May 23/2019 ✦ Opera 60.0.3255.109:
Opera Software updated Opera to fix bugs.
NB: poor browser sniffers say Opera 60 is Chrome 73 or a version of Safari. more⮞ more⮞ update⮞Introduction
This gives site designers news about browsers and design, helps find browsers, offers design resources, reports Internet statistics, and sells books for building more effective websites. Also, because the wise use of fonts is so important to site design, the Browser News also 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.¶
May 21/2019 ✦ Microsoft Windows 10 May 2019 Update:
Microsoft now offers the Windows 10 May 2019 Update to daring general users. get it⮞May 21/2019 ✦ Microsoft Windows 10:
Microsoft issued yet another update for some Windows 10 systems. more⮞ Windows Update⮞
May 19/2019 ✦ Microsoft Windows 10:
Microsoft issued another update for some Windows 10 systems. more⮞ Windows Update⮞May 16/2019 ✦ Microsoft Windows 10:
Microsoft issued an update for some Windows 10 systems. more⮞ Windows Update⮞
May 14/2019 ✦ Adobe Flash Player 32.0.0.171:
Adobe updated Flash Player to fix security issues. more⮞ update⮞ NB: even if you update, and Adobe confirms that you updated, Adobe may say on a later restart that
the update isn’t installed and must be reïnstalled; also, two variants of Flash Player may appear in the list of installed software.
May 14/2019 ✦ Audacity 2.3.2:
the Audacity team updated its audio editor. update⮞
May 14/2019 ✦ Microsoft:
Microsoft is rolling out its regular monthly update. more⮞ Windows Update⮞
May 13/2019 ✦ Apple MacOS 10.12, 10.13, 10.14:
Apple updated MacOS to fix security issues. more⮞
May 13/2019 ✦ Apple Safari 12.1.1 // MacOS 10.12, 10.13, 10.14:
Apple updated Safari to fix security issues. more⮞
May 8/2018 ✦ Filezilla 3.42.1:
Filezilla updated its FTP tool. get it⮞
May 7/2019 ✦ Microsoft Office:
Microsoft issued non-security updates for some versions of Office. Office Update⮞
May 7/2019 ✦ Unicode 12.1:
the Unicode Consortium published the Unicode 12.1.0 Standard. emoji⮞ more⮞
May 3/2019 ✦ Microsoft Office:
Microsoft issued undocumented updates for some versions of Office;
this includes changes to the icons for Word, Excel, and the other Office programs. Office Update⮞
Apr 29/2019 ✦ CaLibre 3.42:
the CaLibre team updated its eBook software. update⮞
The Focus
This focuses on browsers wanted to test websites, mainly Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, & Vivaldi.
This also focuses on flexible fonts useful in crafting websites.
There is much good information elsewhere about browsers & fonts, & 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 always report the major version numbers correctly 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.
