Browsersphere

As usual, web browsers are getting plenty of coverage over on Digg.  Let’s take a look at some of the hot topics over the past month.

• GStreamer brings HTML5 video support to GTK/WebKit – The GTK port of the WebKit HTML rendering engine has gained support for the HTML5 video element.
• First look: Firefox 3 beta 2 officially released – ars technica takes a look at the latest Firefox beta.
• Internet Explorer 8 passes ACID2 test! – An internal Microsoft build of the browser to be called IE8 passed the Acid2 test.
• Firefox 3.0 Beta 2 Is A Win For Linux – FOSSwire drools over the GTK support in the latest Firefox beta.
• Mozilla Announces Weave – “This project will be known as Weave and it will focus on finding ways to enhance the Firefox user experience, increase user control over personal information, and provide new opportunities for developers to build innovative online experiences.”
• Firefox 3 Beta 2 in Ubuntu 7.10 – How to get the latest, bleeding edge version of Firefox on Ubuntu without waiting for it to be distributed to you.
• Hands on with Mozilla Weave: Personalize your own cloud – links to ars technica’s take on the ambitious new project from Mozilla.
• 5 Things You’ll Love About Firefox 3 – links to ComputerWorld’s take on the latest Firefox beta.
• Sad Milestone: AOL To Discontinue Netscape Browser Development – “sad” being a very, very relative term.
• NEW! Firefox Live Support Chat! – “fill in the fields and you will be answered in less then 20 seconds.”
• How to surf the web even if Internet Explorer is disabled – “how to use the Help function from basic Windows programs to surf the internets.”
• Barclays says no to Firefox – Barclays displays yet another sad example of misinformed browser sniffing.
• Chris Mills on “Why Opera?” – Opera’s developer relationship manager on why designers and developers should consider choosing Opera.
• Mozilla Gets a New CEO ahead of Firefox 3 – Meet John Lilly – “Mozilla COO John Lilly will take over the CEO position and plans to make a strong Firefox 3 release his top priority.”

Tags: Digg, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Netscape, Opera, WebKit