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Mozilla chairman unfazed by Google Chrome
Insight Google gave Mitchell Baker's Mozilla Foundation US$75 million through a Firefox search deal, but she doesn't see Chrome as a threat to that revenue.
Tags: Open source, Web browsers, Web 2.0, Web services, Mitchell Baker, Google Chrome, Web Browser, Google Inc., Mozilla Corp., Advertisement
Openness unlocking Web's power
Insight perspective Accessibility and open standards have helped build the Web and remain central to its development, says Opera executive.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Standards, Open source, Apple Inc., Patent, Web Browser, Video, Standards
It's time to end the misery of IE6
Insight perspective For too long, the failings of Internet Explorer 6 have blighted lives of developers--and recent launch of IE8 only makes matters worse, says Opera exec.
Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Developer, CSS, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Opera Software
Will HTML5 bring about better markup authoring?
Techguide HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson discusses the pain points he expects HTML 5 will address and the features that might be most contentious.
Tags: Web browsers, Feature, Specification, Web Browser, Google Inc., Author, Browser Company, W3C, Web Application, HTML5
Mozilla releases first beta of Firefox 3.6
News "Namoroka" beta brings performance improvements, Personas, and several abilities Web developers should notice. With it, Mozilla is trying to move faster.
Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., Personas, Web Page, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Corp., Beta, Mozilla Firefox, performance
Google praises Microsoft's HTML 5 thoughts
News After years of silence on the emerging HTML 5 standard, Microsoft threw its hat in the ring a month ago, and Google is appreciative of its suggestions.
Tags: Business applications, Web Browser, Video, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Search, Ars Technica, HTML, HTML 5
Google urges Web adoption of vector graphics
News Scalable Vector Graphics, or SVG, has languished as a graphics format on the Web, but now the stars are aligned for its success, Google argues.
Tags: Software, Digital media, Google Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Conference, Web Browser, Graphics, SVG, Software
First Google Android 2.0 phone arrives
News The new version of the Google Android operating system adds new features to devices and improves performance.
Tags: Development/design, Google Android, Open Source, Google Inc., Phone, Operating System, Motorola Inc., software, Google Android, Sprint Communications
Microsoft joins HTML 5 standard fray in earnest
News Developer of the market-leading browser has become more actively engaged in hashing out many details of a proposed revamp of the Web page standard.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, Web sites, Apple Inc., Web Page, Web Browser, W3C, Mozilla Corp., Web Application, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web
Mozilla calls on coders to build Web-tool index
News It is asking programmers to help build an Open Web Tools Directory in a bid create a comprehensive index of all open source developer tools available.
Tags: Open source, Web servers, Business applications, R&D, Web Browser, Database, Tool, data entry, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox
Date set for Firefox 3.1 beta
News Mozilla developers aim to release a test version of the update to the public later this month.
Tags: Web browsers, Software, Open Source, Beta, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, video codec, Ogg Vorbis, codec, OGG
New standard lets browsers get a grip on files
News The Files interface, now a draft at the World Wide Web Consortium, could lead to better uploading and other chores. It's largely built into Firefox 3.6.
Tags: Web browsers, Service level management, Google Inc., File, Web-based Application, Web Browser, Photo-sharing, W3C, Mozilla Corp., Web Application
Apple gets higher profile in HTML standardization
News Group standardizing the fast-changing language of Web pages now has three leaders, and an Apple manager occupies the new seat.
Tags: Web sites, Web services, Apple Inc., Web Browser, Browser Company, Tim Berners-Lee, W3C, Web Application, co-chair, Web
Five HTML oddities that you may not know
Techguide Browsers are more compliant than Web developers think--find out why, as well as what other nuggets of insights from an industry observer's experience with HTML 5.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Protocols and platforms, Specification, Web Browser, HTML 4, XHTML, DOCTYPE, compliance, Microsoft Internet Explorer
Stable version of Chrome 3.0 released
News Google has completed work on a stable version of its Chrome browser, officially adding support for new Web video technologies and tweaking a few key features.
Tags: Web browsers, Sergey Brin, Plug-in, Web Browser, Video, Apple Macintosh, I/O, co-founder, Netbook, Web browsers
