Mar 22/2019 ✦ Opera Introduction
This gives site designers news about browsers and design, helps find browsers, offers design resources, reports Internet statistics, and has a virtual store with tools for building effective websites. Also, because the wise use of fonts is so important to site design, the Browser News reports new or updated fonts, especially free flexible fonts. First published in September 1998, this is updated each Friday evening (ET), with news updated daily.
News
Font News:
for the latest font news, see the Fonts ⮞ News page.¶
Mar 20/2019 ✦ Microsoft Windows 10:
Microsoft is rolling out the ’October 2018‘ update to most Windows 10 users. more⮞ Windows Update⮞
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Mar 12/2019 ✦ Microsoft:
Microsoft is rolling out its regular monthly update. more⮞ Windows Update⮞
Mar 12/2019 ✦ Microsoft Office:
Microsoft issued a non-security update for Office 2010, 2013, and 2016. more⮞ Office Update⮞
Mar 11/2019 ✦ Adobe Shockwave:
Adobe is retiring Shockwave on Apr 9. more⮞
Mar 8/2019 ✦ Audacity 2.3.1:
the Audacity team updated its audio editor. update⮞
Mar 8/2019 ✦ CaLibre 3.40.1:
the CaLibre team updated its eBook software. update⮞
Mar 5/2019 ✦ CPU Vulnerabilities:
a new class of Spectre-like Intel CPU vulnerabilities has been revealed;
be alert for fixes or mitigations. more⮞
The Focus
This focuses on browsers wanted to test websites, mainly Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, and Vivaldi.
This also focuses on flexible fonts useful in crafting websites.
There is much good information elsewhere about browsers and fonts, and no need to “reïnvent the wheel”, so the Browser News concisely reports news, with links to details.
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Your Browser
This lists information about your browser. It is mainly of interest to those who wish to make browser-detection scripts.
More details are available on the Resources ⮞ Your Browser page.
Note: some browsers report the major version number only; minor version numbers are hidden. For example, Internet Explorer 11.0.46 wrongly reports that it is Internet Explorer 11.0, and Firefox 58.0.2 wrongly reports that it is Firefox 58.0. This makes it impossible for browser sniffers to report the correct version vectors.
Note: some browsers, including Safari and some versions of Vivaldi, don’t correctly report the major version numbers in their userAgent strings,
making it more difficult for browser sniffers to determine their version vectors.
Note: the version of the Brave browser is the current version of the Chrome browser.
