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Opera 9.5 gets euro-style and Haute secure

Opera 9.5, code-named Kestrel, the latest browser by Opera, on Thursday became available for download for Windows and Mac. Read more »

Firefox 3.1 alpha 2 available to developers

Firefox 3.1 alpha 2, code-named Shiretoko, adds functionality for Web developers with very little eye candy for users. Read more »

Microsoft hints at general plan for IE8

Microsoft will continue to prioritise security and ease-of-use in the forthcoming Internet Explorer 8 and will seek to improve Web development with current standards compatibility, according to the software giant. Read more »

Mozilla plans major facelift for Firefox 3

Mozilla is hoping the next version of its Firefox browser will look familiar -- regardless of which operating system you use. Read more »

Flash to jump beyond the browser

Adobe Systems is working on software meant to blur the line between the Web and desktop PCs. Read more »

Microsoft discloses some IE 7 plans

Microsoft finally told Web developers what they've wanted to hear for years, promising support for graphics and style sheet standards. Read more »

Firefox tool gets slick

Rip, mix--get burned? Read more »

Mozilla 1.0 unleashed

More than four years after its inception, the open-source browser is ready for the public. And its impact could go beyond browsing Read more »

Mozilla Thunderbird gets Firefox-style tabs

A developer has added tabbed browsing of e-mail messages to Mozilla's Thunderbird e-mail client, mimicking one of the most popular features of the Firefox and Opera Web browsers. Read more »

Google details 'reboot' bug, Android security fixes

Google has begun releasing some details about the vulnerabilities it patched in two updates to Google's Android operating system software in the T-Mobile G1 smartphone. Read more »

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Tips for creating CSS styles for print

You don't always have to create a seperate printer-friendly page on your Web site. Michael Meadhra shows you how using XHTML and CSS. 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 »

Comparison of CSS compatibility on IE, Firefox, Safari and Opera

We compare support for CSS pseudo-classes in Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3 Beta 4, Safari 3.1 and Opera 9.26. Read more »

Use metrics to drop browser support

Browser version support is a difficult issue but a few metrics and testing tools can provide the hard data you need to choose which Web browsers your Internet site will support. Read more »

Opera CTO: IE 8 will fail Acid test

Two years ago, the Acid2 test was announced in this column. Acid2 is a complex Web browser test page that shows a smiley face when rendered correctly Read more »

Work around XForms' lack of browser support

XForms offers a way to implement Web forms, but most browsers don't support it. Use the Java Framework and Chiba to process server side XForms. Read more »

The spider's Web of CSS

Finishing up our Web Directions South build up, we talk to Andy Clarke, Web designer, presenter and invited expert to the W3C's CSS working group. Andy gave us the low down on standards, the new way of designing Web sites and the problem with Web 2.0. Read more »

Creating reusable Web components for Mozilla

Reusable components are the foundation of modular design in programming. In this article we'll explore Mozilla's component design capabilities through XBL and custom implementation. Read more »

XML and Unicode: Mix with care

The character set that lets computers write in every language from Czech to Chinese could make Web browsers tongue-tied, two standards groups have warned. Read more »

Dealing with differences in CSS floats in IE and Netscape

An annoying problem with CSS code is the interpretation by different browsers. Here's a workaround to one problem: the differences in how variable-width floats are rendered in IE and Netscape. Read more »

Blog (6)

Opera's MAMA offers search to web developers

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- Opera has created a new search engine letting web developers discover how web pages are structured. Read more »

Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2 developer features

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- The latest Firefox alpha release -- 3.1 alpha 2 is more significant for developers than end-users. Read more »

What's new in Dreamweaver CS4?

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- Let's look at some of the new features we can expect to see in Dreamweaver CS4. Read more »

Bracing for Applefest

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- It's that time of year again, Steve Jobs' reality distortion field is about to extend throughout the internet and consume your favourite tech news sites for days. To Apple fanboys it is more than Christmas -- to others it is WWDC and you cannot escape it . Read more »

How soon is Semantic?

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- At some point in the future you will be able arrive at work George Jetson-style. Your electric flying car will be streaming content to you from the new Semantic Web while your son in the backseat will be enjoying Duke Nukem Forever. Read more »

Del.icio.us for the rest of us

Chris Duckett [blogs:betaliving] -- 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 »

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