The top 5 browsers on the desktop (meaning not mobile) are, in this order:Internet Explorer (45.11%) Mozilla Firefox (29.98%) Google Chrome (17.37%) Apple Safari (5.02%) Opera (1.97%)Opera is at #5 in the world browser market for a few very good reasons. Internet Explorer commands the largest share of the market because it came bundled with Windows ever...

It’s nice to have an auto-reload/refresh feature in your browser, particularly for sites that have their content change often (or even your webmail if it has issues auto-updating itself). Here are 3 ways to do it: Mozilla Firefox Add-on: ReloadEveryAfter installation of this add-on, right-click any loaded web page, choose Reload Every from the context...

In Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Google Chrome you can use keywords to activate any web site that supports custom input (like google.com for example). Mapping sites are easy to set up for keyword shortcut searches as long as you know how to configure them. The way to use the keyword search once configured is to go to your address bar, type the word MAP followed by...

When it comes to software, rude is defined as software doing something that’s in your face that happens with no warning at all. The recent update from Opera 10.51 to 10.52 is exactly like this. When Firefox has an update, the way most people have that browser configured is so it will auto-download the update. When it does, a toaster pop-up happens that...

We all know that Apple is pretty, shall we say, protective about the Iphone. Remember when they denied Google Voice purely because it would help competition? Similarly, Apple has never let a competing browser to Safari onto the device. Opera, however, is calling them out. Opera has submitted Opera Mini to the Apple App Store, but they did it with style. They not...

Opera‘s latest version of their browser is 10.50, currently only available for Windows (although I suspect Mac and Linux versions will be released very shortly). This versions of Opera, said very honestly, is the best version I’ve ever used. It has Windows 7 Aero Glass support, the menus are more streamlined than ever, and it is the ONLY browser that...

I have to admit this caught me by surprise. IE8 is evidently the world’s most-used browser, according to a report by Net Applications. The surprise comes from the fact it’s not IE7 that’s holding the top spot. It is true that IE8 is the best IE you can use, due to the fact it’s the least-crashable, the most secure and so on. You’ve...

The entire reason we didn’t use sidebars for anything in web browsers years ago is simply because we didn’t have the screen real estate for it. We more or less always had the option, but it took too much away from web page viewing to be useful. Since many people today use higher resolutions, we now can use bookmarks in the sidebar while still having...

Opera 10 is out of beta and in official release, so if you want to try it out, go for it. Note before continuing: PCMech Premium members can see me review this browser in a 20-minute video. 1. "Windows Native" skin Accessible by: Tools/Appearance or Shift+F12 The default look of Opera is "Opera Standard". It definitely looks better than...

In our last episode.. I talked about how much web browsers suck. But now it’s time to discuss how great they are. The best way to describe the greatness of modern web browsers is to point out the features we have now that most people take for granted. 1. Tabbed Document Interface Most people know this as simply tabs. This was one of the best improvements...

Opera is one of those browsers that has a very dedicated community, but pales in usage compared to Firefox and Internet Explorer. The perks of Opera have pretty much always been the same.Best native tab management Lightning fast operation in just about every way Low memory usage A user interface that just makes sense More options that are actually usable...

After trying out Safari 4 beta and not being overly impressed with it, I went ahead and downloaded the latest version of the Opera web browser, version 9.64. The petite 5MB installer file whizzed thru its installation process. I don’t remember a browser installing itself this quickly since Firefox 1.5. This browser is lightning quick. Pages which...

There are some web browsers that are safe in older versions and some that aren’t. The safest (and fastest) web browser in the world is Lynx. This is because it’s 100% text-based. There is no malware, spyware or malicious code that exists for Lynx that I know of. The only drawback is that there aren’t any images in Lynx, nor can you use a mouse....

As long as the Internet exists (as we know it at least), a browser is simply going to be a requirement. As you probably know, there are several major players in the browser market, each having their own “nuances”. Of course these nuances lead to myths and misconceptions as the infamous “I heard it does this” perpetuates itself across the...

A while back I got some questions about how to *exactly* set up e-mail with Opera so I decided to put together a video showing how it’s done. Some people aren’t aware that the e-mail client within Opera isn’t too shabby (it does OperaMail, POP and IMAP). See video below for...