Tag Archives: chrome

The Browser Wars II

By kirsch | December 8, 2009

About three and a half years ago I took a look at the browser usage statistics here in The MKX®. A lot has happened since: Safari came out for Windows, mobile browsing finally became usable with the iPhone, and Google released a fast new browser called Chrome. I think it’s about time we take another [...]

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Browser comparison

By kirsch | June 13, 2009

Safari 4 just came out of beta. I gave it a try at my work computer (a Windows XP machine) just to go back to Chrome shortly after. Now I’m back with Safari. The main reason? Text rendering. See, in Safari you can configure the browser to render its text like Mac OS X does. [...]

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Safari 4 beta

By kirsch | February 25, 2009

The good people at Apple released Safari 4 beta yesterday. For those not in the know, Safari is Apple’s web browser. According to the traffic analysis for The MKX® (more on that sometime next month), a large amount of readers are still using Internet Explorer.
At home, I’ve been using Safari for years. Before that I [...]

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MobileMe does not like Chrome (updated)

By kirsch | December 29, 2008

Every year I struggle with the decision of whether to renew MobileMe (formerly .Mac, formerly iTools) or not. This year, for the first time, it’s a no brainer: The family pack covers myself, my two brothers, and my parents for a total of 8 Macs and 4 iPhones.
So I’ll pay. But it won’t be all [...]

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