Entries tagged with browser - Channel 10

TV-Friendly Web Browser Kylo Gets Media Center Plugin

Sarah Perez — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:40:00 GMT

Kylo, the TV-friendly web browser, isn’t brand-new, but a recent update should peak the interest of Windows Media Center enthusiasts: Kylo is now available via Media Center plugin.

With the launch of the Kylo Browser Beta 0.7, a new plugin for Media Center lets you browse the web via your HDTV after launching the browser from within Media Center. What’s even better is that you can easily close it and return to Media Center when you’re done surfing the web. That’s a big plus.

The browser requires no hardware keyboard for text entry – an onscreen keyboard does the job. It also lets you zoom, pan and bookmark sites. Onscreen targets, fonts and the cursor are made larger for better viewing too.

One thing it won’t do: play Hulu videos. This worked at first but Hulu quickly blocked it. But for light TV-based web surfing, it does the job.

As always, note the beta label and proceed at your own risk!

Fizzik, A New "Social" Web Browser

Sarah Perez — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 05:11:00 GMT

Fizzik is a new web browser that’s designed to let you keep up with the news, video and social media on the web in different ways than before. The browser, built on Microsoft technologies, lets you scan the web and track news, multimedia, and social media. Search results from Bing are incorporated into the browser, too, and you can create “Channels” from your common searches, so you’re always on top of what’s new.

Web services like YouTube are integrated into the browser as well. In this case, instead of watching an embedded video on a web page, videos play full screen in the browser by default. Fizzik also lets you share links via Facebook and Twitter using sharing options built right within the browser.

This new browser was built using Microsoft .NET and Windows Presentation Foundation 3.5 and is compatible with most Windows operating systems. It embeds Microsoft’s Internet Explorer for Web browsing and Adobe’s Flash player for videos.

Fizzik hasn’t launched yet, but you can see a demo here and sign up to be notified when it becomes available.

How Does the Internet Work?

Lori Grosland — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:27:00 GMT

Here is a video that explains how the internet works in very easy terms and also the Microsoft BesserWeb initiative. http://www.msdn-online.de/besserweb

More about the video...

We explain how the internet works, what a browser is and what you should be aware of when using it, why the display of websites can differ in different browsers and we share tips and tricks regarding the use of a web browser...and we also answer the most important of all questions: why Lukas' aunt takes her nephew's laptop away, even though he was being good.

Wie funktioniert das Internet?

Lori Grosland — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:26:00 GMT

Hier ist ein Video über wie das Internet funktioniert und die BesserWeb-Initiative von Microsoft. http://www.msdn-online.de/besserweb

Mehr dazu...

Wir erklären, wie das Internet funktioniert, was ein Browser ist, was man bei der Benutzung beachten muss, was es mit Webseiten und deren Darstellung auf sich hat und geben Tipps und Tricks im Umgang mit einem Webbrowser… und beantworten auch die wichtigste aller Fragen: Warum die Oma von Lukas ihm den Laptop wegnimmt, obwohl er richtig brav und artig war.

Darstellungsprobleme von Webseiten verhindern

Lori Grosland — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:25:00 GMT

Hier ist ein Video über wie man die Darstellungsprobleme von Webseiten verhindern kann und die BesserWeb-Initiative von Microsoft. http://www.msdn-online.de/besserweb

Mehr dazu...

Wir erklären, wie man Darstellungsprobleme von Webseiten verhindern kann und liefern interessante Tipps, Tricks und Links für Webmaster, Web-Designer und Web-Entwickler. Weiterhin beantworten wir Fragen wie: „Meine Website funktioniert nicht richtig. Wie kann ich das Problem heute beheben?“ oder „Standards - was bedeutet das?“

More Details on Gazelle, Microsoft Research's "Browser OS"

Sarah Perez — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:50:00 GMT

In February of this year, Microsoft Research released a paper (PDF) about a new web browser they’re calling “Gazelle,” which is really less of a browser and more like an operating system. According to the paper, what makes Gazelle different than any other browsers out there today is how it’s able to exclusively control and mange the system’s resources.

Now, in a new article on Microsoft Research’s site, we get a little more insight about what exactly Gazelle can do.

One of the features of Gazelle is its ability to manage devices. Unlike with other browsers, where device management takes place (like accessing a webcam for instance), it’s done via plugin. In the Gazelle model, the browser kernel itself “protects principals from one another and from the host machine by exclusively managing access to computer resources, enforcing policies, handling interprincipal communications, and providing consistent, systematic access to computing devices.”

The kernel also exclusively manages the principles by placing them in a separate protection domain using an OS process. That way, if misbehaving code arises it only affects its own protection domain, leaving everything else including the kernel and host system intact.

Sadly for us, though, Gazelle is not a project that will develop into a workable prototype - it’s just research. “I would like to see Web applications achieve function and quality parity with desktop apps,” says Helen J. Wang, senior researcher in he Systems and Networking group at Microsoft Research Redmond. “That’s the ultimate goal of this research.”

Iris: A New Browser for Windows Mobile Emerges from Beta

Sarah Perez — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:57:00 GMT

The Iris Browser is a new, Webkit-based web browser for Windows Mobile devices running versions 5 or 6(+). The company recently released an updated version (Iris Browser 1.1.0) which is a very different piece of software than the one that was being used by beta testers. In the latest update, the company says they’ve merged a year’s worth of WebKit development into the browser while also re-auditing all their work, addressing performance issues, and making the browser capable of viewing almost any website on the net.

Most notably to end users, the refreshed browser now provides Flash support by way of a plugin that converts the Flash Lite ActiveX control into an Iris Browser plugin. The end result is that when you browse to Flash-enabled pages, you will see a black image with a play button which you can click to optionally see the Flash content.

The new Iris browser is highly compliant, too, scoring a 100/100 on Acid3 with only a couple of minor rendering glitches. Those glitches are related to fonts, where they deliberately cut some corners for better performance. Iris is also highly compatible with iPhone websites, the company reports.

Want to see Iris in action? You can check it out in this video here:

To download Iris, follow this link: http://www.irisbrowser.com/download.

Skyfire browser for Windows Mobile supports Flash et al

JD Lewin — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:30:00 GMT

The race to enable embedded web content on mobile devices is a serious one, as clearly none of us enthusiasts will be happy until Youtube videos and Myspace music players are available at all times. Enter Skyfire and their browser for just about any WM5/6 device, which uses some server-side voodoo to enable wicked browsing speed and no lack of code support. While it's currently in private beta, if you ask really nicely you may get the hook-up.

(via Engadget)