Firefox 3.5 can, according to one tracking poll, now claim to be the world’s most popular browser. There’s a chart floating around from StatCounter.com (figure 1 below) that shows a nearly 1.5% lead for Firefox 3.5 above Internet Explorer 7.0.
3d graphics rendering is coming to a browser near you. Khronos, which is responsible for OpenGL (among other things) has published the specifications for WebGL on their website. The idea is to use the HTML5 canvas element to bring 3d straight to the browser without requiring third party plugins or proprietary code.
The Internet chatter about the settlement that Microsoft reached with the EU that will result in Windows users being presented with a “browser choice” screen asking them which browser they would like to use is being heralded as a great victory for pretty much everybody but Microsoft,
Are browser extensions possible on mobile platforms? Will they be usable? Probably. And probably not. I guess what I’m trying to say is that it’s going to depend on a variety of factors.
Welcome to BrowserBlog.net. The site is just getting off the ground and is as of yet a little on the disorderly side, but we’ll pull ourselves together soon enough. If you didn’t know, we’ll be covering browser related news. This includes everything from traditional browsing software to mobile and beyond.
