Apple has recently released a Mac update for OS X Lion and Mountain Lion that removes its Java plugin from all OS X browsers. If you install the update, you’ll find a region labeled “Missing plug-in” in place of a Java applet; of course, Apple can’t stop you from clicking on it to download a Java plug-in directly from Oracle. The Cupertino-based company had previously halted pre-installing Java in OS X partially due to the exploitable factors of the platform, so this update signifies further distancing from Larry Ellison’s pride and joy.

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Question by ked2313: What browsers are available for the iPad that are similar to IE or Firefox? There are several websites that won’t allow connection without either Internet Explorer or Firefox. I use my iPad for work and it is MUCH easier to handle than carrying a laptop or even tablet. The only draw back is the fact that I can’t access several websites I need on Safari. Anyone know of one that I can use to access websites available on IE or Firefox?

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Answer by SmartOneThat is a draw back with the iPad. It is an apple issue that unfortunately can’t be remedied with a separate browser. Safari is the only browser currently able to run on the iPad.

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We previously heard that Mozilla was planning a Metro version of Firefox, and now developer Brian R. Bondy has announced that the company has begun work on it. While that’s good for Firefox fans, the real news is that the program is going to belong to a new, third type of Windows 8 apps: “Metro style enabled desktop browsers.” We’re still trying to figure it all out (and we think Microsoft is too), but from what we understand, this new, third type is an exception to Microsoft’s rules and lets traditional Windows web browsers participate in the Metro experience. The third category would co-exist alongside Windows 8′s two current categories — one for apps in the traditional, Windows 7-like environment, and another for those that belong…

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This is a group of ladyfriends cosplaying as various internet browsers. As you can see, each one is pretty much the perfect personification of their particular browser. “Internet Explorer looks cross-eyed.” Right, like I said.

No Wonder Internet Explorer Girl Looks So Depressed [fashionablygeek]

Thanks to MLA, who can browse my intrawebs anyday. I don’t even know what that means but I’ll let you do it.

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Choice is a good thing, and Android users certainly have a lot of choices. Default launcher or Launcher Pro? Fancy animated live wallpaper or static picture of adorable puppies? Stock browser or alternative? It’s that last question that has plagued so many, and to offer some guidance PC World pitted six of the Market’s top choices against each other. The 2.1 and 2.2 stock browsers entered, along with Skyfire 2.0, Opera Mini, Dolphin HD, and Mozilla Fennec (the pre-beta release of what could bring Firefox to your phone). The winner? Well, you can see the ultimate speed results above, with SkyFire surprisingly trumping Opera Mini, though that one seemingly has ‘em beat when it comes to repeat-visits. However, the full story when it comes to things like page rendering and Flash compatibility is naturally a good bit more complex. For those details you’ll need to click on through.

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Apple has upped the game in its fight against Flash, replacing mere words with action. A new page on Apple.com showcases HTML5 and its many Flash-like capabilities, demonstrating the combined power of plain markup combined with CSS3 and JavaScript running in a browser. Fire it up on your iPad and play. You’ll see 2D and 3D photo galleries, an amazing typography demo (pictured above), a trailer for the new Tron movie that can be scaled and skewed in real time, along with audio, 360º diagrams and other fancy shenanigans. It’s pretty spectacular, and at no point will you see the message “Loading…” or have to suffer your computer’s poor fans kicking in to keep things cool. Although Flash isn’t mentioned by name, it is clear that this is a dig against the Adobe plugin. There is a link at the bottom of every page to Steve Jobs’ “Thoughts on Flash” essay, and the blurb is peppered with digs like “Standards aren’t add-ons to the web. They are the web” and “[C]reate a gallery that doesn’t require a third-party plug-in to render.” Vicious. Whatever your thoughts on Flash (I hate it, mostly for its non-standard UIs and battery sucking performance), this is a smart move from Apple. Jobs can say all he wants about Flash but the regular, non-techie user won’t care. They just read mis-informed mainstream newspapers and parrot back the articles: “No Flash (Squawk!) No USB. No printing!” Spanish national newspaper El Pais even claimed that the iPad couldn’t display PDFs. Now anybody can point to Apple.com/HTML5 and be done. There is one irony, though, as pointed out by the esteemed John Brownlee at Cult of Mac . This demo uses open standards, but will only run in Safari. You can modify Firefox to pretend that it is Safari and some parts will work, but we guess this is Apple’s way of saying that Safari is “more open” than other browsers. HTML5 Showcase [Apple] Read the rest of this entry »

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The results are in. Only one major browser remained standing at the end of the Pwn2Own 2010 contest at this year’s CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, the rest fell with relative ease. On the operating table were the latest versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Apple Safari – but which one lived to tell the tale?..

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