Opera announced today that they have crossed the 300m users mark. The browser has seen an increasing adoption amongst users across all its platforms. I’ve been using Opera for several years now at a time when it was ad-supported. It’s not my primary browser because I miss the extensive extension support that Firefox and Chrome provide, but it is a good alternative. Till now Opera has been using Presto as the rendering engine. However, this is something that they have been dedicating tremendous resources to maintain and in order to grow, Opera has decided to adopt Webkit and focus its…

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Opera has always been one of my favourite browers. It’s fast and they have steady update to valuations. It still needs to go a long way to get close to Chrome or Firefox in terms of add-on support, but it’s a good alternate browser, if you need one. The Opera team have released 12.10 beta. Opera 12.10 beta offers a big boost of speed, along with better compatibility across websites, improve standards support, new capabilities for extensions, as well as with the major operating systems in use today. New features include: Support for Windows 8 and Mac OS X 12.10…

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Early 2010, we blogged about three tools that help you remotely control your desktop. There are several more tools and a new kid to hit the block is from our very only Google in the form of the Chrome Remote Desktop. Google Chrome Desktop is an extension for Google Chrome that allows users to remotely access another computer using the Chrome browser or a Chromebook. Using the extension is very simple. The extension on the target computer will generate an access code as below. This access code needs to be presented to the “assisting” computer user who needs to feed…

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The mobile is taking over the world. Today, almost all mobile phones come equipped with browsers, not to forget the whole host of mobile devices out there. While most mobile browsers can easily support your normal blog theme, you might want to create a better experience for users by offering a custom look for mobile devices. You can manually do this or use one of the many services that allow you to do so. MobStac is one such powerful service that helps you get the job done. Creating your mobile blog is extremely easy and you’ll be done in 20-30…

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First, a short disclaimer: This post merely shows you a method. You alone are entirely responsible for what you use it for. There are times when we need to grab media like images, audio and sometimes even embedded video files from various sites. Rather than right-clicking on each element, here’s a quick an easy way to grab all the media you want using Firefox’s native functionality – no additional plugins like DownThemAll needed. We’re gonna use the Page Info feature of Firefox to help us in our efforts. On the page that you wish to grab the images from, click…

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Mozilla developers march on in their quest to dethrone Internet Explorer from its perch by releasing Firefox 3.1 Beta 3. There’s been slight confusion amongst the online community what with Mozilla announcing a change in naming convention 3.1 → 3.5. Meaning the final release will be termed Firefox 3.5. There are developments that matter to the end-user in this release – both cosmetic as well as core features that improve the average person’s browsing experience. Performance A marked improvement in browsing and rendering speed as compared to the 3.0.x versions, although truth be told, Google’s Chrome still feels slightly faster….

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Google Chrome is a browser that has steadily gained popularity. I personally don’t like the browser because there are several features like addons are still not available. But, if you are a regular user of Chrome, then you may be worried about your data in case your system crashes. Google Chrome Backup is a small tool to create, backup, restore and manage Google Chrome profiles. The profile holds personal data like history, bookmarks, etc. Everything is done with one click. Latest version also supports Chromium, which modified version of Google Chrome, for portable use. Google Chrome Backup provides you with…

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Firefox 3.0.6 has been released yesterday. Firefox should prompt you for applying the update. From the changelog, Firefox 3.0.6 fixes the following issues: Fixed several security issues. Fixed several stability issues. In previous versions of Firefox, some users experienced a problem where parts of the screen were not properly displaying after Firefox was open for long periods of time. Improved the ability for scripted commands (including those included in popular extensions like Adblock Plus) to work properly with plugins. (bug 438830) Removed the client user ID from crash reports. Fixed issues with the display of some Indic scripts. I’ve not…

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When I first tried out Internet Explorer 8 beta 1, I quickly uninstalled it because it just wouldn’t stay without crashing ever few minutes. When Beta 2 was released, I was a bit reluctant to make the jump but the geek inside me wouldn’t let me not install it. And, i was impressed. Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is more stable and a lot easier to work with than the Beta 1. I’ve had this running on my laptop for a long time. Internet Explorer RC1 has been released yesterday. What’s new in RC1? From the IEBlog: Platform Complete. The…

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And you don’t need to make the change. Christina explains the change: So why the change? Adding the try and catch to the snippet removes the possibility that your visitor sees a JavaScript message that doesn’t apply to her. It’s a fairly rare occurrence because messages like these (frequently in the form of an alert box) can only appear if JavaScript messaging has been enabled on the browser. Most browsers have JavaScript messaging turned off by default, but sometimes people unintentionally turn it on. For those visitors who have enabled messaging, the try and catch will have the effect of…

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