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Google Chrome 10 Beta released, faster than ever

  By Remy | February 21, 2011 - 09:00 | Browsers
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Late last week the first version of Google Chrome 10 was released as beta. According to the post on the Chrome blog this is the fastest version ever of the company’s browser, posting an increase of an impressive 66% on the V8 benchmark compared to the previous version:

This is the first Chrome version that will utilize a computer’s GPU to accelerate video: through the use of this the load on the CPU should be a lot lower. The settings interface has been given a revamp as well, and the functionality of storing and syncing of passwords is expanded.

With the Firefox 4 Beta also available now, and recently the IE9 RC version too it seems the battle of the browsers is definitely heating up. With Chrome hovering at about 5% to 10% market share it seems it’s the only browser showing real growth currently, with Internet Explorer share declining below 60% and Firefox just hovering at the same 25% to 30%.

Internet Explorer 9 RC to be introduced Feb 10th

  By Remy | February 8, 2011 - 09:00 | Browsers
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The release candidate (RC) of Internet Explorer 9 will be launched during a media event in San Francisco according to Neowin. This new version will bring more speed, more features and functionality (including extensive HTML5 support) and more, according to the IE9 test drive site.

The arrival of the release candidate version of IE9 is a timely effort by Microsoft, as its marketshare has been slipping over the past 10 months: IE (all versions) is down to nearly 55%, Firefox has slipped to 22% while Google Chrome has grown to 10%. Apple’s Safari is growing slower than Chrome, but also steady at a market share of just over 6% (jan 2010). Netmarketshare has the stats on all most used browsers.

Below is the Internet Explorer 9 launch promo video:

Take mobile seriously? Probably, cause iPhones account for 7% of opens

  By Remy | December 14, 2010 - 09:00 | Browsers, Email clients
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Yes, the people over at dotDigitalBlog have noted in a blog post that no less than 7% of email opens happening on their platforms are being done with iPhone. In contrast to that, other mobile platforms like Android, Blackberry and Nokia don’t seem to rake up as much usage as the iPhone. Also, Outlook 2007 outperforms Outlook 2010 by a 15% vs 1,5% share, which is quite big, seeing as Outlook 2010 was launched nearly a year ago.

Next to that, on the browser front there seems to be more sharing of market share going on: Internet Explorer 7 going down while Firefox and Chrome usage keep on growing. Good news for Internet Explorer 6 haters: it was down to 0,7% from 1,2% in January.

These are only figures from the dotMailer platform of course: consult with your ESP for usage figures of their platform, or even better: your specific contact base. As with everything, and especially in email marketing, your mileage may vary.

Internet Explorer 9 Beta released

  By Remy | September 16, 2010 - 14:15 | Browsers
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Yesterday the new Internet Explorer 9 Beta was released by Microsoft. The features introduced earlier on in the Platform Previews have been expanded on, and now the full Beta version of IE9 is available. One of the biggest advantages will be using full hardware acceleration on today’s computers for a faster and better web experience.

The newest iteration of the Internet Explorer family will include support for quite some new technologies:

  • HTML5
  • Pinning, Jump Lists and Aero-snap (with Windows 7)
  • CSS3
  • New Javascript-engine Chakra
  • Much much more

You can download the Internet Explorer 9 Beta here.