Internet Exporer 9 Fish Tank Demo Rendered By The Canvass Element

Internet Exporer 9 Asteroid Belt Tank Demo Rendered By The Canvass Element

According to the IE Blog:

“The third Platform Preview of Internet Explorer 9, available now, continues the deep work around hardware acceleration to enable the same standards-based markup to run faster. This is the latest installment of the rhythm we started in March, delivering platform preview releases approximately every eight weeks and listening to developers. You’ll see more performance, same markup, and hardware accelerated HTML5.”

Fair is fair. It does look good. The question is, will it be adopted by next versions of other browsers as well? We’ll see.

The results aren’t as clear-cut as you would think though. For Firefox to emerge number one, both of the popular web browser’s share had to be separated into version numbers. This means that technicalities aside, IE is still on top. Confusing? Not really, as the latest numbers prove that more people are switching to the latest version of Firefox.

For Mozilla, things are surely looking up.

FavBackup is a free Windows app that lets you backup all your web browser’s preferences and settings. The program gives you the option of doing a normal or full backup of your browser settings, or restore previous backups.

FavBackup works with most browsers such as Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Safari, and Flock.

Here’s the compatibility list:

• Internet Explorer 8
• Internet Explorer 7
• Internet Explorer 6

• Firefox 3.6
• Firefox 3.5
• Firefox 3
• Firefox 2

• Opera 10
• Opera 9

• Safari 4
• Safari 3

• Google Chrome 4
• Google Chrome 3
• Google Chrome 2
• Google Chrome 1

• Flock 2.5
• Flock 2.0

Works with Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7

New Tab King will make your blank tab or new tab display a list of your most visited sites along with your recently bookmarked sites. Recently closed tabs are listed along with your most used desktop applications. Each listed site comes with a description and its favicon.

Want to delete a certain site on the list? No problem, just click on the “x” button at the right side of the site name. A list of suggested sites based on your browsing history is displayed on the right side of the tab. A Google search box is included that lets you search your bookmarks or history.

What are you waiting for? Go get it.

For starters, this thing is fast. If you thought past versions were speedy enough, you’ll be pleasantly surprised with the increase in speed of Google Chrome 3.0. You’ll notice the New Tab page has a new cleaner look now. You can set it to display a list view of your most visited websites and hide parts of the page to remove clutter.

Google Chrome now comes with support for customizable themes. Getting a new theme from their them gallery requires just a few clicks.

The Omnibox has also received attention. The drop down menu now displays icons that classify links as searches, bookmarks, suggested sites, or pages from your browsing history.

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There are currently 29 themes to choose from. We’ll probably see user-made themes somewhere in the near future.

Here are a few of the available themes:

Haven’t found one you like? No worries, just head over to the themes page to view the complete selection.

Fashion Your Firefox is the perfect place for anyone hoping to find a great new addon without wading through the entire list.

More details after the jump.

The main page shows a list of main categories like Shutterbug, News Junkie, Social Butterfly, and more. Clicking on any of the main categories will display addon suggestions.

From the expanded list you can view more info about the addons or you can opt to download it right there.

Keep in mind that Fashion Your Firefox doesn’t list all available plugins. It just displays a few suggested addons for each category. For the full list, go to the main addon page.