Digg Watch #4

Posted on June 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »

It’s that time again.  Since the last update, major versions of both Opera and Firefox have been released.  Only one of the two has been dominating in terms of Digg presence, though.

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Around the Browsersphere #9

Posted on April 28th, 2008 | No Comments »

Last time around, I didn’t get any feedback on the format of these “Around the Browsersphere” posts, so I’ll give a slightly more organized approach a try and we’ll see how it goes.

Camino

  • Camino 1.6, which features a customizable toolbar search field, software update capabilities, a scrolling tab bar, etc., was released on the 17th.

Firefox

Flock

Internet Explorer

Konqueror

Maxthon

Mozilla

Opera and Opera Mini

Safari

SeaMonkey

Minor Players

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Digg Watch #3

Posted on April 20th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

It’s been a few months since we caught up with the popular web browser-related submissions on Digg, so let’s do something about that:

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iPhone Web Browser Market Share

Posted on December 17th, 2007 | No Comments »

While I’ll still consider it one of the minor players in the browsersphere, given its popularity in other areas, it seems worthwhile to mention that according to Net Applications (via TechCrunch), the iPhone apparently now has a 0.09% web browser market share.

If we compare that number to the numbers I covered last month, that puts the iPhone at around nine-tenths of a percentage point behind Opera.

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Is the Browser Market Stagnant?

Posted on November 11th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Reza.com reports that according to recently released web browser statistics from Net Applications, all of the major web browsers seem to be at a standstill in terms of market share.  According to the stats, which cover the last couple of months, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari have all seen very slight losses in their share of the market.  The lone standout seems to be Opera, which apparently saw an increase from 0.87% to 0.99% from September to October of this year.

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Around the Browsersphere #5

Posted on November 10th, 2007 | No Comments »

It’s been a while, and there’s a lot to catch up on in the browsersphere.  This time around, let’s focus on all things Konqueror:

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IE to Remain King?

Posted on November 10th, 2007 | 3 Comments »

According to YugaTech, Internet Explorer will remaing king of the browsers.  Several of the reasons given hold water, such as the fact that IE comes bundled with all computers that ship with a Windows operating system installed.  However, there are a couple that are flat-out wrong, like:

You want online banking? More or less, you’ll need to fire up IE. You want to pay utility bills with your credit card online? IE again.

I don’t know about you guys, but I can’t remember the last time I had to use Internet Explorer for anything that required security, a credit card or paying a bill.

Maybe things are different in the Philippines.

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Firefox Reaches 400 Million Download Mark

Posted on September 7th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Firefox reached 400 million downloads today. Coverage on the milestone is available at Asa Dotzler’s blog, Mozilla Links, Spread Firefox and News.com.

Update: Coverage is now available on TechCrunch and Digg as well.

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Firefox Dominating Desktop Linux Market

Posted on September 5th, 2007 | No Comments »

I found the following chart over at DesktopLinux.com (via Asa Dotzler):

Desktop Linux Browsers

According to their 2007 survey, Firefox is the far-and-away leader on desktop Linux, with 60% of the survey’s participants claiming the open source browser as their web browser of choice. Konqueror is a distant 2nd at 14%, followed by Opera at 12% and then all other browsers combined.

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Some Opera Mini Coverage

Posted on September 3rd, 2007 | No Comments »

Opera Mini seems to be dominating the mobile web browser space these days (and even creeping up on some of the major players in the desktop market). Therefore, it seems fitting to dedicate a post to some of the coverage the little browser that could has gotten lately:

For all the latest and greatest Opera Mini news, be sure to keep an eye on Opera Watch and the Opera Mini Blog. With all the buzz around the latest beta, you’re sure to get the latest coverage the quickest there, and in the greatest detail.

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