They tested both the browsers on their benchmarking tool Sunspider and have confirmed that most of the parameters which effect browser’s speed lie in Mozilla’s favour and they are still very much into the game.

I believe that it’s not over yet and won’t be over for a long time.This war will continue and we will see more action from these “browser biggies” but i think the ultimate winner in this game(or War) is “us”(i mean,users) who are getting better product every other day.

Two years from now…

• IE is still commanding 25-30% market share(thanks to relatively old generation,which is well stuck in IE and not willing to experiment at all)
• Mozilla is commanding 35-40% market share(they are the king in 2010,beating IE,Chrome and everybody else)
• Chrome has made his own space,commanding 15-20% market share in browser market.
• Safari,Opera,Flock and others are jointly sharing 8-10% market share,affecting in no big way

This all can dramatically change but such a judgement is on the basis of the current status and few sneak peaks…

Microsoft’s latest installment IE8, and Google’s first web browser,Chrome(download from here,if not done yet),being the latest two in this sector are grabbing all the limelight these days.

A browser is basically a “Gateway to Internet” to any web user and hence technology giants are right there,building simplified(for us,but complex for them) web browsers to gain/retain their market share in this unending “Browser War“.

IE8,despite being much improved and evolved than its previous version has been completely overshadowed by the recent launch of Chrome.After having our first hand-on experience with Chrome,the reaction was “Cool !“.

With due respect to months of MS’s efforts in building IE8,we have to confess…

“Even the 8th generation of IE is of no match to Google’s newborn baby “

For the first time(since the time i dumped IE for Mozilla),i felt like dumping Mozilla for Chrome.According to us,IE8 is out of sight,it’s actually Mozilla which will suffer more,bcoz IE somehow manages to stay on desktop(default browser in Windows,however unused) butMozilla lovers will definitely give Google’s baby a place on their desktop because of cluster of reasons.

The majority of them are here but we have listed few of our observations right here.

• Lightweight : It took us around one-fifth of the time spent in IE8 installation to install Chrome.Also,Chrome launches at a lightening speed compared to IE8 or even Firefox(relatively).Hence,it’s fast,damn fast…
• Clean : It’s just so simple,link-free(even,no link to any google services) and gives one a lot of blank space to browse the web.It’s ironic to see that Google(who recently extended its deal with Mozilla for staying their default search engine) shows up your ‘recently visited sites’ as a default page on Chrome,which in itself is a smart move.
• Menu-less : For the first time,a web browser has broken this convention(menu bar) and for the first time, it made us think,what the menu bar was doing out there at the top for years.A great way to provide more screen space to the users.

We also found a few areas where Chrome lacks a bit (which they may make up in the future)

• Ill-compatibility : There are a few websites such as Lively(a Google service),which are still to find their way to Chrome.(Yes,Lively needs Chrome more than Chrome needs Lively).Some other sites are also having some issues with Chrome.
• Firefox add-ons missing : We are just so addicted to firefox that lack of utility add-ons is making browsing a bit uneasy on Chrome right now

So,we have spoken up enough about Chrome(clear winner out of the two) and now would like to hear your opinion about this ongoing “Browser War“.

Poll it out right here !

Open source technology and softwares have been virally creeping into the category of “Web Necessity” for web developers and online users.

Reason : The ever growing standards and quality of the Open source softwares and their endless contribution to new age technology.Hence keeping an eye over crucial Open source products is a tough task.

Here comes the medicine to fix this issue…

OStatic.com,an open source products and softwares galaxy.This is another website from the GigaOm network(headed by Om Malik) which aims to feature the upcoming Open source technology and its significant outcomes at a high frequency.

OStatic comprises of a team of editors who have been extensively into Open source stuff for the past few years and promise to come up with relevant open source technology,news,events,softwares and related stuff.

What it offers…

• A way to get the Latest Open source softwares at one place
• Get the Open source trends and blurbs from silicon valley and other tech cities
• A place to let Open source fraternity discuss upcoming news and web products

Why it can be THE NEXT BIG THING !

• Exponential Interest – Gone are those days when a handful of IT giants used to influence the software & technology usage in a drastic way. People are going OpenSource,thanks to their indirect monetization strategies
• Trusted Network – It is good to rely on the resources one trusts upon.OStatic comes from the GigaOm network,which is a remarkable weblog in Tech Blogging arena.Hence,any news arriving on OStatic can be trusted with no doubts
• Heavily Stuffed – OStatic has launched featuring around 150 K+ OSS(Open source softwares) and about 30K+ PSS (Proprietary source softwares),which is quiet a stuff to browse upon.
• Propulsive Start-off – A good website with a great Launch makes a Deadly combination.A GigiOm backing and followed media & web publicity will definitely add to the OStatic ‘s reach.

Why it may prove to be a Web struggler !

• Healthy Competitors – When it’s about Open source Blogs,there are some other ones which are already there in the market and having their decent presence on the web : TheOpenforce , TheOpenroad , rand($thoughts)
• Lacks conventional market – Inspite of Open source,being a significant player in IT industry,OStatic still has to grow in a situation where the majority follows the Proprietary softwares and technologies
• Core concept - Core concepts are good but miss out from attracting the masses.An Open source technology blog has a market but a limited one.One shouldn’t expect OStatic to someday attract a huge traffic like Wired because of being non-generic approach.