Baby, we've come a long way. I remember working with Internet Explorer or Netscape, browsing the web when it was just a matter of "looking for stuff". Being connected to the internet today means so much more. Recently, I shared my browser with another person who looked at the layout and said "What's this stuff?" … Continue reading Building the Perfect Browser
I never really thought about this for the longest time. A new tab was just a new tab and a place to start browsing anew while not losing the original focus on the previous tab. I really bought into the concept of multiple tabs so that I could do and work on a couple of … Continue reading Starting New
On my computer, I've always kept the latest copy of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Chromium, Safari, and Opera - depending upon the computer. It's not nearly as important now but years ago, it really was important to test your webpages on different browsers as they can render things differently. There's nothing I find more frustrating … Continue reading The Browser I’ve Always Wanted To Use
Yesterday, Alfred Thompson posted an interesting article titled "Why Web Apps?" I read it via mobile and was just going to let it lie but it must have been percolating in the back of my mind because I went back to it when I got to a computer and replied to his post. It really … Continue reading Life in a Browser
...should a person have when configuring a web browser? I had a good back and forth with @pbeens about this today. A fresh installation of any web browser comes with certain settings. With a good browser, you can add extensions to do various things to try to maintain your privacy. But how much is too … Continue reading How Much Paranoia…
Sometimes, I feel like the technological world has passed me by. I had that feeling this weekend when I stumbled onto something that I'm sure that everyone else but me knows. Two things form the basis for this post. I really like the Omnibar in the Google Chrome browser. It lets me type URLs and … Continue reading The Best of Both Worlds
I admit it. I have a whole slew of internet browsers installed on my computers. I keep looking for the perfect browser. In my mind, it needs to be fast, secure, compatible with every website known to browserkind, work miracles with Flash and Silverlight, and handle Java, HTML 5, and CSS3 perfectly. Oh, and render … Continue reading Browser Choices
