A comparison of the most famous five browsers user, the specialty and specifications of each and what are the reasons why the are being and should be used.
Last week, Google added some heat to the web browser market when it introduced its newest offering, Google Chrome, a web browser designed to better support rich Internet applications (RIAs). In just one week, this browser jumped in popularity to claim over 4 percent of the market share. What’s interesting when you look at these numbers is where the market share is coming from. Firefox dropped in popularity from 72.9 percent down to 67.5 percent and Opera too dropped slightly from 3.51 percent to 3.47 percent. At the same time, Internet Explorer gained ground, moving from 18.18 percent to 20.08 percent.
What does this all mean? If Chrome continues to pick up market share, then this means another new browser for web developers to add to their test platforms. So far, Chrome is a Windows-only offering and it still lacks a number of the key features that advanced users crave, such as add-ons and extensions. However, Google has indicated that both of these will be resolved soon.
Ever experienced problems with Internet Explorer? Ever thought, "If only there were other options than IE..."? Here are those options, the most worthy alternatives for Internet Explorer.
Need to handle your web file as easy as normal OS could? Then this is your stuff! Just download the file and upload it to your server! Minimum configuration. Currently works on Firefox, Opera and Safari.
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Firefox, Safari and Opera 9 support the canvas tag to allow 2D command-based drawing. ExplorerCanvas brings the same functionality to Internet Explorer. To use, web developers only need to include a single script tag in their existing web pages.