Irelands(i) » Browsers http://www.irelandsi.com An Irish eyeful of Internet related news and features Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:14:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 IE 8 – Release Candidate 1 http://www.irelandsi.com/software/browsers/ie-8-release-candidate-1/ http://www.irelandsi.com/software/browsers/ie-8-release-candidate-1/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:51:59 +0000 Tom http://www.irelandsi.com/?p=34 Microsoft have released Release candidate 1 of Internet Explorer 8 which can be downloaded here. New features include domain highlighting in the address bar so you can quickly and easily identify legitimate or fake websites and private browsing options so you can secretely buy that special gift for someone or just use it to browse porn more privately.

]]> http://www.irelandsi.com/software/browsers/ie-8-release-candidate-1/feed/ 0 Firefox 3 sets Guinness World Record http://www.irelandsi.com/software/browsers/firefox-3-sets-guinness-world-record/ http://www.irelandsi.com/software/browsers/firefox-3-sets-guinness-world-record/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:14:16 +0000 Tom http://www.irelandsi.com/?p=10 Firefox 3 has set a new Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in 24 hours. 8,002,530 downloads were logged on the day it was released. I guess this means I’m part of a Guinness World Record, along with 8,002,529 other people, yipee! I wonder if that’s also the most people involved in a record?

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Most notable new features and improvements include:

  • Improved performance with faster page loads and less memory usage
  • New smarter location bar
  • New page zoom
  • Better password management

A full list of the top new features can be seen here.

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