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' | * Following last week's Gmail offline webapp for Chrome, Google have added a [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ejjicmeblgpmajnghnpcppodonldlgfn Google Calendar offline webapp], also exclusively for Chrome. | ||
* Google moved [http://blog.chromium.org/2011/08/non-admin-chrome-frame-reaches-stable.html Chrome Frame for non-admin access] to Stable Channel. This is probably the main use case for Chrome frame. | |||
* Tweaks to the Chromium extensions interface show a change from "disable" being the user action, to showing checkboxes of which extensions are "enabled". | |||
* Samsung [http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=2858603011 knocked 10%] off the price of Chromebooks. | |||
* Google showed a narrowing focus, with many projects either moving to monetise or be EOL'd. [http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2011/08/50-credit-for-new-billing-signups-and.html App Engine's pricing model] was criticised, and the following projects [http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/fall-spring-clean.html were ended]: Aardvark, Desktop, Fast Flip, Google Maps API for Flash, Google Pack, Google Web Security, Image Labeler, Notebook, Sidewiki and Subscribed Links. | |||
* [https://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=0&qpcustomd=0 NetApplications] reported browser share for August showing a slight (0.25%) erosion for Firefox globally. Forecasts are that Internet Explorer will be under 50% of browser market by mid 2012 - although given the fragmentation of IE (5 major versions in market by then), it isn't clear what "IE" is apart from a brand. Microsoft [ | |||
[https://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=0&qpcustomd=0 NetApplications] reported browser share for August showing a slight (0.25%) erosion for Firefox globally. Forecasts are that Internet Explorer will be under 50% of browser market by mid 2012 - although given the fragmentation of IE (5 major versions in market by then), it isn't clear what "IE" is apart from a brand. Microsoft [ | |||
http://windowsteamblog.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2011/08/31/internet-explorer-9-reaches-20-usage-share-worldwide-on-windows-7-approaching-30-in-the-us.aspx responded] that IE9 share on Windows 7 is the metric they are concerned about. | http://windowsteamblog.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2011/08/31/internet-explorer-9-reaches-20-usage-share-worldwide-on-windows-7-approaching-30-in-the-us.aspx responded] that IE9 share on Windows 7 is the metric they are concerned about. | ||
* Windows 8 behind schedule? In a [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/02/reflecting-on-our-first-conversations-part-2.aspx blog post], Steven Sinofsky indicated several Windows 8 features would not be available for the Windows 8 build to be released at BUILD. | |||
* Windows 7 update - easier to update IE9. [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2467023 An update for Windows 7] made it less likely that a user needs to rebook a system after upgrading from IE8 to IE9. | |||
Windows 7 update - easier to update IE9. [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2467023 An update for Windows 7] made it less likely that a user needs to rebook a system after upgrading from IE8 to IE9. | |||
The Palemoon fork of Firefox (for Windows only) is tracking rapid release, but indicated it would not issue a 6.0.1 update, referring users instead to [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/deleting-diginotar-ca-cert SUMO]. | * The Palemoon fork of Firefox (for Windows only) is tracking rapid release, but indicated it would not issue a 6.0.1 update, referring users instead to [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/deleting-diginotar-ca-cert SUMO]. | ||
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