Jim Rapoza, Chief Technology Analyst, eWEEK.For nearly fifteen years, Jim Rapoza has evaluated products and technologies in almost every technology category for eWEEK. Mr Rapoza's current technology focus is on all categories of emerging information technology though he continues to focus on core technology areas that include: content management systems, portal applications, Web publishing tools and security. Mr. Rapoza has coordinated several evaluations at enterprise organizations, including USA Today and The Prudential, to measure the capability of products and services under real-world conditions and against real-world criteria. Jim Rapoza's award-winning weekly column, Tech Directions, delves into all areas of technologies and the challenges of managing and deploying technology today.
Apple Safari 4 Is Like Whole New Browser By Jim Rapoza Top Sites The Top Sites feature in Safari provides an attractive and interactive method for browsing and tracking your favorite Websites. Top Sites Order Safari 4 Top Sites can be placed in any order on the screen through drag and drop, and can be […]
Within the browser wars, one browser that hasn’t really gotten that much attention is Safari. This is a little strange, as most products from Apple do tend to get lots of attention. But for many people, Safari is simply the browser that comes on Macs. To a large degree, it’s the fault of the browser […]
Ever wonder what features will be found in the next generation of Web browsers? Well, usually there’s one easy way to find out: Just check out the latest version of Opera. Opera may not be the best known or most used Web browser out there, but, over the years, it has been one of the […]
Opera 10 Beta Continues Browsers Innovation Trend by Jim Rapoza Speed Dial Like many past Opera innovations, Opera’s Speed Dial—which makes it possible to view your favorite Websites when launching a new tab—has been heavily copied by competing browsers. Site Changes The sites shown in Opera’s Speed Dial can be easily changed, deleted or customized. […]
Achooo! Sorry, there are these bugs going around that are really bringing me down. I thought I had protected myself, but I was focused on this other thing and didn’t even know about the threat of these bugs, which it turns out are very common. Sick? No, I’m not sick (that sneeze was just allergies). […]
With the launch of Bing this week, a new search service arrived to take on Google. And, unlike other small challengers, since Bing is from Microsoft, it actually has the potential to stick around long enough to make some inroads on Google. But how is Bing as a search engine? Since it launched on Monday, […]
Once upon a time, important corporate applications were delivered to desktops or through classic client/server infrastructures. Now, many of the applications that your company relies on are delivered to the Web browser, and this makes the browser more important than ever when it comes to the enterprise. With all of the major Web browser makers […]
The Latest Web Browsers Up Enterprise Ante by Jim Rapoza IE Administration Kit In corporate environments, the Internet Explorer Administration Kit gives businesses a powerful tool for creating customized installations of the IE browser. IE Protected Mode On Vista and most likely Windows 7 systems, Internet Explorer can be run in Protected Mode, which greatly […]
Maybe they got the numbering wrong? Perhaps what we are now calling Google Chrome 2.0 was supposed to be Chrome 1.2, and some developer input the wrong numbers? That must be the case because I can’t think of many other reasons why such a minor upgrade to the Google Web browser is deserving of a […]
Google Chrome Is a 2.0 Release in Name Only Remove Site Thumbnails With Google Chrome 2.0, it is now possible to remove the site thumbnails shown when a new tab is launched in the browser. No Title Full-Screen ModeThe full-screen mode in Chrome 2.0 removes all traces of the browser interface, reducing navigation to keystrokes […]