Web Browsers

Firefox tops 1 billion downloads

July 31, 2009

According to the folks at Mozilla, Firefox hit the 1-billion downloads mark today at approximately 6:45 a.m. EST. Mozilla will launch a new Web site on Monday to celebrate the milestone. Web tracker StatCounter pegs IE with slightly less than 60 percent market share and Firefox with slightly more than 30 percent.  Opera, Apple Safari [...]

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Washington Post launches new mobile site

July 29, 2009

The Washington Post cut the ribbon on a new mobile site featuring an  more intuitive interface to the esteemed newspaper’s news and feature articles. The mobile site is built on a proprietary platform that is entirely new to the company. The site is now made up of five sections: politics, business, metro, arts & living [...]

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Google confirms rumors it will release an OS, first for netbooks

July 8, 2009

Last night, Google announced that it will release an open-source, lightweight operating system called Chrome Operating System, initially for netbooks. The company says it is talking to multiple partners and expects consumers will be able to purchase netbooks running Chrome OS in the second half of next year. In a post on the Official Google [...]

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Gomez intros free Web site compatibility tool

June 25, 2009

Gomez, a company that analyzes Web site usability, yesterday introduced a free Web-based tool that automatically tests how Web sites look in four commonly-used combinations of browsers and operating systems. Enter a URL into the Gomez Cross-Browser Compatibility Test and the tool will produce screen captures of the Web page in each browser and OS [...]

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Factoid: Using mobile Web browsers for local information grew by 34 percent in past year

June 10, 2009

comScore, a market researcher, reports the number of people who used mobile Web browsers to find local information grew 34 percent from March ‘08 to March ‘09. Mobile browser users numbered 20.7 million in ‘09, comScore says.

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Webby Awards winners announced

May 6, 2009

The Webby Awards,  said to be the “Internet’s Oscars,” were announced today. The annual (the thirteenth) Webby Awards honor excellence on the Internet including Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video and Mobile Websites (about 70 categories in all). The awards are judged by the International Academy of  Digital Arts & Sciences, a global organization [...]

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GOOD’s infographics puts the financial meltdown into perspective

March 4, 2009

I‘m a fan of GOOD, a site that is “a collaboration of individuals, businesses and nonprofits…who have been making a magazine, videos and events for people who give a damn.” One of the things I like about the site is its use of infographics to explain complex ideas. If you’ve ever looked at an issue [...]

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The golfer’s guide to creative writing

January 30, 2009

Today’s motto is: “Think less. Write more.” Researchers at St Andrews University in Scotland and the University of Michigan say  thinking too much over a putt hurts a golfer’s performance. The researchers gave 80 novice and advanced golfers putts to practice and asked them to discuss their performance between strokes. The researchers found the golfers [...]

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Why you should make your Web site more welcoming to journalists

January 20, 2009

Company Web sites don’t work hard enough for most journalists. It’s a point I’ve yammered on for quite some time. Now, Jakob Nielsen, a widely known Web site usability expert, is also talking about what journalists expect to find when they visit a company’s Web site. In his Jan. 20 Alertbox, Nielsen writes: Websites must [...]

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Four things every direct marketing call to action must include

January 16, 2009

Writing an effective direct marketing letter or email is challenging but it’s not as tough as some well-paid,  direct-mail copywriters would like you to think. The fundamentals of writing an effective pitch letter have been tested for more than 100 years, or something like that. To recap, your pitch starts with a captivating and compelling [...]

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