August 21, 2008
Most Mac OS X users probably use Safari, Firefox or Opera for their internet browsing. But every now and again it is nice to have a change of browser. Instead of using your regular browser, why not try Camino, Shiira or Sunrise ? 1. Camino Camino is a browser that has been around for quite [...]
July 31, 2008
Browse the web in 3D! No – I am not talking about Lively or Piclens. I am talking about Pogo – A Web Browser. Taking Pogo on a ride, you clearly notice some differences straight away that sets it apart from the other players in the browser arena. First and most awkwardly indigestible: it’s by [...]
July 31, 2008
What can I say? Here I am declaring my love for Opera one week, and the next I’m talking about how great Flock is. Well, as I said in my last browser review, I use both Opera and Flock about equally – for no real reason apart from my inability to choose one over the [...]
July 18, 2008
Shiira is an open source browser for Mac OS X that is based off Web Kit and written in Cocoa so it runs at native speeds on a Mac. Shiira has been in development since 2004 so it has been in development for about 4 years. Because Shiira is based on Web Kit it uses [...]
July 17, 2008
You have to give it to Opera; it’s stayed in there. Starting as a research project in 1994, Opera has been responsible for some world changing innovations (think tabbed browsing) and yet never seemed to achieve the kind of success it deserved. But this isn’t a history lesson, it’s an article on a few of [...]
July 3, 2008
“Reclaim your Privacy!” That is the claim of Xerobank, yet another group of software developers amongst the increasingly competitive world of web browsers. Firefox is now taking on close to 20% of the browsing market, Internet Explorer has 70% or so and Opera and Safari squabble over the rest. XeroBank browser “is the most popular [...]
June 3, 2008
Remember when tabbed browsing came around? How useful it was? How much it cleaned up your start bar? What if there was a new way to visualize your internet experience, like 3D browsing maybe? Will it actually be something useful, or will it flop? Wow, that was a lot of questions. Now on to SpaceTime. [...]
May 22, 2008
Given that 30% of Make Use Of readers are non-Firefox users we decided a short time back to branch out a little and give some more exposure to alternative browsers. In fact you may have noticed recently Jason’s couple of articles on Safari , Mark’s on Opera and Tina’s on Flock . Now its time [...]
April 30, 2008
The mobile web is starting to really take off. More websites started to offer mobile versions, new mobile apps released on a daily basis, mobile browsers getting better, etc. To sum up, more and more people access internet from mobile phones. If you got a blackberry, iPhone or any kind of smartphone, here are a [...]
April 25, 2008
I’ve been a Firefox user for a few years now, since it came out really, and I love it. It’s a great browser and the extensions can turn it into anything you want it to be, from an FTP client to a multiplayer pong game. I’ve been using a Mac for a little over a [...]
