Browser 2.0

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Browser 2.0

• By Andrew Lee
• and
• Jeffrey Lu

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Browsers

• Used for accessing web pages on the internet
• http (hyper text transfer protocol)
• GUI (Graphics User Interface)
• Now accessible through various types of media
• The three browsers we are going to talk about are
  Opera, Firefox, and Camino

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Opera
Background information Founded in 1994 by Jon
Stephenson von Tetzchner and Geir Ivarsoey Began
as a telecom company in Telenor,
Norway Headquarters now located in Oslo,
Norway 1995 was when Opera browser was first
released Roughly 340 employees Roughly 250,000
people in Opera community Slogan Simply the
Best Internet Experience Ever on Any Device
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Operas Technology

• Currently Opera is in version 9.1
• Efficient surfing password manager, tabbed
  browsing, integrated search, pop-up blockers
• Fast Forward next page while doing search
  browsing
• Sessions saves previous session so you can
  continue to browse later
• Voice reads documents allowed
• Security and privacy standards encryption,
  history, cookies
• Mail and Chat built in e-mail system, IRC chat
• Customization allows you to customize browser
  (skins, language)
• Accessibility zoom, resize text
• Web development use of all web languages

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Operas Technology Part 2

• Special Features
• Full-screen mode (such as for movies)
• Kiosk Mode restricts alteration of browser
  (used in public spaces)
• New Features
• Widgets small web apps
• BitTorrent built in
• Fraud protection protects users from sites that
  try to steal personal info

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Operas Business Model

• Have two different revenue Models
• Traditional browser licenses to
• Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM)
• Operating systems
• They work as Mobile Operators
• First charge a Non-Recurring Engineering fee
  which is a one time fee to their partners
• Licensing fee fee per unit sold
• Support and Maintenance

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Operas Business Model Part 2

• Desktop market
• Consist of search partners
• A company that has a service for internet and
  that service being integrated into the browser
  (Google)
• Other companies that integrate applications into
  browser (Adobe and Macromedia)
• Opera Web Mail service

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Business Model Part 3

• Along with their plan for revenue, they are also
  share traded in the Oslo Stock Exchange
• Revenues were negative from 1999 to 2002
• Revenues were positive since then
• Learn more at http//www.opera.com/company/investo
  rs/finance/statements/income/

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Operas Blogs

• Two blogs that focuses on Opera are
• http//my.opera.com/community/
• http//operawatch.com/
• What these blogs are about
• Opera updates
• Tips on how to use widgets or applications on
  Opera
• News about the company
• Creates a network of Opera users

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Operas Blogs

• Interesting blog http//blog.wired.com/games/2007
  /01/opera_wii_brows.html
• Is about how Nintendo and Opera are teaming up
• Nintendo Wii and DS use Opera as a broswer
• Only available in Japan and Europe
• People have complaints about it

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Mozilla!!!

• Background information
• Mozilla was created Jan. 22, 1998
• Founders were people form Netscape Communications
  Inc.
• Original goal was to deny Microsoft a monopoly on
  browser market
• Headquarters in Mountain View, CA
• President of Mozilla Corp. Mitchell Baker
• Won numerous awards
• Over 800 code contributors and thousands of
  testers, designers, and more

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Mozilla!!! Business Model

• Is a non-profit organization
• They take donations
• Have partnerships with companies
• IBM
• Sun Microsystems
• Google

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Firefox 1.5 vs 2.0 Interface
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Mozilla Firefox 2.0

• Released Feb. 23, 2007
• Technology behind it
• Has improved tabbed browsing
• Spell Checking
• Search Suggestions Automatically suggests search
  terms based on what has been typed in the search
  bar
• Live Titles allows users to keep eye on
  auctions and regularly updates webpages
• Integrated Search Search bar is able to use
  different engines through the drop down box
• Other usual things found in browsers

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Mozilla Firefox 2.0

• Security
• Phishing Protection Protects user from identity
  theft
• Auto-update gets recent version of Firefox
• Protection from spyware does not allow download
  unless user agrees
• Clear of Private data

• Personalization
• Over 1000 add-ons possible on Firefox
• Customize search bar to users preferences

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Firefox 2.0 AMO

• AMO addons.mozilla.org
• Secure site which you can download Mozilla
  software add-ons
• They include extensions, themes, dictionaries and
  other plugins
• If you can make your own code, you can make your
  own extension
• Code name Remora

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Firefox Blogs

• http//developer.mozilla.org/devnews/
• Developer blog
• About updates, and what they bring
• Events happening with Mozilla
• http//weblogs.mozillazine.org/ben/archives/009749
  .html
• Finds problems with Firefox
• Describes how to deal with problems of firefox

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Camino 1.0

• Another Mozilla product except it is solely for
  Mac users
• In 2001 Mike Pinkerton and Vidur Apparao started
  a project in order to prove that Gecko could be
  embedded in a Cocoa application.
• Began as Chimera in February of 2002, but due to
  legal issues, changed its name to Camino (Spanish
  for road or way).

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Technology

• Camino uses the same Gecko rendering engine as
  Firefox
• Camino is integrated in order to match the Mac
  look and feel

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Camino System Tools

• Spotlight Lets you search bookmarks super fast
• Address Book
• Keychain Lets you store passwords
• Finder
• Dock
• Bonjour Local Network Services
• Services
• System Preferences

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Other Features

• Annoyance Control
• Blocks Pop-ups and allows users to choose whether
  to see them or not
• Search Tools
• Allows the user to search through the toolbar
• Privacy and Security Tools
• Can erase stored data using the Reset Camino
  tool
• Gives control over the amount of cookies
• Supports the addition of Management of website
  certificates

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Differences Between Firefox and Camino
Firefox Uses a XUL based user
interface Can be used by many different
operating systems Has an incredible amount of
add-ons available.
Camino Uses Cocoa APIs along with Aqua user
interface for graphics Made solely for Mac Does
not include an email client or a HTML
editor
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Thank you