Browser News
This weekly newsletter for website designers gives news about browsers and web design, has an overview of the browsers and their futures, helps find browsers old and new, offers design resources, and reports Internet statistics.
This also has a virtual store with tools for building effective websites.
News
May 1 - PHP 5.2.6:
the PHP Group updated PHP 5 to fix bugs and security issues.
Users should update.
[more...]
[get it...]
Apr 30 - AOL Desktop β16 // OS X:
AOL again updated its beta of a new OS X browser suite.
[get it...]
One year ago: security updates for IE 5.01, 6, and 7 appeared.
Two years ago: AOL Explorer 1.5 appeared, as well as security updates for OS X 10.3, OS X 10.4 and QuickTime 7.
Apr 24 - Opera 9.5 β2:
Opera Software issued its 2nd beta of Opera 9.5.
[more...]
[get it...]
Apr 17 - Mozilla Camino 1.6 // OS X:
Mozilla.org updated Camino to add features and fix security issues; it now uses Gecko 1.8.1.14.
Users should get it.
[more...]
[get it...]
Apr 16 - Apple Safari 3.1.1 // Windows, OS X:
Apple updated Safari to fix security issues.
Users should update.
[more...]
[get it...]
Apr 16 - Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14:
Mozilla.org updated Firefox to fix a security issue; it now uses Gecko 1.8.1.14.
Users should get it.
[more...]
[get it...]
Apr 16 - Sun Java J2SE:
Sun Systems updated Java 1.6 to fix bugs.
Users should update.
[get 1.6u6...]
The Store
What’s New & Notable
Recent Books: The Art & Science of JavaScript • Beginning PHP and MySQL, 3rdEd: From Novice to Professional • Building Findable Websites: Web Standards SEO and Beyond • C# 3.0 Cookbook • Designing the Moment: Web Interface Design Concepts in Action • Head First JavaScript • Learning Web Design, 3rdEd • The Principles of Beautiful Web Design • Programming C# 3.0, 5thEd • MySQL in a Nutshell, 2ndEd
Visit the store for books, computers, software, web hosting, and more.
Get an Amazon Kindle: hold a bookcase in your hand.
For those thinking of upgrading browsers, this newsletter also answers the question "why update?"
This is updated each Saturday.
The Browsers
This focuses on major browsers, and on browsers wanted to test websites: AOL, AOL-Desktop, AOL-Explorer, AOL-Netscape, Apple Safari, iCab, Konqueror, Lynx, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla & Friends (Camino, Firefox, SeaMonkey, etc.) OmniWeb, Opera, and W3C Amaya.
Note : there is a lot of very good information elsewhere about browsers, and there is no point in “reïnventing the wheel”, so the Browser News will link to such information rather than try to duplicate the information. For example, when a new browser appears, the Browser News will announce it, but refer you to other sites where, if you are interested, you can find details.
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Your Browser
This lists information about your browser. It is mainly of interest to those who wish to make browser-detection scripts.
Note : more details are available on the Resources > Your Browser page.