3 posts and columns on IE 7

IE8 "Epically Porcine"

in News on September 3, 2008 at 7:37 am PT

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is significantly faster than IE7. It’s more stable and feature-rich than its predecessor as well. But it’s also something of a resource pig. IE8 Beta 2 consumes 52 percent more memory than IE7 and uses more than double the number of processor threads. In fact, it’s the most resource-intensive version of the Web browser to date, according to Florida-based independent software research firm Devil Mountain Software.

IE8 “Epically Porcine”

in News on September 3, 2008 at 7:37 am PT

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is significantly faster than IE7. It’s more stable and feature-rich than its predecessor as well. But it’s also something of a resource pig. IE8 Beta 2 consumes 52 percent more memory than IE7 and uses more than double the number of processor threads. In fact, it’s the most resource-intensive version of the Web browser to date, according to Florida-based independent software research firm Devil Mountain Software.

Firefox 3 Boasts Improved IE-blocking

in News on March 31, 2008 at 11:51 am PT

Enterprise is finally realizing that Mozilla’s Firefox doesn’t bite. Behaves well in the office, too. On the 10-year anniversary of the Mozilla source code release comes word that Firefox is catching on in enterprise space. According to a Forrester Research study, use of the open source browser among enterprise users has almost doubled in the [...]