Category Archives: IE

Why you (probably) won't be using Firefox a while from now

Mozilla CEO John Lilly on the number of fast, capable browsers in the market: “The world is a lot different from a year ago, and we have three brand new browsers and there is a lot more competition and as … Continue reading

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Internet Explorer 8. Why?

GigaOM announces the release of Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 So far [Microsoft] has been on the losing side of the equation, ceding market share to its upstart rivals, all of whom are touting ease of use, simplicity, security and speed. … Continue reading

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Opera Mini and S60 Browser – both not quite there yet

On my N82: spent some time with Opera Mini after a while – had been using Nokia’s built-in S60 Browser exclusively over  the past few months. Here’s a list of peeves and loves about each browser.   Opera Mini Good … Continue reading

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HOWTO: Syncing Contacts and Calendar info between Nokia smartphone and Outlook

Update: this HOWTO remains up to date even as of 2011. You need: the  Nokia PC Suite and Microsoft Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2010 running on Windows XP or Windows Vista or Windows 7. And a Nokia … Continue reading

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Why Safari won't matter

Apple released Safari 3.1 today, and has claimed that it is “the world’s fastest browser”. “Safari loads web pages 1.9 times faster than IE 7 and 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2. Safari also runs JavaScript up to six times faster … Continue reading

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Misguided iPhone/Safari strategy analysis

More iPhone strategy from Bob Cringely. While he’s spot-on with most of his columns, I don’t agree with his line of thought in this week’s column. In a nutshell, Cringely believes that forcing developers to develop Safari-compliant AJAX applications will … Continue reading

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Does Microsoft need Internet Explorer?

I was reading a Fortune Magazine article on how Ray Ozzie is the vanguard of Microsoft’s new Internet Services strategy. It struck me that Microsoft realizes that we’re moving away from the desktop to the “webtop” paradigm, where your data … Continue reading

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