Around the Browsersphere #13

Posted on December 17th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I debated whether or not I should skip ahead to #14, but I’m not really that superstitious.

General

Chrome

Firefox

Internet Explorer

Opera

The Minor Players

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Around the Browsersphere #12

Posted on March 7th, 2009 | No Comments »

Whoa.  Has it really been like eight months since the last time we went around the browsersphere?  Not good.  I guess we should do something about it…

General

Avant Browser

Camino

Chrome

Firefox

Flock

Internet Explorer

Maxthon

Opera

Opera Mini

  • Armenia, a country with around three million people, saw its Opera Mini usage grow by 2800% last year.  See this and other interesting statistics in the State of the Mobile Web report (via Choose Opera).
  • “Yahoo! is expected to begin distributing Opera Mini via Yahoo! Mobile and also as a standalone download from Yahoo!’s mobile Web sites in the near future.”

Orca Browser

Safari

SeaMonkey

Skyfire

There was a lot to cover this time around, and there’s much more I haven’t yet covered.  Hopefully that means we’ll see the 13th installment of “Around the Browsersphere” sooner than November. ;)

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Digg Watch #5

Posted on December 31st, 2008 | No Comments »

Let’s take a look at what web browser news has surfaced over at Digg over the past month:

And now for some bonus coverage from Slashdot:

Happy New Year, everybody.

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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 | 4 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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