For years, Apple has been prohibiting the Flash technology on iPhone, iPod touch and lately on iPad too. However, user interest is quite high, according to current statistics by Adobe.
Many users wonder whether the wesite they just want to sign up will treat your private data sensitively. With the browser Firefox, the Mozilla Foundation wants to give an answer.
Mozilla is changing the Firefox update strategy. The new plans include to integrate new features also into security updates. This way, functionality gets added to the browser more quickly. The project Firefox 3.7 is discontinued, while Firefox 3.6 will ship tomorrow.
The German Federal Office for Information Technics (BSI) and the French Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) have warned users not to use Internet Explorer, making aware of an unpatched security hole in Microsoft’s browser.
The Google developers Arthur Blume and Bruno Bowden have published a little tool showcasing web designers which website parts are visible in other users’ browser windows.
According to a Press release, the EU Commission approved Microsoft’s proposal to facilitate downloading alternative browsers in a Ballot Screen. Today, the Brussels Commission affirmed the Software Giant’s pledges to be mandatory and thus reconciled a cartel proceeding.
Since yesterday, the Google Chrome Extension Gallery is available. Some weeks ago, Google has integrated an extension system into their web browser Chrome. 300 extensions are ready for installation.
The HTTP protocol does not include any progress displayed to you while you send a file or large form to a webserver. Normally, web masters work around this issue by using a Flash object. But not everybody has Flash.
Microsoft may distribute Windows 7 with the browser ballot screen proposed by the Windows team. The European Commission accepted the offer. From Windows 7 onwards, the user sees a selection dialog to install other browsers than Internet Explorer, when they set up the system.
Within the dialog, the 5 most widespread browsers will [...]
When it’s all about your own computer, things are normally not that important. But when you are abroad, for example using the Web on your friend’s computer or in a public school or library, you should be concerned about the security and privacy of your data. Especially when you want or have to [...]
