Browser

Levi Gundert talks about criminal usurping of web applications: the use of feature rich Browser Exploit Packs that are available for purchase in the Underground Economy. We also cover the infrastructure of how drive-by downloads are employed to make money – the various business functions that all work together in the chain of criminality.

Would you like to go visit websites in one or two Kindle clicks? Do you want to get to Google search more easily and search CUIL, too? Now you can! Get rid of Amazon’s default bookmarks and forget those funny browser launching menus. Just click this HOMEPAGE document and there they all are — the REAL places to get news, sports, stock info and quotes, travelers weather, free eBooks and audio books, your Email, and latest blogs about Kindling. Even shopping deals of the day.

Click what you want; it opens immediately and you’re reading. This handy item turns Kindle surfing from awkward to slick! It lets Kindle be more like your PDA. It will sit at the top of your title-sorted homepage so it’s always there for you. You can even download free ebooks and check or buy Amazon’s latest store items from it.

Special – ELECTION COVERAGE political sites are included! Track your candidate’s breaking news. Follow either Obama/Biden or McCain/Palin!. Read what your favorite analysts are saying.

Sure, you could go bookmark a bunch of sites, but these links aren’t the ordinary ones you know. All are tested to work well on your Kindle. Everything is labeled, organized and arranged in flip menus for quickest use. You get them all for the price of one latte.

Extra special – INCLUDES TIPS ON BROWSER SETUP and what to do if it freezes up.

And More! Buy this then check back once in a while for updated versions. Ask for additions and we may add them. You’ll get any and all added links without extra charge just by deleting your Kindle copy and re-downloading the latest version from Amazon.

You’re going to love this, so get it now, you deserve it. Buy the latte, too.

Q: Can I add my own links to these menus? A: No, it’s a book document, so I have to do that in future editions. Enter a review and suggest additions. You do still get to create your own bookmarks though – once any site is open you click the roller and also get to them, and there’s lots of room because you don’t need to keep any of the default ones any more. But once you see how it’s done you may want try your own version of menus

..A Kindle Browser HOMEPAGE …ONE CLICK to NEWS, GMAIL, YAHOO mail, election coverage in Kindle’s browser

When you take into account the multitude of browsers there are now available on to web users today it’s no wonder development of sites is taking longer. Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer and Chrome are the 4 most used but are by no means an exhaustive list of available browsers.

A successful website has to work on all of these browsers as you just don’t know what browser those all important visitors or customers will be using.

Here are the main issues that can occur when testing a website on different browsers:

Browser compatibility issues:

This is obviously the big issue with web design, well not so much with web designers but the browser manufacturers themselves. Why can’t they all sing off the same hymn sheet and work together! Browser compatibility is tough to identify issues with and you rally do need to look at the site on a PC and a Mac. This is the sure fire way of confirming compatibility but there are tools to help you too.

Adobe BrowserLab (Google it for more info) allows you to see a fully rendered version of your site in multiple browsers and multiple versions as well. You’ll see instantly where the site needs attention, if any, and it’s probably the best tool to come onto the market for a long time.

Slow browser loading times:

You might find that your website runs like a steam train in say Firefox but when you look at it in Safari it takes an age to load up. Thankfully the web has provided us with a great little tools to check and identify what causes the problem. Both supplied by the browsers in this case. YSlow is a Firefox extension that you can install on your browser and it will analyse your site and pick up any potential bottlenecks. If there are any you’ll find once fixed your site should work fine on all browsers. Timeline that’s built in to Google Chrome does something similar.

These two little gems will save you hours of digging around trying to fix niggly little problems with your site. If you really can’t be bothered however to make your site cross-browser compatible then I’d suggest concentrating on making it work in IE7 and Firefox. Firefox and IE8 are almost identical when it comes to rendering code so you’ve just eliminated the top 3 browsers used which are IE7, IE8 and Firefox on the PC.

Oh and shall we talk now about the mobile browsers like the iPad…

Guess that’s another article waiting to be written.

Originally published here.