Tag Archives: browser

A browser to resolve mobile app development confusion?

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Bob Sutor

I read with interest the recent announcement by AppMobi that they are producing a browser for Apple iOS and eventually Android that will go beyond the basic HTML5 capabilities. InfoWorld: “Have your HTML5 and native app too” Press Release: “MobiUs … Continue reading →

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Stats for browsers and operating systems accessing sutor.com

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Bob Sutor

It’s been a while since I last put up some stats about what browsers and operating systems access my website at sutor.com. Traditionally, Firefox did well, followed by Internet Explorer, and then Chrome. The last two are now reversed. Since … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 02/16/2011

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Bob Sutor

IBM and Jeopardy Watson on Jeopardy! Day Two: The Confusion over an Airport Clue | A Smarter Planet Blog “How could the machine have been so wrong? David Ferrucci, the manager of the Watson project at IBM Research, explained during … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 12/16/2010

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Bob Sutor

Open source rivals continue to chip away at IE share in 2010 | ZDNet “According to Net Applications’ figures for November 2010,  Internet Explorer’s share of the market has declined another five percent to 58.44 percent in November, compared to … Continue reading →

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Setting Firefox as your default browser

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Bob Sutor

On Linux and Windows, setting Firefox as your default system browser can be done within Firefox itself. From Preferences, go to the Advanced tab and look down at System defaults. Click the Check Now button and then make Firefox the … Continue reading →

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Saying it out loud: IBM is moving to Firefox as its default browser

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Bob Sutor

I talk a lot about software in this blog but most of the discussion is at the personal level: I tried this, I experimented with that. I hardly ever talk about what I use for doing my IBM business and … Continue reading →

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Update on my Firefox extensions

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Bob Sutor

It used to be that I tried a new Firefox extension every day. Since the Firefox browser from Mozilla became a standard tool for how I do business and generally access the web, I’ve focused less on trying new things … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 05/07/2010

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Bob Sutor

10 Reasons Why Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Dominance is Ending – Enterprise Applications from eWeek “The bad news just keeps coming for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer platform. After being forced by the European Union to give Windows users the option of downloading … Continue reading →

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Really setting the default browser on a Mac

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Bob Sutor

I was having a problem last week with my Mac: even though I set my default system browser to Google Chrome, one application just refused to believe it wasn’t Firefox any longer. (And no, that application wasn’t Firefox itself!) Though … Continue reading →

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Daily links for 02/26/2010

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Bob Sutor

Ubuntu Linux Now Available to Fed Customers on GSA Advantage – PCWorld Business Center “Canonical’s Ubuntu has become third Linux operating system approved by the General Services Administration for use by federal purchasers. It joins Linux distributions from Red Hat … Continue reading →

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