February 16, 2022
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Comments Off on Here comes the web browser 100 problem
Soon both Google Chrome, the most popular of all web browsers, and the Firefox web browser will release their 100th version. Now, besides just being a cool number, there are technical issues that come with these anniversary releases. Some of those issues … Continue reading
March 2, 2020
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Comments Off on What’s the most popular web browser in 2020?
For ages, it was almost impossible to get hard data on which were the most popular web browsers. Sure, many companies claimed to have good information, such as NetMarketShare and StatCounter, but their numbers were massaged. The US federal government’s Digital Analytics Program (DAP), … Continue reading
March 12, 2019
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Comments Off on The Web turns 30: Dream or nightmare?
In March 1989, Tim Berners-Lee submitted a proposal for an information management system to his boss, Mike Sendall. Sendall’s reply? “Vague, but exciting.” We know it today as the web. We’ve come a long, long way since then. The Web turns 30: … Continue reading
December 12, 2018
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Comments Off on What’s really the fastest Windows 10 web browser today?
Opera claims its eponymous web browser is “far faster than Firefox Quantum 58.” Mozilla claims its better use of CPU time makes Firefox really fast. And when I turned on Edge the other day, it claimed it’s the fastest browser of all. … Continue reading
December 7, 2018
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Comments Off on Edge goes Chromium, and open source wins the browser wars
A little over twenty years ago, US Attorney General Janet Reno stated Microsoft had “used its monopoly power to develop a choke hold on the browser software needed to access the internet.” Although Microsoft would lose United States v. Microsoft Corporation, … Continue reading
April 6, 2017
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Want a quick and easy way to add Secure-Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) to your website? You should. Google penalizes your site’s PageRank if you don’t have it. If you have an e-commerce site, there’s even worse news. Chrome web … Continue reading