Three-in-one Web browsing with Lunascape by Dave Rosenberg, Webware (Feb 27)
The browser market is not dull. Who would have guessed that Microsoft could drop its share from 95% 3 or 4 years ago to 65% today?
"Microsoft's Internet Explorer commands about 65 percent of the market, Mozilla's Firefox about 20 percent, Apple's Safari about 8 percent, and Google's Chrome about 2 percent. "
This article explains that there are three rendering engines being used and unfortunately often sites are designed for on in particular (usually IE Trident engine). Solution - have a browser that can handle all three types - enter stage right - Lunascape as a background utlity that lets you change the rendering engine from inside your browser of choice.
"Lunascape, (currently Windows-only) is a triple-engine browser that has a new take on the "browser wars." Launched in November 2008, Lunascape continues to push the envelope with its latest beta. In addition to improving the core triple-engine technology, new features include toolbar shrinking, appropriate for Netbook users who require low CPU usage. With this update, Lunascape claims to have the fastest JavaScript execution, according to the SunSpider JavaScript test. "