#browsers (151 links)
Notes on BlackBerry's Webkit-based PlayBook browser called, er, "Browser".
- HTML5 accessibility html5accessibility.com
This site is a resource to provide information about which new HTML5 user interface features are accessibility supported in browsers, making them usable by people who rely upon assistive technology (AT) to use the web.
- Server-side detection of Yahoo Graded Browser Support C-grade browsers monospaced.co.uk · Archived on
Nice.
"<meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”ie=edge,chrome=1″>
As a webmaster, you can use this simple meta tag that the new stable release of Google Chrome Frame can detect, and if present, will render the page using Google Chrome rather than Internet Explorer. This gives users the appearance of using IE, but the speed and standards compliance, and security of Chrome."
Rather useful insights into browser usage.
- Mobile Graded Browser Support | jQuery Mobile jquerymobile.com
Riffing on the excellent Yahoo GBS.
I created a CSS test page, which started out as a crude way to figure out if there was a noticeable performance difference between SASS’s @extend and OOCSS’s method of CSS.
- Spoiled Milk ApS > Blog » HTML5: Changing the browser-URL without refreshing page spoiledmilk.dk · Archived on
"This new feature offers you a way to change the URL displayed in the browser* through javascript without reloading the page. It will also create a back-button event and you even have a state object you can interact with. This means you won’t have to use the hash-hack anymore if you want add state to your AJAX-application, and search engines will be able to index your pages too." Not IE, of course.
A new browser for Mac OS X that makes web automation simple. Fake allows you to drag discrete browser Actions into a graphical Workflow that can be run again and again without human interaction. The Fake Workflows you create can be saved, reopened, and shared.
You didn't write that awful page. You're just trying to get some data out of it. Right now, you don't really care what HTML is supposed to look like. Neither does this parser.
- StatCounter Global Stats gs.statcounter.com
- QuirksBlog: The iPhone obsession quirksmode.org
"The iPhone has become an obsession. If we don’t pay attention, we’ll have a mobile web that only works on the iPhone. And then we’ll have the real mobile web that wasn’t made by us and doesn’t give a shit about web standards and best practices." Overstating things somewhat but still a useful reminder.
- Official Google Enterprise Blog: Modern browsers for modern applications googleenterprise.blogspot.com
Google gradually dropping support for IE6. "Many other companies have already stopped supporting older browsers like Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers. We’re also going to begin phasing out our support, starting with Google Docs and Google Sites."
- MoD sticks with insecure browser | Kable kable.co.uk
"According to parliamentary written answers received by Labour MP Tom Watson, the majority of departments still require staff to use IE6. Most have plans to upgrade to the more secure IE7, and some to IE8, but the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has no plans to change." Deary me. Hardly surprising. IE6 still unfortunately a player.
This goes directly to why most folks use IE6: they don’t have a choice. Three out of four IE6 users on Digg said they can’t upgrade due to some technical or workplace reason.
- Running IE6, IE7 and IE8 on your Mac — The Mozmonkey Blog blog.mozmonkey.com
"Xenocode WebApp technology allows Internet Explorer 8, 7, 6, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Chrome to run simultaneously on any version of Windows, directly from the web". Win only.
- Browser | Picsel Technologies picsel.com
Big in "Far East and Asian markets (carrier and OEMs)", apparently.
- ACCESS - NetFront™ Browser v3.5 access-company.com
Big in "Far East and Asian markets (carrier and OEMs)", apparently.
- PC Pro: News: Google: mobile browsers are dead pcpro.co.uk
"Google claims that every phone manufacturer will offer full web browsers within a year, hailing the end of mobile-specific browsers." Aside from browsers on the billions of handsets that've been sold worldwide to date.
- Tech Patterns :: Firefox UserAgent Switcher list techpatterns.com
Less useful than the dev.mobi list.
- tilt view : find mobile websites or url tiltview.com
Using Fluid, you can create SSBs to run each of your favorite WebApps as a separate desktop application.
- My DebugBar | IETester / HomePage my-debugbar.com
IETester is a free WebBrowser that allows you to have the rendering and javascript engines of IE8 beta 1, IE7 IE 6 and IE5.5 on Vista and XP, as well as the installed IE in the same process.
- Sniff browser history for improved user experience niallkennedy.com
Clever, well-meaning but crosses the privacy line.
- The B-List: Legacy. b-list.org
Great article on the whole IE Version Targeting thing, including some excellent point on Mac/Safari user base and not relying on pure percentages when deciding on browser support.
- Glitch Browser glitchbrowser.com
A joint collaborative [...] To experience it, launch the Glitchbrowser. If you typed the page address correctly, you should now see some of the images on your requested page becoming glitched.
Not replicating browser functionality and making accessibility help videos.
- Designing For Every Browser: How To Make Your Site Fully Cross Browser Compatible > Design Vitality designvitality.com
Poor article but some potentially useful resources.
- Warehouse — Subversion Browser warehouseapp.com
A Web-based subversion browser that doesn't suck
- Google Browser Sync google.com
An extension that continuously synchronizes your browser settings – including bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, and saved passwords – across your computers.
- Microsoft shows its hand to stay in the mobile web war | The Register theregister.co.uk
Microsoft had its hand forced this week into unveiling just a little of its arsenal in the war to win the browser battle on the mobile phone.
- Creating web sites for the Wii Opera browser bolinfest.com
JavaScript library that facilitates handling Wiimote keycodes
- Browser testing CSS and JavaScript | 456 Berea Street 456bereastreet.com
My testing order, why I test in the browsers I do, and why I do it in that particular order.
- Web Browser Standards Support webdevout.net
This document will summarize the level of support for web standards and maturing technologies in popular web browsers. It covers the Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera web browsers, with focus on the HTML, CSS, DOM, and ECMAScript technologies.
- IEBlog : IE6 and IE7 Running on a Single Machine blogs.msdn.com
Now you can install IE7 on your main machine for development, and get all the advantages of IE7, like the RSS platform, native XMLHTTP stack, and improved security, while still running IE6 simultaneously in the VPC on the same computer.