’t designed to utilise the way we use the modern web. The internet is no longer passive, but a hub of communication, interaction and sharing. RockMelt recently commented in a blog post, “With RockMelt we’ve re-thought the user experience because a browser can and should…
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It has arrived! Google's new web browser (known as 'Chrome') has been released in Beta version and promises great things. After a very painless download and install, we have been playing with it this morning and overall impressions are fairly good, although our lovely new site looked appalling in it – some rapid changes to the style sheet have helped although there are a few bugs to iron out… Despite…
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