July 2008 has come to a close, and as always we enjoy taking a look at how the browser and operating system market share changed from the previous month. July was actually a big month for monitoring web browser usage because it's the first full month that the browsers have had to bake onto the machines of millions and millions of users. Were the new releases a success?

Judging by the stats from Net Applications

One piece of information a lot of places are clamoring to get their hands on is what other websites their visitors are viewing. By having access to this information they would be able to determine what social networks you use, what search engine you prefer, and more. As it turns out any site can grab this information from your browser, but there's one little catch.

SocialHistory is

Flock has always been focused on the social side of the web, and there's no browser that integrates better with all of the popular social networks. They have decided to take it one step further by offering a special edition of their browser that is targeted towards fashion and entertainment enthusiasts that adore the color pink.

When you first fire up the Flock Gloss Edition browser you'll probably be taken back by it's vast use

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Just when you thought we had enough web browsers available another goes and pops up right under our noses. That's exactly what the Japanese browser called Sleipnir did, and it's managed to scrounge up 9% of the browser market share in Japan.

What's so special about Sleipnir? It reminds me a lot of Maxthon and Avant Browser in what it

Web Browser Wednesday

The new Firefox 3 address bar is one of those things that you either love or hate, and it's quite amazing how much buzz such a simple aspect of the browser can cause. The new address bar is often referred to as the AwesomeBar because of how useful it can be, but more officially it is considered the Smart Location Bar.

Why does the Smart Location Bar

Win; Mac; Linux
Now that Mozilla has shipped Firefox 3.0 they have begun working on the next milestone that's due out at the end of 2008. Firefox 3.1 Alpha (code named Shiretoko) is should be released on July 25th according to ZDNet, and the first Beta is expected as early as

Web Browser Wednesday

Mac only
Making one browser look like another has been a trend for ages. More often than not users like the functionality of a browser, but don't exactly like how it looks on the particular operating system. That's how I am with Firefox on just about any operating system I use it