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Firefox hits 400 million downloads
The popular open-source browser Firefox hit another milestone last week when it passed the 400 million download mark. Read more »
Firefox beats million-download deadline
With days to spare, the Mozilla Foundation beat its 10-day goal of 1 million Firefox downloads. Read more »
Opera celebrates 10th birthday
Opera Software is temporarily offering the paid version of its browser for free, as part of its 10th anniversary celebration, the company announced Tuesday. Read more »
Firefox 3.1 beta now available
A new testing version of the Firefox web browser, Firefox 3.1 beta 1, is now available for download from Mozilla. Read more »
Apple fixes Safari, scores 5bn iTunes downloads
Apple on Thursday released a new version of Safari for Windows that includes a security fix for a high-profile carpet-bombing desktop attack vulnerability. Read more »
Apple's Windows Safari: 3 patches, 1 million users
Just days old, Apple's Safari for Windows is already proving it can tempt Microsoft users to flirt with a new browser, even as Cupertino unleashes its first batch of security updates. Read more »
Guinness awards download record to Firefox 3
The de facto registrar of superlative achievements has credited Mozilla for officially setting a record for downloads in a 24-hour period: 8,002,530 copies of Firefox. Read more »
Microsoft pulls plug on security patch project
AutoPatcher, a four-year-old project to distribute Microsoft patches and other updates to software that runs on Windows, has shut down because of a Microsoft request. Read more »
Opera CEO: Chrome has been very good for us
Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner was in town today, so I spent a few minutes with him talking about the browser company he co-founded way back in 1995. With browser battles raging, I wanted to know how this almost historic company was holding up. Read more »
Google Chrome: 3.8% browser share
Just a week after its launch, there are more ZDNet.com.au readers using Google Chrome than Apple's Safari browser. Meanwhile, Microsoft Internet Explorer now accounts for just 53 per cent of all browsers. Read more »
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Download this Dreamweaver MX template to jump-start your dev efforts
Even the best Web developers need a helping hand. Our free Dreamweaver MX template can help you work more efficiently and may put a spark in your design efforts. Read more »
Builder's JavaScript QuickStart Tool
Get a solid foundation in JavaScript in this download which includes explanations of common tasks, strengths, weaknesses, and the best uses for this powerful scripting language. Read more »
The Remedial XML series
Now you can download Builder.com's "Remedial XML" series compiled into one easy-to-read document. Here is a walk through the basics of XML. Read more »
Restrict keyboard input with this quick-and-easy JavaScript
Employ this client-side JavaScript to validate data that users enter in fields. You can download a sample form to see the script in action. Read more »
Create custom class interfaces in .NET
Builder.com returns to the topic of .NET class interfaces with a look at creating your own interfaces in C#. You'll learn how to specify an interface--and you'll have a nice chunk of code to download and play with. Read more »
What Chrome took from other browsers
If you've tried Google's new Chrome browser you would have noticed there's something familiar about it. It's no secret Google has adopted certain elements of other browsers. This article looks at seven features Chrome has in common with other popular browsers. Read more »
Improving the mobile Web user experience
Traditionally our experience with the mobile Web was pretty terrible, but the good news is that this is starting to change, at least according to Oliver Weidlich, usability specialist at Ideal Interfaces. Read more »
Control browser navigation with Browser Helper Objects
In this article, we'll show you how to build a rudimentary content filter, which will use the functionality of Browser Helper Objects (BHOs) to control browser navigation. Read more »
Test Web pages in multiple browser versions
One of the challenges that Web builders face is testing their Web pages in various browsers. This article shows you a simple way to test your Web pages in multiple browser versions. Read more »
Safe browser an oxymoron?
In November 2003, the CERT Coordination Center first advised Web users to consider using a Web browser other than Microsoft Internet Explorer. Read more »
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Google's browser ported to Mac and Linux
-- While Google work on an official port of the Chrome browser another company has ported the browser for Mac and Linux users to try for free. Read more »
Google Earth brings virtual tourism to iPhone
-- Google already has customised some of its websites for display on the iPhone, but now the company also dived headlong onto Apple's highly regarded mobile phone with a full-fledge application, a handheld version of its Google Earth geographical software. Read more »
Ubuntu gets jaunty
-- This week's Roundup looks at Ubuntu's new Jaunty Jackalope, new rules of virtualisation, the world of browsers and more. Read more »
Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2 developer features
-- The latest Firefox alpha release -- 3.1 alpha 2 is more significant for developers than end-users. Read more »
Spry Game
-- At this year's Adobe WebDU conference in Sydney, Greg Rewis gave a presentation on Spry 1.6, the AJAX framework. Read more »
Getting extensions working in Firefox 3
-- If you've had the extensions disabled in Firefox 3, there is a way to get them going again. Read more »
Introducing IE8: The Ocho
-- Over in Las Vegas the MIX conference is underway and that means only one thing: Microsoft announcements and plenty of them. Read more »
Del.icio.us for the rest of us
-- Opera has announced their Link product that brings synchronised bookmarks into the browser. And yes you have seen all this before, however this time it is built into the browser itself, and that I think will be the key difference. Read more »
Salesforce's new AIR toolkit
-- Following the announcement that Salesforce will provide a free toolkit for Adobe Flex and AIR development on its Force.com platform, I spoke to the company’s Doug Farber, the Vice President of Operations, Asia Pacific about its functionality and other issues surrounding the toolkit. Read more »
The most interesting Web OS experiment yet
-- I still don't fully get the whole Web operating system concept. Why run an OS inside a browser when your browser is running in an OS to begin with? But AjaxWindows, a Web OS and application suite that launched today, makes a very good case for the Web OS. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.