“Windows Live is designed for you, but maybe not for your browser.” This was what I saw on my screen when I opened Windows Live Calendar with Google Chrome. The alert advises me to use either Internet Explorer 6 or higher, Safari 3 or higher, or Firefox 2 or higher,
Category: Browsers
News and tips about Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Opera and other browsers.
Chrome 4 beta syncs bookmarks to Google Account
Did you ever visit a site at home, but forgot its address at the office? The current developer version of Google Chrome can synchronize your bookmarks with your Google account, so everywhere where you are, you have access to the same bookmark data. The feature resembles Mozilla Weave Sync, which
The 256 colors experiment, Part II: Browser renderings
What happens when you try to access the Windows Live Home site at http://home.live.com/ with 256 colors? Good question. The answer is: that depends on your browser. Why? Because the background art (the “wave”) is rendered differently, depending on what browser rendering engine is being used. But—have a look yourself:
Follow-up on Opera Unite: What it is, why it is, and what it is not
Yesterday I presented Opera Unite to you, an add-on in the latest Opera 10 builds enabling you to use your web browser as server. After my post, I received some opinions about Opera Unite. Let me quote one of these statements, a quite hard conclusion: I might be wrong, but
Flock 2.5, with better Twitter and Facebook Chat support
Flock, the “social Web browser”, has been updated to 2.5 (download Flock 2.5). This version adds support for Facebook Chat right in the browser: you will see the chat toolbar on any website you are currently browsing, as long as you are signed in at Facebook in the background. The
Live Messenger Web Bar vs. Facebook Chat: Intentionally similar?
When I saw the first screenshots of the Web Bar, part of the new Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit, I was amazed. Not amazed by the features it has, not by its look, but amazed by its similarity with the Facebook Chat bar. Look yourself: Let us have a look
Internet Explorer 8 released
After some two years of development, Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 8 Final, wanting to get their hands back on the market percents lost to other browsers in the recent years. The strategy is adding some new functions and reinventing the existing IE functionality. Internet Explorer 8 has been released
IE8 Development finished
Apparently the IE Team has finished the development of Internet Explorer 8. The IE8 Final is likely to have the build string “8.0.6001.18691”, according to the Russian site WZor.net. According to internal sources, even the platform versions and languages have been made available. The presentation of Internet Explorer 8 Final
Changing clothes
Since yesterday, my blog has a new theme, designed by Picturepan2 (owner of LiveSino.net). I hope you enjoy the design as much as I do… Tell me your opinion about it. I also changed the blog tagline from “Messenger news, Windows tips, and more” to “Windows Live Enhanced”. If you’re
Google Chrome released out of beta
Only some hours after announcing that Google Chrome would leave the beta state soon, Google has updated their browser to version 1.0.154.36. Many OEM and manufacturer partners have been awaiting that step as bundling the browser with new PCs is only possible with a non-beta browser. But check yourself: http://chrome.google.com/