Adobe has added support for InPrivate browsing in Adobe Flash Player 10.1. Most modern browsers including Internet Explorer 8.0+,Mozilla Firefox 3.5+,Apple Safari 2.0+ and Google Chrome 1.0 supports InPrivate browsing. Integrating with your web browser, Flash Player 10.1 will automatically clear stored data in accordance with your browser’s private browsing settings. Prior to Flash Player 10.1, the player behaved the same whether the browser was in private browsing or not. Browsers could clear browser data temporarily stored during a private browsing session, such as cookies and history, but they were unaware of the data stored in Flash Player local storage (also known as local shared objects or LSOs). To keep your information safe, information in Flash Player local storage is stored on a site-by-site basis—so that one website can never see information from another website. However, storing information on a site-by-site basis can leave a history of previously visited sites that have used local storage.

Starting with Flash Player 10.1, Flash Player actively supports the browser’s private browsing mode, managing data in local storage so that it is consistent with private browsing. So when a private browsing session ends, Flash Player will automatically clear any corresponding data in local storage.

Additionally, Flash Player separates the local storage used in normal browsing from the local storage used during private browsing. So when you enter private browsing mode, sites that you previously visited will not be able to see information they saved on your computer during normal browsing. For example, if you saved your login and password in a web application powered by Flash during normal browsing, the site won’t remember that information when you visit the site under private browsing, keeping your identity private.

The Settings panel lets you change settings for a specific piece of content running in Flash Player (also known as a SWF file) or the site where that content came from.

Source : Adobe

YouTube is introducing an experimental version of HTML 5 supported video player on YouTube. HTML5 is a new web standard that is gaining popularity rapidly and adds many new features to your web experience. Most notably for YouTube users, HTML5 includes support for video and audio playback. This means that users with an HTML5 compatible browser, and support for the proper audio and video codec’s can watch a video without needing to download a browser plugin. HTML 5 supported video player does not support videos with ads and full screen support.

As of now HTML 5 supported video player work only with Google Chrome ,Apple Safari (version 4+) and Microsoft Internet Explorer with Chrome Frame installed. It won’t work in Firefox,Even though Firefox supports HTML <video> feature but it does not support H.264 Codec. Even in the browsers that do support it, the HTML5 player is a pale copy of the Flash-based one. A lot of features are missing and some things aren’t as smooth as you’d expect.

Kevin Carle, a software engineer at YouTube Wrote,

To try it out, go to the HTML5 page via TestTube or visit this page and join the experiment. This will enable HTML5 video for your browser, provided that it’s one of the browsers mentioned above and fits in with the parameters we already referenced. (If you’ve opted in to other experiments, you may not get the HTML5 player.) You can also enable Feather watch (visit http://www.youtube.com/feather_beta) along with HTML5 video for an even simpler, faster YouTube experience.

In June 2009 Adobe has announced a limited developer preview of BrowserLab. BrowserLab is online hosted service by Adobe that enable web designers exact renderings of their web pages in multiple browsers and operating systems, on demand. BrowserLab is a powerful solution for cross-browser compatibility testing, featuring multiple viewing and comparison tools, as well as customizable preferences. Since BrowserLab is an online service, it can be accessed from virtually any computer connected to the web.

New Features

• Save Locally: Save screenshots generated by BrowserLab in either 1-Up or 2-Up views. This lets you capture renderings of your web pages in different browsers, to save for easy reference or sharing with clients and colleagues. Added January 14, 2010
• Additional browser support: Preview web pages in more browsers: Internet Explorer 8, Safari 4, Chrome 3.0 (XP) and Firefox 3.5 (XP and OS X). Each of these additional browsers can be added to existing Browser Sets.
• Rulers and Guides: Pinpoint the exact location of any area within a screenshot. Rulers on the X and Y axes show you precise pixel dimensions, with optional guidelines for added accuracy.
• Move and Pan: Move to any area of a screenshot by simply clicking and dragging your mouse, or using the arrow keys.
• Onion Skin Registration: Tackle precise layout issues within specific areas of your designs, with custom registration of the screenshots in BrowserLab’s Onion Skin view.
• Screenshot Delay: Pause the rendering of a screenshot by up to 10 seconds, so you can preview content that needs time to generate.

Supported Browsers and Operating Systems

• Firefox 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5 (Windows XP and Mac OS X) .
• Internet Explorer 6.X, 7.X, and 8.X (Windows XP) .
• Safari 3.X and 4.X (Mac OS X) .
• Chrome 3.0 (Windows XP).

Viewing and Diagnostics Tools

Screenshots can be viewed in a single view, side by side view, or as an overlay view with variable transparency. Each viewing option features a zoom function. We’ve also added measurement tools like Rulers and Guides, custom Onion Skin Registration, as well as the ability to move quickly to specific areas of a screenshot. You can also save screenshots in 1-Up or 2-Up views.

Browser Sets

Browser Sets allow designers to customize, edit, and save a combination of browsers to test.

The BrowserLab free preview is available to a limited number of users, while we monitor its performance. Please visit our service status page for updates.

According to last quarters browser share report Microsoft Internet Explorer market share declined by .92% and it is only having 62.7% market share. After the launch of Google Chrome , market share of IE is keep declining and In the last quarter, Chrome, Safari and Opera all set new personal bests for browser market share with 4.63, 4.46 and 2.4 percent respectively. If we go with Net Applications projection Internet Explorer market could shrink below 50% by the end of this year.

SuperPreview is a tool that comes with Microsoft Express Web , SuperPreview shows how your web pages render on different browsers. SuperPreview that comes with Express Web 3.0 is not free but SuperPreview for Internet Explorer is a free program that can be used by Web Developers and designers to see how their website is rendering on different versions of Internet Explorer.

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In latest build of Windows7 Microsoft included an option to turn off Internet Explorer in windows. According to Chris Holmes, build 7048 of Windows 7, Internet Explorer will be there in Windows and can be easily turnoff in Windows7 like other programs turnoff in Windows operating systems. Yet their is no official comment from Microsoft for this feature but experts speculating that it might have something to do with the European Union’s objection to the inclusion of a browser within Windows.

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Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) 8 RC1 enables the most efficient way to deploy Internet Explorer 8 and manage Web-based solutions. Learn how to tailor a custom browser to meet your customers’ needs

Please note: You must have Internet Explorer 8 RC1 installed on your computer in order for IEAK 8 RC1 to run successfully.

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x64 Edition; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows Vista 64-bit Editions Service Pack 1; Windows Vista Business 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Service Pack 1; Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition; Windows XP Professional x64 Edition ; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows XP Service Pack 3

Download Internet Explorer Administration Kit 8 Release Candidate 1

LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003 mainly used for professional networking. As of October 2008, it had more than 30 million registered users,spanning 150 industries. LinkedIn offers a number of tools to it’s users to share content with each other. Recently LinkedIn has also included Bookmarklet for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. This new bookmarklet allows users to share content created by other users from different user groups or websites.

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Microsoft has just released a Windows Internet Explorer 8 blocker toolkit, this toolkit will enable IT administrators to disable automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 8 as a high-priority update via Automatic Updates and the Windows Update and Microsoft Update sites. Microsoft will distribute Windows Internet Explorer 8 as a high-priority update through Automatic Updates for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and higher, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 SP2 for x64 and x86, Windows Vista for x64 and x86, Windows Vista SP1 for x64 and x86, and Windows Server 2008 for x64 and x86. This Blocker Toolkit is intended for organizations that would like to block automatic delivery of Internet Explorer 8 to machines in environments where Automatic Updates is enabled. The Blocker Toolkit will not expire.

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