Browser Features - Poll Results

After reviewing the results of the last poll, we opened up the Browser Features Poll asking you what Browser features you cared about most. As a site delivering content mainly to Web Developers, the results obviously cater to a developers perspective but the results are interesting none the less.


Browser Features Poll Results:

Surprise, surprise! Developers care most about the JavaScript/DOM Support. Web 2.0 depends heavily on decent JavaScript/DOM Support and what troubles developers most is the lack of consistency across Major Browsers. CSS support and Security took a close 2nd, followed by Bug Tracking and Rendering Speed.

On the low end was Bookmarks and RSS. Not too surprising since these aren't the most critical parts of a browser, and other Manager/Aggregaters tend to be better at this role anyway.

A new poll will be up shortly, so be sure to check back soon.

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Official Browser Bug Tracking

As readers may recall from the Welcome Page this site was created to fill a gap between existing and non-existing bug tracking databases for Web Browsers.

As a service to Web Developers everywhere that just want to know how to workaround some of the most annoying browser bugs and/or find out when they will be fixed, this site was put together.

As mentioned from the onset, the idea was to tie into existing bug tracking systems wherever possible, and provide updates when the status of any bug changes.

In addition, we think it is important to provide info on the official bug tracking systems, as this site is by no means a complete solution. The following list indicates the bug tracking system available for each Web Browser:

Official Public Bug Tracking Sites:

• Mozilla/Firefox: Mozilla Bugzilla


• Internet Explorer: IE Feedback, IE8 Feedback (reopened for IE8 Beta cycle)


• Safari: WebKit Bugzilla


• Konqueror: KDE Bug Tracking System


• Opera: Opera Bug Tracking


• Maxthon: Maxthon Forum (note: for bugs in the browser layout / rendering, see IE bug tracking)

Unfortunately Microsoft seems to not be interested in receiving any bug reports for IE (6 or 7). This doesn't sit well as a company policy as Browsers move ahead as the default development platform of Enterprise Applications however we hope that as IE8 appears over the horizon, that they realize the mistake in this approach and provide public tracking of issues.

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Browser Preferences - Poll Results

It isn't much of a surprise, but lets review the findings.

Several weeks ago, we opened up a poll asking you what your favorite Web Browsers were. As a site delivering content mainly to Web Developers, it came as no surprise that Mozilla Firefox was by far the most favored Browser.

Favorite Browser Poll Results:




What is interesting to see, is the breakdown of other Browsers. Keep in mind, these are "preferred" Browsers, not necessarily reflecting spec compliance, features or bugs, but rather what you prefer as a browser.

Thus a new poll has opened, asking you what features in a browser are most important to you? Do you care about add-ons? Do you care about Specs? Do you care about speed? etc.

Feel free to choose your favorite features in a Browser (any browser) as we dig deeper into what makes a good browser, and thus what features we would like added, or bugs we'd like fixed in other browsers.

Happy New Year!

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Apple Safari on Windows

Apple Safari on Windows:

For those familiar with the MacOS platform, Safari is likely your native tongue.

However Safari on Windows, is relatively new, and brings another great browser to the Windows world with all its shiny aqua goodness.

As a new browser on the Windows platform, it has some excellent features, and a few bugs that I'll point out below.

Features:
1.) It is Fast, blazing Fast!
2.) It has a built in JavaScript Console
3.) Built on the WebKit codebase (same as Konqueror), it is one of the most standards compliant browsers out there!
4.) Fancy shmancy form field highlighting
5.) Built in resizable textareas
6.) Built in bug submission. Right into the browser! Simply give some brief details (the url of the page you are on is sent automatically) and submit! All browsers could use this feature!

Bugs:
1.) It doesn't respond to the windows command [WinKey]+ M or [WinKey] + D to minimize all windows and display the desktop.
2.) You can only resize the window, by the bottom right corner, or double-clicking th e title bar.

If you haven't tried this browser out yet, I'd highly recommend it!

Modern Browsers

Modern Browsers: I expect this to be a moving target, but as of mid-2007 I would only qualify the following as "Modern Browsers". You should expect to see little support, and very few features for browsers not listed here. If your Web Browser is not listed here, it IS time to upgrade.

• Mozilla
  
  
  
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  • Firefox 1.5* | 2.0 | (3.0*)
  
  
  • Camino 1.5
  
  
  • Epiphany 2.2
  
  
  
  


• Opera 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.5


• Safari 3.0 | 3.1 (Mac or Windows)


• Konqueror 3.5 | 4.0


• Netscape 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0


• Internet Explorer 7.0 | (8.0*)

*IE8 was just announced, in theory it should be a better version than IE7, however there has been no information about it so far, so it is too early to tell)

*Firefox 3.0 is now in its third public beta release (beta 345RC1RC2RC3) and is very near a full release (Will be available Tuesday June 17th, 2008). You can download the betaRC (Release Candidate) in your choice of 30+ languages for Windows, Mac or Linux here. Note: This is still a beta release, and as such a few bugs along the way should be expected.

*Firefox 1.5 is a modern web browser for sure, but with the fast pace of Firefox development, full support for this version has already moved on. If you are using Firefox 1.5 we strongly suggest you upgrade to Firefox 2.x or, if 3.x when it is available.