Browsersphere

Buckle up, ’cause this one should be a doozy. There’s been a lot going on in the browsersphere lately, so I’ll try and break it down by browser.

Firefox

• The Mozilla Store relaunched a couple weeks ago and now features many more goods, just in time for the back-to-school season.
• Asa Dotzler explains the difference between the old Firefox logo and the new.
• Simon Willison links to an “idiotic campaign” called Why FireFox is Blocked (that was eventually hacked).
• According to Guardian Unlimited, 75% of the people who download Firefox don’t become active users.
• Mozilla Links gives us a look at Firefox 3’s new download manager.
• Ars Technica wrote about becoming a part of the Firefox quality assurance process.
• Kubuntu 101 explains how to install Firefox 2.0.0.6 on Kubuntu 7.04.

Internet Explorer

• TechRepublic.com shares 10 keyboard shortcuts for tabbing around in Internet Explorer 7.
• The cookies-per-domain limit has been increased from 20 to 50 in IE7.

Maxthon

• You can get a Leopard Safari skin for Maxthon 2.x.
• Maxthon was discussed at the Mozilla China open house party on Saturday.

Opera

• Already, Opera 9.5 (aka Kestrel) is getting high marks in the area of performance.
• Opera is currently building up its developer relations team.

Safari

• Dave Hyatt has posted five detailed articles on WebCore rendering.

Others

• Sunrise is “a web browser for web developers.”
• 32bit Web Browser apparently “makes browsing the web fun and profitable.”
• In the Playstation Forum you can learn how to keep your son from getting into trouble with his PSP web browser.

Tags: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Links, Maxthon, Minor Players, Mozilla, Opera, Safari

When it comes to web browsers, there’s no shortage of tips and tricks available to make your web browsing experience easier, more enjoyable or more efficient. The following are just a few I’ve found on the web as of late:

• Someone figured out a different way to navigate back and forth between web pages in both Firefox and Internet Explorer and posted a video to show us how.
• Mahalo has a feature on how to delete web browser cookies that covers the process in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari and Opera.
• Asa Dotzler explains how Firefox users can add words to Firefox’s spell-check dictionary.
• Over at Opera Watch, Daniel Goldman demonstrates how one can increase the quality of images in Opera Mini.

Tags: Firefox, Informational, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, Tips and Tricks

After Asa Dotzler linked to a bunch of photos of Firefox tattoos on Flickr, I figured I’d scour the web for (even temporary) Internet Explorer tattoos or Opera tattoos.

No dice.

Tags: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Merchandise, Opera