If we trace the evolution of browsers, you wonder – how much more convenient and user-oriented, they were in such a relatively short, period. On the one hand. On the other hand, seems to have reached a certain critical threshold of usability and, apparently, the developers prefer to spend major effort to modernize the code and other internal improvements. It is for this reason that every release of a new version of any popular browser often turns to the user in a game of “find ten differences.” We say more – even after a detailed study of any differences can not find. The fact is that the update is almost no regard to external changes, so the latest version of a twin brother like his predecessor. If we turn to the press release, you can run into quite a generous amount of text describing a very important and necessary innovations – all this is, as you know, to internal developments. And 99% of users did not feel like a change. Should I write that leadership position in this “problem” stretch keeps the browser Google Chrome, the appearance of the interface that has not changed since the first appearance of the start page divided into two screens (applications and websites). And, more recently, Google has provided public access to the eighteenth in a row version of its own platform.
It is necessary to stress once again – if you wait for something new and spectacular after downloading and installing, you’ll be disappointed. There is nothing fresh to the eye simply can not find it. The only thing – you can now crank clockwise or counterclockwise of any PDF-file in the embedded view. Of course, there are other changes, but, despite the fact that they can hardly be called small, they hardly rise to the level sufficient for the release. Thus, the performance was increased Canvas 2D, you can now use the technology WebGL even on the order of old cards, V8 engine was updated to its version – 3.8. Additionally, developers have resolved problems with the Native Consumer (important update for users of Linux). And now, patient, users can enjoy a little bit, because you also have something useful – in this release are blocked by untrusted RSA keys and DSA. Naturally, it was fixed a certain number of dangerous holes. But this is, in fact, in no way sufficient for the honorary title of “the new version.” Special attention is the analysis of the rate of development. If you start from the feeble output frequency of press releases can be concluded that useful to the user the possibility of there from version to version almost no less than at the beginning of the race for the title itself, the browser itself. Most of all – it’s just a forced marketing. How else can a company be able to show that every day the hard-working team of developers created in the dungeons of the company is such a product, which everyone wants? Sadly only that Mozilla was forced to succumb to some behavioral Google. Despite the fact that Opera is slightly behind the above browsers in quality – she tries not to “flickers” and not “fuss”, but that’s how long will it be enough?
