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HTML 5, CSS3 and Cross Browser Support

It is about time we blogged some more, it is true about getting so busy with work we forget about spreading knowledge and keeping those interested in what we do informed, we shall try to do better in 2011!!

Well I am going to write about some web development that will eventually help us designers in easier styling and basic animation using CSS. There have been many articles written about whether flash in websites will die a death and CSS will take over. It amazes us that this conversation is even raging considering CSS3 is not supported in many browsers, and IE the most used browser still (change if it you have it please!!) does not support CSS, the IE 9 new browser is better - but still building websites that are not supported with IE is dangerous to say the least.

Also flash animation provides a much better stable platform for brand animation in details CSS will never achieve, certainly not in the next 5 years. Being honest Apple should "get a grip" and support flash so certain bias developers who are "in bed" with apple stop condemning flash. Indeed android and windows based mobile technologies are supporting flash, so apple should stop there ring fencing it is a real bore.

We have to point out that we moved away from developing full flash websites several years ago as they are too bandwidth dependant, not great for SEO and generally were too interactive meaning the message of our client could be easily missed. We do however like some professional flash animation for top banners or areas where images are dominant as it really enhances a website done well.
Back to the subject!!

HTML 5 is supported in the new IE9 explorer and most other major browsers however there is still differing support for various elements of HTML5 which web developers need to understand so they do not leave web surfers or clients customers with a mess of a website.

My View of IE - Internet Explorer:

Those of us web developing for clients who's target audience use mainly IE as their browser find the whole process annoying and frustrating. There will be a few posts about IE explorer and why people should dump it as a browser, but we are looking forward to IE 9 which is supposed to be more compliant and able to utilise CSS etc better than ever before. Those along with a much faster browser in terms of flash and frames per second - so we shall certainly test drive IE 9 and provide a detailed report probably by Prash our technology blogger!!

Microsoft and Apple are certainly dominate Companies that influence the internet, how it is accessed and used as they both provide the platforms most people use, this gives them both an advantage when it comes to which browser people use. Many people with a lower degree of knowledge of such things accept what they are given with their new PC or Mac. This gives both Microsoft who like there own direction of browsing and Apple who want everything their own way to make life difficult. I for one don't like either Company, although when it comes to browsers Microsoft are the worse and no one should use it. Apple is a Company you either love or hate, my opinion is the latter:)

CSS3 is flash Dead?

There is a buzz right now that CSS3 will allow animation of sorts and will compete against flash (oh I can hear the Apple execs rubbing their designer gloves) to the point that some think flash days are numbered. However the fact is many browsers still do not support CSS3 certainly not those versions that need updating to which there are many! Also CSS3 will provide limited animation which will be great for certain applications (possibly) but could not replace flash animation and what is achieved by those with experience, such as the flash animation professionals out there.

I do agree that pure flash websites days are numbered (if not gone - hopefully) with many of us web developers moving away from that type of website. Using flash animation in place of images to enhance a website will provide a positive enhancement, in our view, but full flash websites are resource intensive, more complicated to use and just not necessary.

So our view is that CSS3 will never replace what flash can do, Adobe can rest easy and Apple should support flash:)

Well that's about it I hope this article has provided some useful info

Author Adam Stacey
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Google Body Browser Explores Bag of Bones

Google is staying on the forefront of technology and has taken another step into the right direction. Just like affiliate marketing boomed onto the scene giving digital marketing a face lift, Google has launched Google Body Browser to reinvent the way we learn about the human anatomy. It lets you navigate and zoom across the body in the same way Google Maps and Google Earth has explored our planet.

Students and educators can now find ease of education in the 3D female model made to stimulate any curious mind. Google Body Browser uses a brand new Internet technology called WebGL. WebGL provides complex 3D graphics to be implemented right into a web browser, all without the use of plug-ins. The WebGL standard is managed by the Khronos Group, a non-profit consortium, whose WebGL working group includes Apple, Google, Mozilla and also Opera. Although WebGL is still a work in progress Google Body Browser is evidence of its technological leap.

The Google Body Browser layer tool lets you peel away layers and explore every nook and cranny of the human body. Of course no Google product will be complete without search functionality. You can type in any body part and the it will zoom into that part for you to get more knowledgeable. The URL adjusts as you zoom and view different body parts, making it easy to share or save. Google Body Browser will soon add some testosterone to the product and launch a male model to the application as well.

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Having an Internet Affair? Learn What Information Your Browser Is Storing

Are you using the internet to have an online affair? Are you visiting married dating sites or communicating with a mistress or lover online? If so it's important that you learn what information your web browsing software is recording, where it is stored and how to go about deleting it. The three major categories of information collected by your browser are history files, cookies, and cache files.

History - The sites you've visited, the day and time you visited them and the individual pages from the site's you've viewed make up what's known as your web history. By default your web browser stores this information as you surf the net. This is a handy feature if you need to return to a site you recently visited but it's a troublesome feature if you are trying to hide an online affair. You can view your history file in most web browsers by pressing CNTRL + H at the same time. If you've been visiting married dating sites or perhaps logging into an email account that your spouse doesn't know about it's important to delete these records from your computer.

Cookies - Some websites store what are known as cookies on your computer. Cookies store little bits of information for the purpose of making your internet surfing more enjoyable. A site may install a cookie to keep track of the last time you visited, to store a preference you've selected, or to remember your user name or password for the site. Cookies may also tell a website if you've visited before and what ads you've been shown. There are many good reasons for a website to store cookie files on your PC, but if you're having an affair that involves the internet you should be aware of the cookies you've store. Your web browser has an option for deleting your cookies. You can most likely find this option by clicking on 'tools' and then 'internet options'. If you're visiting web sites that you don't want your spouse to know about it, it's important that you delete your cookies.

Cache - If you're using your computer to have an internet affair your cache files should be a major concern to you. Cache files are used to speed up your web browsing experience. When you visit a website, look at a picture, or view a video your browser may store a cach file for that site. The next time you visit the page it's loads faster because it calls the information directly from the cache file served on your PC as opposed to calling the site from the server. This is a great way of speeding up web browsing, but it can supply a suspicious spouse with damning evidence of an affair. If you're visiting married dating websites or even viewing pictures or videos of your mistress this information may all be on your PC in your browsers cache. Needless to say if you're having an online affair it's important to delete your cache files. In most major web browser you can delete the cache file by clicking on 'tools' and the 'internet options'. You will want to delete the cache anytime you visit a site that you are hiding from your spouse.

As you can see there are many good reasons for your web browser to store information about your online activities. History files, cookies, and cache files all make surfing the internet a seamless experience. The problem comes when you are trying to hide your internet activities from someone such as your husband or wife. It's important that you take the time to learn what information is collected by your browser, where it is stored, and how to delete it. [http://100reasonstohaveanaffair.com]Have an affair online by visiting [http://100reasonstohaveanaffair.com]100 reasons to have an affair

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The Top 5 Internet Add-Ons

Anyone that uses the internet surely knows about the proliferation of browsers and the wide variety of tools they provide to the user. One of the most versatile features that modern internet browsers have is their add-ons. Add-ons extend the functionality of the browser, and most of them are developed by third parties. Here we examine the top 5 internet browser add-ons.

1. DownThemAll: DownThemAll is a powerful, yet light browser addition that adds new and powerful download capabilities to your Firefox browser. This addition allows you to process and complete your downloads up to four times faster than normal. It also gives you additional features such as the ability to pause downloads and resume them at a later time, as well as customizable settings such as the ability to download only the links or images you need.

2. AdBlock Plus: AdBlock Plus is a browser add-on that prevents banner advertisements and pop ups from displaying. Most websites are littered with ads that are simply distracting or even obtrusive. With AdBlock plus you can do away with them, so that you get to see only the content that you are interested in. AdBlock Plus' powerful and versatile filters allow you to see specific types of content while blocking other content.

3. ieSpell: This nifty little add-on gives you the ability to spell check when typing into text boxes on websites. There are many text boxes in places such as forums or blog post reply functionalities that do not give the user the ability to check their spelling, and ieSpell removes this shortcoming. This is an excellent and very light browser addition. It is very small in size, and does not consume much memory, which is important as some browser additions are nothing more than bloat ware. They bloat the browser and make it slow and cumbersome, as well as hog the computer's CPU resources, making the computer slow as well. ieSpell does a fantastic job at preventing this.

4. Yoono: Yoono is a browser addition that enables end users to update their accounts and statuses in social media and networking sites such as Facebook, AIM, Twitter, and many more, in real-time from one location. Yoono's simple toolbar enables End users to update their statuses, upload images and media, and perform many other actions across a wide range of social websites.

5. LastPass: Are you prone to forgetting passwords? Worry not! LastPass, an award-winning new browser add-on, does the entire book-keeping for you. Once you have logged in to LastPass, it starts saving your passwords as soon as you enter them. When this addition detects a new log in action, it asks you to save the website's profile. This way, when you return to the same site again, you can simply use the auto log in feature of the addition and save yourself the hassle of remembering your login information and typing it all in. This terrific add-on offers many more features, and also offers the added benefit of keeping your data secure.

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9 Things to Look Forward to in Internet Explorer 9

HTML5 + CSS3 Support.
This has been one of the most troubling headaches with IE7 and IE8. HTML5 and CSS3 introduce web designers to a slew of amazing new features. Firefox and Chrome, as of today, are roughly 90% compatible with all HTML5/CSS3 features which has pretty much given designers the go-ahead to start learning and incorporating them. The problem? Internet Explorer. IE8 and IE7 are standing at roughly 25% and 11% compatible, respectively. It's still unsure just how compatible IE9 will be and how soon we can expect it to be on par with the other browsers. This lack of support has put designers in a permanent crossroad. Do you go ahead and incorporate advanced features knowing they won't show up in IE, or do you avoid them all together and wait until there is across the board compatibility? While most feel it is best to wait, others think that by incorporating HTML5/CSS3 features you create an incentive for the user to upgrade to a different browser (Firebox or Chrome, mainly). This thinking makes sense but looses ground when you take other factors into consideration. Can they switch browsers (public or corporate computers)? Do they even know what switching browsers means? It's a hard fought battle and a lot of hassle just to give Microsoft the finger.

Extended web-font support.
One of the largest obstacles for web designers is the limited number of "web safe fonts" which are available when building a website. Web safe fonts are fonts which are almost guaranteed to work correctly on any user's computer (you know the usual players: Arial, Verdana, Times New Roman, etc). Designers have had to limit their designs to including these fonts or resort to other techniques to incorporate non-safe fonts. These techniques include things like using graphics of text rather than actual text or using a flash replacement plug-in. Now, however, modern browsers are able to ensure all users see non-safe fonts by using a simple styling process which uploads a font file to the server and automatically displays text in that font on the user's computer. Designers have come to know it as the @font-face technique, which is a part of CSS3. There are ways to include this to work on Internet Explorer browsers but with limited reliability. IE9 is expected to fully support this feature, which will make it simple to use virtually any font as part of your design.

Focus on browsing.
Google mastered this when they created Google Chrome. One of the original principles they focused on was maximizing the actual viewing area of the browser so that users could view more of the website they were visiting. This has been a serious fail point with IE in the past (and to a certain extent, Firefox). Sometimes designers see other people using IE on their computer and their first thought is, "Okay, well, they must not be all that tech savvy. You can't hold it against them, everyone is bad with some things." But then they see that their IE application is bogged down with unnecessary toolbars which clog up half of the application window and just want to gag. Firefox is also a culprit. Google Chrome got rid of the problem all together. Kudos to them and IE9. This will be the trend of the future. Figuring out how to eliminate as much of the application space as possible and maximize on the browsing space.

Slick and minimalistic application.
This goes along with the focus on browsing. It's nice to finally see an IE release that is up to par as far as beautification goes. Chrome is gorgeous. Firefox is okay after a few drinks. IE6, 7, and 8 look like grandpa's feet. But Microsoft finally put time into making a release that is pleasing to the eye and can compete with minimalistic designs of the other guys. The design of IE9 is good for a few different reasons: the translucent application bar, the new age buttons, and the use of shadowing and glowing really help to create an application to be proud of.

Improved developer tools.
Firefox and Chrome have add-ons specifically built for web developers. These allow debugging and development to flow much smoother by making document changes live in a browser window. IE 8 has a built in developer tool which is sub-par compared to the other browsers. There are also a few 3rd party tools which you can install -- but how inconvenient is that?

Javascript engine improvement.
With all the earlier talk about HTML5 and CSS3, you don't want to forget about the next most important browser language, javascript. In the past, IE has encountered numerous problems with its javascript engine. It is a nightmare trying to run some functions on IE6 or IE7 without getting either a number of javascript error boxes or faulty functions. Even running simple animations in IE8 can be a choppy nightmare. SunSpider is a popular and widely used javascript engine tester which measures a browsers engine primarily on the amount of time it takes to complete functions. A September 2010 test on every popular browser shows IE9's beta release to have an even faster engine than Safari and Firefox, but still behind Chrome and Opera. The good news is that IE9's engine is roughly 11 times faster than IE8's.

Application acceleration.
Speed, speed, speed. The fastest always wins the race, and the slowest always gets booed. IE9 taps into your computers graphics processor as a way to speed up performance when it comes to streaming audio and video, and some suggest that IE9 is even faster than anything else out there.

Windows 7 integration.
Now this is interesting. It seems Microsoft wants to market IE9 as the "Windows 7 browser." It makes perfect sense that they are finally figuring out that they own the browser AND the operating system it runs on. Why not incorporate features that Firefox and Chrome just can't do? A perfect low jab to those mean big brothers. For starters, you can pin websites in IE9 right on your windows task bar - so Facebook and Gmail are nothing but a single click away. It has been heard through the grapevine that the IE9 downloads manager will have some sort of sophisticated integration with your folders, but there has been no official word on that. It's definitely a smart move for Microsoft. They are realizing they are behind in the polls and need to use whatever weapons they can to stay ahead. If that means integration between browser and OS then by all means go for it.

SVG support.
This one is last for a reason. SVG is one of the most versatile, exciting, and incredible features of web design. For those unfamiliar, SVG is essentially a technique used to create two-dimensional shapes and figures on a website -- without the actual use of images but rather with a few lines of code. To this point, SVG has been incomplete and unsupported with prior releases of Internet Explorer. All of that is about to change as soon as IE9 launches.

IE9 is expected to be released in mid-2011.
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Safeguarding Your Children Online (Part 3)

Parental control available from other Internet browsers.
In the last article we looked at the parental controls available through the ever popular Internet Explorer browser and IE7 and IE8 in particular. In this article we are looking at the most popular competitors to Internet Explorer and what parental controls they possess.

Mozilla Firefox
Secure in the number two spot (and rising), the Firefox browser is the Open Source answer to IE and accounts for 20% of all browser use. It is very secure and there are lots of free add-ons to make your browser customisable. Go easy on the add-ons because Firefox can get a bit bloated and become slow to load.

Like IE7 and IE8, Firefox is a tabbed browser, which means that you can open several web pages at a time and click on the tabs to move from one to another.

Firefox has no parental control over content other than the usual blocking of fraudulent websites, phishing and malware defence, pop-up blockers and cookie acceptance control. However, it does have a very good system for Bookmarks (similar to IE's 'Favourites') and an excellent method whereby you can import all the favourites in IE into Firefox's bookmarks.

Safari
Safari is to Apple what IE is to Microsoft. Originally developed by Apple as a browser for their Mac operating system, Safari has been available in a Windows version for some years and now accounts for 10% of all browser use. In common with all Apple software, the security is excellent. The bookmarks are displayed in an area below the address bar all the time in a tabbed browser, which is a bit limiting on the number of Bookmarks you can keep. Safari has no parental control over content other than the usual blocking of fraudulent websites, pop-up blockers and cookie acceptance control.

Chrome
Fast competing with Safari for the number 3 spot, Google's own browser Chrome is at number 4 and accounts for 10% of the browser market. It is super fast to load and browse and earlier issues with its security have been addressed. Chrome has exactly the same problem as Safari; the bookmarks are displayed in an area below the address bar all the time, which is a bit limiting on the number of Bookmarks you can keep. Chrome has no parental control over content other than the usual blocking of fraudulent websites, phishing and malware defence, pop-up blockers and cookie acceptance control.

Opera
Five % of Internet users use this super fast and secure browser. Opera keeps its bookmarks (favourites) in a 'normal' list like IE or Firefox and is a tabbed browser. Like IE8 it shows thumbnails of your most visited websites when you open a new tab, in a feature called Speed dial. Opera has no parental control over content other than the usual blocking of potentially dangerous websites (virus-wise) and has no pop-up blocker or cookie acceptance control.

AOL
Both a browser and a search engine (powered by Google), America Online is a popular browser for those with an AOL e-mail account and AIM (AOL Instant Messaging). AOL comes with no parental control 'out of the box', but has the option of AOL Security suite (powered by McAfee) which covers both PC Virus control and Online protection. In addition you can subscribe to a separate Online Identity protection and secure transaction browser within a browser called 'SafeCentral' for an annual fee that covers up to three computers.

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Internet Explorer 9 Beta

Microsoft has released a public beta of their upcoming browser edition Internet Explorer 9 at an event dubbed "Beauty of the Web." After years of complacency, it looks like the IE team has finally decided to start fighting back in the browser wars. Right now, the choice between IE9, Chrome 6 and Firefox 3.6 is really one of personal taste. "The browser is a stage. It is the backdrop of the web," said Corporate Vice President of Internet Explorer Dean Hachamovitch.

With version 9, Microsoft's browser has been seriously streamlined, and finally starts looking like an application that belongs on modern PCs. The condensed top bar, which squeezes the OneBox,tabs and navigation buttons into a single row, is a welcome change that lets you see more of a website. IE9 is faster, has better support for HTML5 and CSS3, and seems better-tuned to the needs of the user than previous versions did. Microsoft has streamlined the interface, making the browser less apparent and allowing the user to focus more on content. Likewise, the addition of pinned websites makes accessing frequently accessed bookmarks faster and adds some great features by way of jump lists.

New features of version 9

Perhaps the most exciting feature in the newest IE is Pinned Shortcuts. Drag the favicon from the OneBox to your taskbar, and Windows will treat that site as if it were its own application. Clicking on the shortcut will launch the page in its own browser window.

One of the most important improvements IE9 brings to Web developers - the ability to use a wide variety of fonts without having to Photoshop images of them. This alone could save days in the time it takes to create and update websites, and let designers focus more on the design of the site and less on the mechanics of creating it.

IE9 joins the JavaScript speed team, revving up performance in other ways with graphics hardware acceleration. Finally, IE9 has become a "modern" browser, by supporting new Web coding techniques like HTML5, CSS3, Canvas, and SVG.

From OneBox, you navigate directly to a site, search Bing, Google and other services, and pull sites from your history and bookmarks.

You can rearrange tabs by dragging them around, and even "tear" them off the top of the browser to move windows around. If you have Windows 7, you can drag one tab to the left edge of the screen and another to the right.

IE9's design screen is rather spartan, and that's a good thing. There are fewer visible controls at the top of the browser to clutter things up, though the back arrow, much as in Firefox, is larger now because of how frequently people click that button.

Microsoft has built a somewhat Firefox-y looking download manager into Internet Explorer 9. IE users will finally have a single pane which maintains download history and provides centralized access to running or opening downloaded files.

IE9 also adds GPU-accelerated rendering to the browser. At the moment, this is only minimally useful, but it will eventually enable better video playback and high-quality 3-D graphics on the Web.

IE9 harnesses the PC's hardware to accelerate graphics, videos and text. The result is that IE9 is able to render heavy graphic interfaces far better than even Chrome or Firefox.

The browser is expected to air in 2011 for Windows Vista and Windows 7. The bad news? Microsoft has said it will not support Windows XP, an OS still used by approximately 60 percent of the market. Crashes and irregularities aside, IE 9 is a great direction for Microsoft and its one we hope it is a path the company continues to walk down.

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What Is Your Productivity Cockpit?

Everyone that works online for a substantial part of their daily experience has a productivity cockpit if sorts. Some just use Windows and their computer's desktop environment. There are standalone programs that can accomplish most any task.

Is that the most productive and efficient way to go about it? I'm going to propose that there is another way to go about it - and that will make you much more productive.

If you haven't already, go and download the latest version of the Firefox browser from Mozilla (.com).

This browser is the most important piece of software on my computer - and it's totally free.

It has become my productivity cockpit because I really don't have to leave it in order to accomplish nearly everything I must do online each day.

Prior to using Firefox I used Microsoft's IE, like most of you have. Once I switched I couldn't believe I'd been going without it for so long. I tried all the other major browsers on the market - Safari, Opera, Chrome, Avant, and Orca.

Firefox is much more than a browser. First off, it's open-source. Which means that any competent developer can create plugins that add functionality to the browser. Nearly all the plugins are free - with some developers asking for donations to support the ongoing development of the plugins so they can work with upgraded versions of Firefox as new ones are released.

With all these plugins turning Firefox into so many different things - I rarely leave the browser at all. For compositing this article I'm using the ScribeFire plugin - it's a word processing plugin that makes adding photos, links, and other content to internet articles easy.

There are FTP programs (FireFTP), Screen capture programs (FireShot), Color pickers so I don't have to look through code to figure out what color is I see in the browser (Colorzilla), a world clock plugin (Fox Clocks), an easy links system to websites I visit often (SpeedDial) and many more that I use daily.

Here is a short description for each of my favorite plugins I use with Firefox. There are thousands of plugins to choose from, and no doubt I'm missing some that could make my life online even easier. You must try Firefox if you haven't already...

These are free plugins you can install simply by going to the "add-ons" link.

My favorite Firefox Plugins:
ScribeFire- Internet word processing tool. Makes it easy to create articles, add links and photos. You can save articles in the dashboard and post them later according to your schedule. You can post directly from ScribeFire to Wordpress blogs and many other blog systems.
FoxClocks- A small globe in the lower left side of my browser, that, when I put my cursor over top of it - shows me the time in all the timezones I preset.
Colorzilla- If you ever need to know the color of something as you browse the internet this tool enables you to find the exact HTML code for the color so you can reproduce it in your graphics program. You just hover a crosshairs over the color and the code shows up in the bottom left side of the Firefox browser.
SpeedDial- A matrix of visual links to web pages I use often. Once setup this becomes your home page. You no longer need to type anything in or go to your bookmarks. Your bookmarks are like screenshots right in front of you in a grid. This is highly customizable and one of my favorites of my favorites!
FireFTP- If you use FTP programs at all you'll absolutely LOVE this program. It's free, and it provides an exceptionally stable FTP program within a browser window. Unbelievably cool and easy to use. Full featured.
FireShot- Screenshot program that captures the entire page - regardless how long it is. It has a built in editor so you can edit and save it very quickly for republishing screen captures online.

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What Internet Browser Does Your Business Use?

The Internet Browser has become a critical application across the business market and with the Cloud (Internet Applications) starting to gain in popularity, the browser will become even more important and more and more of your peers look to access information online.
Some browsers are not the same as others

The challenge with Internet browsers is that a number of businesses are now relying on multiple Internet browsers to run their Internet applications and to see all their websites that they want to see. More and more Internet browsers are displaying information differently and even poor website creators do not understand how important it is to cross browser check their sites and applications ensuring that their services work in all the popular Internet browsers.

What is a cross browser issue? This is when a webpage does show properly in your browser, is it something as simple as a tab out of alignment, a picture not sized properly or in some instances, the website doesn't show at all? Cross browser issues are very frustrating for the average computer user since many are not technical savvy focused the amount of computer support calls to managed services and IT firms receive is pretty high because of simply browser incompatibility.

How about security of your information?

Security of your personal web surfing and online transactions is where battle lines in the browser world meet. Protecting your business and personal information is essential to all the leading browser vendor's success. Whether you use the Internet to do your business' online banking or placing orders with your favourite vendor online, security of that transaction is critical. One flaw could ruin a reputation - both yours and the business you are working with.

What Internet browser should your business choose?

There are many on the market and all of them are free and come preloaded on many of the leading computer systems. All systems running Microsoft Windows 7 will come with Internet Explorer and all Macintosh systems come preloaded with Safari. This doesn't mean that your business must use these browsers at all.

Microsoft Internet Explorer - Microsoft Internet Explorer is the leading Internet browser on Windows computers. Internet Explorer (IE) comes preloaded on all Microsoft based computers and it is deeply rooted in the core operating system. Many Windows applications rely on IE to open reports, view websites and show HTML documents to you. There are many versions of IE still in use today, ranging from IE6 right through to their latest technical preview of IE9.

Mozilla Firefox - Firefox runs a close second in popularity on both the Microsoft and Macintosh platforms. Firefox is faster and more secure than many of their competitors in the Internet browser market according to their website. Firefox also claims to have over 6,000 add-ons to meet the requirements of every Internet user.

Google Chrome - Google has entered into the Internet browser world with a bang and why wouldn't the largest Internet search firm have their own browser? Google's Chrome browser is for anyone and any technical competence. Google Chrome runs on Windows, Mac and Linux and offers a clean and simple to use interface.

Apple Safari - Apple Safari version 5 is the latest version of Apple's Internet browser and much like it's counterpart in the Windows world comes pre-installed on all Mac computers. However, unlike Internet Explorer which has no Mac version, Safari does run on the Windows platform.

Choosing the right Internet browser for your business is a tough choice. This is where a knowledgeable Internet Consultant can help you through this tough decision-making process.

Which browser works with your business applications and keeps your information secure?
What browser will work with what computer systems?
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Why You Can't Get to Certain Sites on the Internet

Sometimes you are just surfing the internet and realize that certain sites just do not seem to be working. No matter what you do, you just can't seem to get to certain sites online. There are a variety of reasons why this is happening to you. Some of these you can change while others are outside of your control.

Sometimes you are on a filtered connection. This means that certain types of sites and content are being blocked by software on the network. This is very common in the workplace, at school, and in libraries. While it is frustrating, there is not much you can do about it since these sites are being blocked.

Sometimes you have a virus or adware problem on your system. There are some that hijack your browser not letting you connect to certain sites. What happens is that as you try to visit certain sites the browser will shut or redirect to something else. Install antivirus software on your machine and get rid of the virus or adware so that you can visit sites like you want.

At times your browser's security setting is too high. Some sites require that you accept a cookie before viewing it. You should be using a browser that is accepting these to make sure that everything is working properly.

Sometimes you will find that a site is not working at all no matter what you do. At times this can just mean that the site is down. Check later to see if the site is actually working again. There is not anything you can do about this.

Your browser's cache at times causes complications with certain sites for one reason or another. Clear your cache and reload the page to make sure that it is working properly again.

Lastly, your ISP might be blocking certain sites. This is rare as it is not a popular idea but at times certain ISPs have blocked certain sites.

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