Chrome takes no. 2 spot in UK displacing FireFox!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Google's Chrome became the number two browser in the UK during the month of July for the first time, according to StatCounter, the free website analytics company. The firm's research arm StatCounter Global Stats reports that Chrome took 22.1% of the UK market, up from 3.9% in July 2009. In the same period Microsoft's Internet Explorer fell significantly from 61% to 46% globally and Firefox dropped slightly from 27% to 22%.

Browser wars : Again in 2011?

The browser war seems to be picking up momentum again with quicker releases of Firefox 5  against its usual release .Mozilla now wants  to be getting in the race which off course started by none other than search giant Google.
Since its inception Google’s Chrome wants to be fastest and smartest which ,if fact , seems heading in right direction with massive increase in its popularity over the time and it is its fast release cycle that prompts all favorite Mozllla’s Firefox joining  the bandwagon.

Mozilla FireFox 5 vs Google Chrome 12

I have been using Mozilla Firefox 5 since Mozilla developer announced it, firstly when I decide to add this post I was not going to compare between Mozilla Firefox 5 and Google Chrome 12, just to check Firefox 5 enhancements. But when I used couple benchmarks for checking HTML 5, JavaScript, and CSS 3, didn’t expect this result.

Firefox 5.0 Update Arrives in Official Ubuntu Repositories

Firefox 5.0 was released few days ago. But this time, its going to be a different experience for Ubuntu users. You don't need to add any additional third party repositories to get the latest Firefox update, its already available in your default Ubuntu 11.04 repositories. 

faster: Firefox 5 now gets speedy (not SPDY)

From the 'But I Just Got Used to Firefox 4' files:

Firefox 5 is nearing completion and likely will be out next week. As opposed to Firefox 4 which introduced a new UI, tab panorama, jetpack, sync and apptabs, Firefox 5 sure does feel a bit 'light' on the big features side.

It does however have at least on amazing under the hood feature that will make Firefox 5 the fastest Mozilla browser ever. Unfortunately Mozilla's product people haven't chosen to productize the feature name but that doesn't make it any less important.

How to install Firefox 5 on Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Opensuse,

. or any other Linux distribution.

This howto explains how to install Firefox 5 RC on Linux distros, without replacing your current Firefox installation.

Firefox 5 Release Candidate has been released on June 16, 2011.
The final release date is set to June 21.

More information on Firefox release dates, beta, aurora and nightlies on the official releases wiki.

Chrome nearly replaced Firefox in Ubuntu Linux, Mark Shuttleworth says part 4

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"Very simplistic characterizations of any large group are almost certainly going to turn out to be false," he said. "The company has been caught abusing a monopoly position. I think that's terrible. They're not the first to do it. They're not the last to do it, either. The question really is, can one engage and work with them and compete with them on an evenhanded basis?"

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"Everybody has the things they want to work on," Shuttleworth said. "I think it's a little tasteless for folks who work for competitors to jump up and down and say that Canonical doesn't contribute. I find that bizarre."

Why Mark Shuttleworth doesn't own a smartphone

Shuttleworth spent $20 million to become a space tourist in 2002, but hasn't ponied up $200 for a smartphone.

"I'm the last of the non-smartphone holdouts," Shuttleworth said. "Someone described my phone as being designed not to get stolen."

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"The Linux graphics stack enablement isn't great," Shuttleworth said. "There are a lot of devices where [Unity] is not an appropriate choice. So we've been working on a 2D version of Unity, which preserves all the same semantics and behaviors, but it's visually less intense."

Chrome nearly replaced Firefox in Ubuntu Linux, Mark Shuttleworth says

Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth lavishes praise on Google and the Chrome browser part 1

anonical founder Mark Shuttleworth is a big fan of Google Chrome, and says the browser could replace the standard Firefox in future versions ofUbuntu Linux.

Shuttleworth, the onetime space tourist, is spending his days on Earth to guide Canonical through a crossroads.

The overhauled user interface Canonical created for Ubuntu was greeted with a mixed reaction upon its release two months ago. But Canonical may not be done making radical changes to what is likely the world's most popular Linux desktop OS.