My Favorite Mac Apps: Erica's Take
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... This isn't to say that I'd change my list upon further thought. Between Word, Excel, Illustrator, Acrobat, Photoshop, and Quickey's Macros (so I rarely have to actually touch a mouse, eek), these packages get the job done. Throw in the equally ugly Eudora mail program (the original, not the almost unusable open source update that's floating around) plus Apple's cadre of less beautiful utilities, namely Terminal, Safari and ...

Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... IE from the ground up, start from scratch, give us a brand new interface, new graphics, new icon, the whole shebang. Maybe then we’ll have a contender on our hands. But then again, they have 74% market share, they don’t need to try. I ask you IE Team… “How good can it feel to be #1 because your users don’t know they have another choice?” Visit - Windows IE 8 Visit - Safari Visit - Firefox [via DigitalDaily]

The New World of Browser Choices is All About the Hooks
louisgray.com — ... Apple made a custom, light-weight, version of Safari for the iPhone, which makes their Web browser the default browsing experience for what's the world's most talked-about cell phone. Using Safari on the iPhone makes it more likely that you will use Safari on your Mac or your PC because it can synchronize your bookmarks, and unify your browsing experience. Changing bookmarks on your desktop means they are changed on the iPhone. ...

Safari
The Tao of Mac — Safari is the default Mac OS X browser, based on WebKit. Resources: Glims, a great plugin that adds a full-screen mode, improved search and other niceties. ForgetMeNot, a SIMBL plugin that saves open URLs when you quit Safari and restores them when you re-launch it. Blocking Ads using nothing but CSS. Really, really good. Pimp My Safari - plugins and ...

How Lawyers Practice Law and Serve Clients with Macs -- Really!
The Mac Lawyer — ... The Mac’s built-in web browser is called Safari. Safari is a powerful browser, but honestly, Safari has few unique advantages over similar PC programs when it comes to using the web. Safari is regularly updated with new features, but so are the primary Windows web browsers, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and ...

Safari 3.2 secures against phishing attacks
The Apple Core — ... Safari 3.2 secures against phishing attacks Apple today released Safari 3.2 for Mac OS 10.4, 10.5, Windows XP and Vista. The update is recommended for all Safari users and includes protection from phishing Web sites and better identification of online businesses. The 40MB update also includes Apple’s latest security updates detailed in ...

Safari 3.2 released
MacCentre701 — ... released in June. Apple states the following in Software Update This update is recommended for all Safari users and features protection from fraudulent phishing websites and better identification of online businesses. This update also includes the latest security updates. For detailed information on the security content of this update, please visit this site: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222 Safari 3.2 is available from Apple Safari web page , and is available for both Mac OS X and Windows. Join our discussion - “ ...

Take Your Bookmarks Anywhere
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — ... to amass substantial collections of fairly important links that you might want to refer back to at any moment. Trouble is, most of us don’t spend all day in front of just one Web browser. And the more we switch between devices, the more important it becomes to keep all those bookmark lists in sync. Difficulty level: Easy What you need:> Open-source Web browser Firefox (free, www.mozilla.com )> Foxmarks extension for Firefox (free, addons.mozilla.org )> Safari (free, www.apple.com )> Bookdog for Safari (free 14-day trial, $19.95 to buy, ...

Zero-day attack targets all versions of Internet Explorer; Mac users unaffected
MacDailyNews — ... you finally wake up and get a Mac, you too can experience the web the way thinking people do: Apple style, with Safari: the fastest, easiest-to-use web browser in the world. With its simple, elegant interface, Safari gets out of your way and lets you enjoy the web instead of fearing it. Once you try it, you'll want to repeatedly punch yourself in the face for ever booting up Internet Exploder. Yes, your OS sucks, but that doesn't mean your browser has to. More info and download links here .

RSS Has Practically Eliminated My Need for Browser Bookmarks
louisgray.com — ... That last example would be me. Not only do I have all of my bookmarks sorted in folders, but each of the folders is alphabetically ordered in my Bookmarks toolbar in Safari. Many of the folders have subfolders, and believe it or not, the bookmarks are alphabetized in each of those folders. If only I were this organized everywhere else! ...

Guest Post :: iPhone v. Blackberry - A Bold Solution
The Mac Lawyer — ... I've tried the iPhone 3g twice (and my son has my original iPhone) so I believe I've given it a fair shake. It is undoubtedly one of the best electronic gadgets ever invented. It has no equal as a media device, whether music, videos, gaming, or even the internet. I hesitated a bit on that last one, because Safari on the iPhone is the best internet experience on a phone size device, but it is still too small. No matter how good the interface and translation of a full page may be, it is still an annoying WINDOW on the real thing. Even netbooks at 8" stretch the true usability ...

Apple releases public beta of Safari 4 browser
AppleInsider — ... Published: 08:00 AM EST Apple on Tuesday announced a public beta of Safari 4, a new version of its share-gaining web browser that packs a powerful new JavaScript engine and the latest web standards." Dubbed "Nitro," the engine in Safari 4 is said to run JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3. Other ...

Apple Safari 4 Beta Available Now: Chrome-y Top Sites, Cover Flow and Nitro [Safari 4]
Gizmodo — ... The new features page is live, for the full rundown, if a little borked. Interestingly, it's the first browser to pass the Acid3 test. ...

Apple releases Safari 4 public beta for Mac and Windows
MacDailyNews — ... a website for peak performance and compatibility •  New Windows-native look in Safari for Windows , that uses standard Windows font rendering and native title bar, borders and toolbars so Safari fits the look and feel of other Windows XP and Windows Vista applications. MacDailyNews Take: Rejoice! Now even Apple's Safari can look as crappy as the rest of your Windows system! Safari 4 is a public beta for both Mac OS X and Windows and is available immediately as a free download at http://www.apple.com/safari . MacDailyNews Note: APple's Safari download still says "3.2," but ...

Apple releases public beta of Safari 4
Macworld — ... Apple on Tuesday released a public beta of Safari 4 , the next generation of its Internet Web browser. Apple touts the Nitro engine at the heart of Safari as running JavaScript over 4 times as fast as Safari 3, up to 30 times faster than Internet Explorer 7 and three times faster than Firefox. Nitro also allows Safari 4 to load HTML pages three times faster than IE 7, according to Apple. Other new features in Safari 4 include Top Sites, giving users a visual preview of frequently visited pages; Full History Search, to search through titles, web addresses and the complete text ...

Apple Unveils Safari 4 Public Beta
The Mac Observer — ... for history and bookmarks. Safari 4 also includes Accessible Rich Interactive Applications, full page zoom support, CSS effects and CSS Canvas support, HTML 5 offline support, offline database support, and smart search recommendations. It sports several features for developers, too such as a new Web Inspector, a page elements view, a JavaScript debugger, a page resources view, and more. The Safari 4 public beta is available for both Mac and Windows as a free download at the Apple Web site .

Safari 4 Out Today
Byte of the Apple - BusinessWeek — ... this morning. What’s really cool is the visual effect that happens when you open one of the sites in that view. Other new features include Cover Flow for browsing through Web history and bookmarks, tabs on top, which puts the tabs up at the very top of the window, which makes sense, but is a little weird at first since if you’re like me you’re used to seeing them a little lower down, like in Firefox or previous versions of Safari. Its a Beta version, out today for Mac and Windows. You can get it here .

Apple Releases Safari 4 Beta
Cult of Mac — ... It’s here, kids: Apple has just announced the release of Safari 4 beta, and you can grab it right now. It’s available for Mac (Leopard and Tiger!) and Windows. I’m downloading my copy as I type this. Proper review later.

Apple offers Safari beta 4 for Mac and Windows
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Well, it's Tuesday, and that often means a software release from Apple. Today, both Mac and Windows users can scarf up a beta copy of Safari 4, with many new and desirable features. Here's a download link for those who are ready to go. ...

Apple's Updated Safari Browser: Hedging The App Store Bet
Byte of the Apple - BusinessWeek — ... , Apple just released a major makeover of the Safari browser, called Safari 4 . The company says the new version, now available as a beta release, will run JavaScript “3.2 times” (that’s pretty precise, no?) faster than its predecessor. And it offers new features including a new visual “Top Sites” metaphor for finding your most-used sites, as well as slick new graphics. I’m just trying it out now, but it looks terrific. The default first page shows thumbnails of your Top Sites (similar to Google’s approach with its Chrome browser). Other than being simply a great idea that ...

Faster, Safari! Kill! Kill!
Digital Daily — Apple (AAPL) touts Safari 4, released as a public beta this morning, as the world’s fastest Web browser for Mac and Windows PCs and after using if for a short time, it’s tough to disagree. Safari 4 is fast — three times as fast as Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 3, if Apple’s typically hyperbolic claims are to be believed (and I’m not suggesting that they should be). That boost in speed is thanks largely to a new Nitro JavaScript engine (based on WebKit) which run JavaScript up to 4.2 times faster than Safari 3, 30 times faster than IE7 ...

Safari 4 Beta Released
TheAppleBlog — ... Safari has come an awfully long way since its conception, and today marks the beta release of the fourth major incarnation of the acclaimed web browser. Version 4 introduces a range of new features and interface improvements, among them speed enhancements, visual history searching and Cover Flow integration. ...

Apple releases Safari 4 beta
The Apple Core — ... a public beta of Safari 4 which it is calling “the world’s fastest & most innovative browser.” The 31.7 MB download has the following new features: Have you downloaded it yet? What’s your favorite feature?

Safari 4 Beta First Impressions
Cult of Mac — ... As we pointed out earlier today, Safari 4 Beta is out and you can download it now. But should you? Good question. The first thing to consider is that this is not one of those betas that sits happily alongside your existing copies of Safari. The installer demands a restart of the whole system and will overwrite older copies of Safari. Yes folks, that version of Safari 3.x that you’ve grown fond of will be wiped out. Any plugins and extras you have plugged in to it will cease to work. I’ve no doubt that Apple is very confident ...

Safari 4 public beta available for testing
MacCentre701 — ... ss_safari4b_02.jpg Safari 4 also includes Accessible Rich Interactive Applications, full page zoom support, CSS effects and CSS Canvas support, HTML 5 offline support, offline database support, and smart search recommendations. It sports several features for developers, too such as a new Web Inspector, a page elements view, a JavaScript debugger, a page resources view, and more. For more information about the exciting new features in Safari 4, please visit this page (and ...

Are you ready to go on Safari?
MacBytes.com — ... history. And for those of you using Windows, the 4 Beta features a 'native look' for you. That means a native-lookin' title bar, borders and toolbars. Safari 4 Beta also uses Windows standard fonts, but for a glimmer of Apple goodness, you can choose to use Apple's superior (ooh, did I say that?), crisp anti-aliased fonts. Apple says Safari 4 Beta for Windows delivers the same lightning-fast performance provided by the Mac version. Download the Safari 4 Beta for either platform here [http://www.apple.com/safari] - Mark Webster ...

How To: Get Safari 4 for Mac Tabs Out of the Titlebar
jkOnTheRun — ... Is anyone else irked that Safari 4 puts the browser tabs in the title bar? Maybe it’s just me that can’t get used to it: it’s so counter to my usage habits that I stopped using the browser even though I enjoyed the noticeable speed gains. I’m back on the Safari 4 wagon today, though, after searching for any possible fixes. Sure enough, ...

This Week at Mobile Tech Manor #30- GMail and Safari 4
jkOnTheRun — ... Apple introduced the Safari 4 beta and I downloaded it on the Mac to see what all the buzz was about.  This is not unusual, I try out all sorts of new software routinely as it’s who I am.  I like keeping an eye on new things, if for no other reason than to keep informed about new technology.  My foray into the world of Safari 4 began that way but quickly became so much more. ...

Which browser do you want to use today?
APC — ... and promises faster Javascript performance, its own video and audio features, removing the need for some plug-ins and more new features. [image] Safari probably hasn't had the impact Apple had hoped for on the Windows market, currently up to Version 4 in beta, it has some iTunes-esque presentation features and is another browser aiming for great speed. With useful ways to store information you find online, it has a lot going for it. Other browsers offer an interesting range of niche features, ...

Why Firefox is my preferred browser
Macworld — ... OS X users are blessed (or is it cursed?) with a plethora of choices for our Web browsing needs. Safari , of course, is the dominant browser, followed by ...

Safari 3.2.3 improves security
Macworld — ... that describes what changes have been made, but it was not updated with Safari 3.2.3 improvements as Macworld posted this article. Safari 3.2.3 should not be confused with the beta release of 4 for Mac and Windows that remains available for download from Apple’s Web site. See more like this: ...

Safari Is Fat Hog That Spies on You — Porn Mode Doesn’t Work
Cult of Mac — ... Apple’s Safari 4 browser is a pig. It’s a resource hog that doesn’t clean up after itself — and it remembers every site you visit, even in “porn mode.” ...

Apple releases Safari 4 as "world's fastest browser"
AppleInsider — ... Published: 01:05 PM EST Apple on Monday released a finalized version of Safari 4, which the company is billing as the "world's fastest and most innovative web browser." Available for Mac and Windows PCs and introduced as a beta in February of this year, Safari 4 features the Nitro engine which runs JavaScript up to 4.5 times faster than its predecessor. "The successful beta release helped us fine tune Safari 4 into an even better, faster version that customers are going to love," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "Safari is ...

OS X Snow Leopard Should Purr Along — With A Smaller Footprint
TechCrunch — ... And alongside the Snow Leopard features, Apple is showing off the new version of its Safari web browser. This will be available starting today for Leopard and Windows as well. It previously was in beta testing. ...

WWDC 2009: New and Updated MacBooks, iPhones, OS X Snow Leopard, and iPhone OS 3.0
MacFixIt — ... to save up to 6GB of disk space and overall resulting in a 45% faster installation procedure. Included in the enhancements is PDF text selection and enhanced PDF rendering which results in up to 2x speed boost fro the "Preview" application. Chinese character input is now available, faster Mail application (up to 2.3x faster), and a full version of Safari 4, which will also be available for Leopard, Tiger, and Windows as well. Safari for the other platforms can be downloaded from the Safari website . The program will include support for QuickTime X (meaning hardware ...

Apple Previews Snow Leopard for September Release
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... Safari 4, Shipping Today -- One piece of Apple's Snow Leopard engineering effort is making its appearance today. Safari 4, available since February 2009 as a public beta, boasts impressive speed gains in JavaScript and HTML rendering speed. It also has new features such as Top Sites and a Cover Flow browsing mode (for more detail, see " ...

Apple Releases Safari 4
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... One of the early announcements in this morning's keynote was that Safari 4 is now out of beta! You can download Safari 4 for yourself (Mac or Windows) from Apple's site. Apple is touting Safari 4 as the fastest web browser around, besting IE 8, Firefox and Chrome in speed tests. As with the Safari 4 betas, Safari 4 passes Acid 3 tests with a 100/100 -- the first (and only cross-platform) browser to achieve this level of standards compliance. The big news for users of the Safari 4 betas is that the tab orientation has been changed. In the beta, ...

Apple Releases Safari 4
TheAppleBlog — ... Safari 4 features an updated user interface, and numerous under-the-hood enhancements, all of which contribute to a great new browser, built with the user in mind. If you’ve been using Safari 3, this is a fantastic update you’ll definitely want to install immediately. If you’ve been using the Safari 4 beta for the last few months, some changes have been made, and stability has improved. No matter what browser you currently use, Safari 4 is a gorgeous app that puts the content up front and gets out of your way while you surf. ...

Final release of Safari 4 tweaks interface from beta version
Macworld — Posted on by Scott McNulty , Macworld.com Safari 4 came out of beta today complete with all the features that its beta users have come to appreciate. However, Safari 4’s final user interface is slightly different than in the earlier versions that we've seen. The most controversial new feature of Safari 4 was the placement of tabs on the top of the Safari browser  window instead of below the bookmarks bar. At first, I was against this new UI quirk, but the more I used the Safari 4 Beta the more I liked the placement of the tabs on top of the window. ...

Safari 4.0 ships
MacCentre701 — ... with Full History Search. ss_safari4b_02.jpg Safari 4 also includes Accessible Rich Interactive Applications, full page zoom support, CSS effects and CSS Canvas support, HTML 5 offline support, offline database support, and smart search recommendations. It sports several features for developers, too such as a new Web Inspector, a page elements view, a JavaScript debugger, a page resources view, and more. For more information about the exciting new features in Safari 4, please visit this page (and ...

WWDC Recap :: Safari 4 Released
The Mac Lawyer — ... Safari 4 was officially released yesterday at the WWDC.  Apple claims that it is now "the world's fastest browser" and it boasts 150 new features, many of which look to be helpful to attorneys.   ...

Snow Leopard at WWDC: better, harder, faster, stronger
Ars Technica - Infinite Loop — ... keynote. Snow Leopard will support iPhone-like Chinese character input via multitouch trackpads—there's no word if Japanese or other comparable scripts are supported, but this could be a possible future input method for non-roman-based scripts. Federighi showed off the live icon previews, icon magnification up to 512x512px, and on-screen magnification for sight-impaired users. Two other demos where featured in the keynote, too, the first being Safari 4. The full shipping version was released yesterday for Leopard, Tiger, and Windows. The Top Sites feature is still there, as ...

Apple sees 11 million downloads of Safari 4 in three days
AppleInsider — ... also make Safari more resistant to crashes by running plug-ins in a separate process, so even if a plug-in crashes, the browser continues to run and the user simply has to reload the affected page. Safari running on Snow Leopard also delivers HTTP streaming, making it easy to deliver high-quality audio and video in industry standard formats from any web server without the need for browser plug-ins. Safari 4 is available for both Mac OS X and Windows as a free download at Apple's Safari website .

Apple’s Safari 4 browser downloads top 11 Million in 3 days, including 6 million of Windows version
MacDailyNews — ... Snow Leopard makes Safari more resistant to crashes by running plug-ins in a separate process, so even if a plug-in crashes, Safari continues to run and the user simply has to reload the affected page. Safari running on Snow Leopard also delivers HTTP streaming, making it easy to deliver high-quality audio and video in industry standard formats from any web server without the need for browser plug-ins. Safari 4 is available for both Mac OS X and Windows as a free download at www.apple.com/safari . Safari 4 for Mac OS X requires Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.7 or Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11 ...

Browser Wars Continue: Apple Claims 11 Million Downloads For New Safari In 3 Days
TechCrunch — Opera may be reinventing the web next week, but in the meantime the browser wars continue to rage on. Apple has come out with a news release claiming its latest browser, Safari 4, has topped 11 million downloads in the first three days of its release. Surprisingly, it also claims over half of those (or 6 million to be specific) were the Windows version of the program. Apple continues to tout the speed of its browser, claiming that it loads HTML pages 3 times faster than both Firefox 3 and IE8, and that the new Nitro JavaScript engine executes ...

Safari 4 downloaded more than 11 million times in three days
Macworld — ... Apple on Friday announced that Safari 4 , the new version of its Web browser for Mac OS X and Windows, has been downloaded more than 11 million times in the first three days of its release. Safari 4 has been ...

Apple's Safari 4 tops 11 million downloads in three days
CNET News - Apple — ... Apple's Safari 4 Web browser was downloaded more than 11 million times in the first three days of release, the company said Friday. ...

Safari 4 Sees Huge Demand, 11 Million Downloads So Far
TheAppleBlog — ... Less than a week later, more than five million Mac users, and six million Windows users have downloaded it. Not surprisingly, Apple is pleased. “Safari 4 is an incredible success on Mac and Windows with more than 11 million downloads in the first three days,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Safari users love the incredible speed and innovative features like Top Sites, Full History Search and Cover Flow.” Safari 4 is a solid upgrade, and the rate of uptake is impressive, too. Consider last ...

Safari updates to 4.0.1
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Among the flurry of iPhone 3.0 downloads, Apple has pushed out an update to Safari. Safari 4.0.1 addresses incompatibilities between the newly upgraded browser and certain features in iPhoto '09, including Places and publishing to Facebook. The download clocks in at 43.8MB and is available now through Software Update. The version on Apple's site does not reflect the update as of yet. ...

Review: Safari 4 Web browser
Macworld — ... Since its debut, Safari has offered Mac users hassle-free browsing, standards-friendly HTML rendering, and a number of thoughtful and handy features to make surfing the Web just a little bit more fun. Its triumphant new version continues all these trends with style–and bolts on a jumbo jet engine’s worth of pure speed. Performance Remember the DeLorean from Back to the Future , leaving tracks of flame in its wake as it shot into another era? That’s the impression one gets when comparing Safari’s performance to that of its closest rivals. On a ...

Last Remaining Paid-For Browser Still Motoring Along
Cult of Mac — ... even the OS X version isn’t a bad browser. It has some nice features. I particularly like the Page Overview and Links Overview, which let you find your way through busy web pages quickly and easily. Let’s put it this way: if everyone still charged money for their browsers, iCab would still be able to compete for your money alongside the rest of the gang, its head held high. But when superb browsers can be had almost everywhere you look, when Safari 4 comes with your Mac, and when you can roll your own decent browser in about 10 ...

iPhone Tips: Save Images From Safari & Mail
Free iPod Touch Apps | Free iPod Touch Games | AppleRepo.com — ... ? Or maybe you just want to save an image to import it to your computer later. i am not talking about copyright here Since iPhone Software Update 2.0, you can now save images from Safari or Mail. ...

Six Tips for Supercharging Safari
TheAppleBlog — ... Although Safari improves with every version released, it remains difficult for one browser to cater for everyone’s needs. Firefox has successfully approached this problem through the use of Add-Ons, but Safari continues to lack any widely promoted form of plugin or extension functionality. ...

Apple Updates Mac and Windows Safari Web Browser to 4.0.3
The iPhone Blog — ... Desktop Safari, predecessor and big brother to the iPhone’s Mobile Safari web browser, has just received an update chock a block full of the usual security and compatibility fixed, and stability improvements. Mac users (and Windows users?!) can get it via Apple’s Software Update or directly from the web via Apple.com/safari. ...

MacFixIt Readers Report: Safari 4.0.3 Issues
MacFixIt — ... that apply to the issue you are having. If in doubt, check all the options. Test "plist" files. If your issue is specific to a single function of Safari, remove the related "plist" file (found in: MacintoshHD > Users > username > Library > Safari). Drag the "plist" file to your Desktop and restart Safari. If the issue is solved, trash the file from your Desktop. Reinstall Safari. It is possible that you have installed a corrupted copy of Safari (or a Safari update). Visit the Safari home page to get the latest version. Be sure to trash your current copy. Repair ...

Bugs & Fixes: iTunes 9 and Safari mix it up
Macworld — ... refuses to connect to the iTunes Store. The cause turns out to be a direct link between the iTunes Store and Safari. Specifically, you need to be running Safari 4.0.3 or later to access the Store within iTunes 9. If not, you’ll be greeted with a message informing you that you cannot “use the iTunes Store within iTunes.” You heard correctly: you may need Safari installed on your Mac, in order to use the iTunes Store, even if you otherwise never use Safari. However, at least based on my testing, you don’t need the actual Safari application for iTunes Store access. For ...

OS X Browser Speed Wars: May the Fastest App Win
Mac|Life — ... Safari: If you’re running Leopard on your Mac, you’ll likely get the best overall performance from Safari or Camino. Among Safari’s recently introduced features, you’ll either love Cover Flow, a 3D view of your most frequently accessed web pages or dismiss it as eye candy. In general, we find the starred indications of new content useful, but would prefer to choose the sites displayed in Cover Flow rather than have them automatically populated. Safari’s full history search (look on the lower right-hand corner of the Top Sites window) makes it easy ...

Mac Basics: Safari unexpectedly quit. Now what?
MacFixIt — ... unexpectedly quitting. Safari can quit for a variety of reasons, the most common of which are explained here. First and foremost, be sure you have the latest version of Safari , currently 4.0.3. When you are sure Safari has been updated, the next place to check for issues is with third-party plug-ins. To test for this: Open Safari and navigate to Safari > Preferences (Command + , ). From the Preferences window, select Security. Deselect the box to "Enable plug-ins" and continue using Safari normally. If you find that the program acts normally, you need to update or delete ...

Mozilla Firefox whines as Apple Safari gets top spot on Microsoft Windows’ EU browser ballot screen
MacDailyNews — Mozilla Firefox whines as Apple Safari gets top spot on Microsoft Windows’ EU browser ballot screen Friday, October 16, 2009 - 01:17 PM EDT [image] "This January, the European Commission (EC) announced it would investigate Microsoft’s bundling of Internet Explorer (IE) with Windows. The EC thought that perhaps throwing an IE in with every copy of Windows was harming competition between web browsers and reducing consumer choice. And you can see their point: Internet Explorer makes up 67.7% of the European browser market, and Firefox comes in second at 25.3% (as of Q1 2009)," ...