Things I've tagged “browser” (15 things)
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A New Type of Phishing Attack, using tabs (Tuesday May 25, 2010)
A very clever phishing technique, an open but unfocused tab changes it's favicon/title text. Leaving a more trusted looking tab than something you just opened.
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flashblockdetector - by Mark Pilgrim (Monday March 15, 2010)
"A pure-JavaScript library that detects whether Flash is blocked on the current page due to a Flash blocking extension .... This library does not interfere with, or try to counteract, any Flash blocking extensions"
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Support Details | Tech Support Management (Thursday February 18, 2010)
Ever had to ask a user what browser, details when debugging a support request/bug? This site will clearly show them browser info and JS/Cookie/Flash support , with an easy way for the user to send them to you.
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Google Chrome tab behaviour (Friday December 11, 2009)
The varying styles of tab closing has always irked me slightly. This article looks at the way Chrome implements it and shows how much thought has gone in to the process.
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Browser market share (Friday December 11, 2009)
A slightly weird visualisation of browser market share, from 2002 - 2009. I'm curious where the data came from. Browser share is notoriously hard to sample.
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The role-based favicon, and why Novell patented it (Monday September 28, 2009)
Interesting idea, context sensitive favicons, which could vary based logged in/out/admin, or areas of the site. Also a glimpse in to the fucked up world of big companies and software patents.
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Chromium Blog: Introducing Google Chrome Frame (Wednesday September 23, 2009)
An IE plugin (for 6, 7 and 8 on all Windows versions) which embeds the Google Chrome rendering engine—sites can then opt-in to using it by including a X-UA-Compatible meta tag.
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IE6ify Bookmarklet (Monday July 6, 2009)
A bookmarklet that imitates IE6 rendering, by subtlety breaking the layout with each click (presumably inspired by Cornify, etc)
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O3D API - Google Code (Wednesday April 22, 2009)
O3D is an open-source web API for creating rich, interactive 3D applications in the browser. This API is shared at an early stage as part of a conversation with the broader developer community about establishing an open web standard for 3D graphics.
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10 Cool Things We’ll Be Able To Do Once IE6 Is Dead (Friday April 17, 2009)
With MS pushing IE8 harder, and the rise of non-IE browsers, the number if IE6 users is starting to approach a point where you can seriously consider dropping support for it. Once you do a number of, previously progressive enhancement only, tools can be used without fear. hot.
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Part1 - browsersec - Google Code - Browser Security Handbook, part 1 (Friday December 12, 2008)
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Firefox 3.1 beta 1 - an overview of features for web developers (Wednesday October 15, 2008)
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37signals phasing out IE support (Friday July 4, 2008)
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plainview - Full screen OSX web browser (Thursday June 5, 2008)
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What is a reflow? « DougT’s Blog (Sunday May 25, 2008)