Posts filed under "Software"

# Installing Internet Explorer on Linux

Posted: Mar 28, 2006, under Cross platforms, Software. Add a comment!

No, it's not a joke. Last weekend I successfully installed Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 on my Linux Debian system with minimal headache. It works via the Wine emulator, and now I can easily test website rendering in IE in addition to Firefox or Opera.

# <a ping>: accurate link tracking

Posted: Jan 23, 2006, under Software, Standards. Add a comment!

Darin Fisher implemented a new attribute (ping) for the HTML link tag, which would instruct browsers to notify a certain URL of the link that was just followed. This is based on a WhatWG proposed specification and was only implemented so far in Firefox test builds.

# Opera and Firefox finish 2005 with a bang

Posted: Dec 15, 2005, under Software. Add a comment!

Firefox has launched a call to arms, urging all fans to contribute "live" video testimonials and ads. Not to be outdone, Opera has rented the Times Square SuperSign for the benefit of one lucky fan.

# Trojan exploits severe Explorer security flaw

Posted: Dec 1, 2005, under Software, Security. Add a comment!

As probably expected, there's now a trojan in the wild which exploits a 6-month old, yet unpatched, vulnerability in Internet Explorer, allowing remote code execution.

# Firefox 1.5 is here

Posted: Nov 30, 2005, under Software. Add a comment!

Mozilla Foundation has finally launched the new stable version of Firefox: 1.5.

# Explorer bug crawls up on Firefox

Posted: Nov 29, 2005, under Software, Security. Add a comment!

A very specific JavaScript security vulnerability, which was supposed to achieve remote code execution on Explorer, manages to freeze Firefox as well. Kudos to inter-racial bugs.

# Upcoming browser roundup

Posted: Nov 29, 2005, under Software. Add a comment!

PC World covered the newest developments in the three major browsers (Opera, Firefox, Internet Explorer), from a user's point of view.

# New canvas extension kicks serious butt

Posted: Nov 28, 2005, under Software, Standards, DHTML. Add a comment!

Altough still currently just a working draft, the new <canvas> tag proposed by WhatWG.org has the potential to kill off Java applets and Flash for good.