Internet Explorer 11 Features: A Complete Rundown

Alongside the release of Microsoft Windows 8.1 Preview yesterday, the new of Internet Explorer – Internet Explorer 11 too was pushed for users’ testing. The new browser claims to be faster than its predecessor with better touch performance, faster page loads, and an integrated browsing experience across your Windows devices.





An extensive overview of the new-generation browser confirmed the support for up to 100 open tabs at a time without compromising the battery power or killing your browser performance. The company says it has implemented some “independent tab suspension” feature that claims to use memory and processor in equal measures.
Web users worrying about privacy while using Chrome, Firefox or other browsers need worry no more. Just don’t keep losing your privacy any further. Download Internet Explorer Beta today, it’s free! The Microsoft MSDN blog post gives a run-down to all the features.

IE 11 Features

Immersive Browsing
IE11 now delivers a fast, fluid experience with your sites displayed in the first place. Under situations where you’d want to have side-by-side web pages open in Windows 8 for reading, IE11 lets you have it. You can quickly swipe back and forth between pages.

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Touch Responsiveness
Microsoft has enhanced the touch responsiveness for IE 11. The browser is capable of producing “stick to your finger” touch responsiveness by using the GPU to process gestures such as panning, zooming, and swiping.

Enabling the Next Generation of Sites and Apps
IE11 supports real world standards and compatibility, and new developer tools enable developers to build high-performance Web experiences on Windows devices.

Create live site tiles in the Windows 8.1 Start Screen
Live sites can be pinned as tiles to the Windows 8.1 start screen. The pinned sites can pull the data from your favorite websites at regular intervals of time and be alive with activity. Thereby, keeping you updated.

Hardware-accelerated 3D Web graphics
IE11 finally gets WebGL support. It is an open-graphics standard that is capable of rendering 3D graphics within web browsers. Internet Explorer, until now never had supported WebGL, apparently for security reasons. The company by changing the specifications in new standards has addressed the security issues. Thus, enabling WebGL functionality into the browser can now deliver immersive Web content.

Plugin-free HTML5 video
IE11 supports plugin-free HTML5 video with the latest standards for closed captioning, streaming that adapts to available network bandwidth, and rights management – so all your video content can be as good as the professionals
For complete list of IE 11 features, read the MSDN blog post.

Source: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/internet-explorer-11-features-a-complete-rundown

Internet Explorer 11 New Features and APIs

Internet Explorer 11 is the default Windows 8.1 browser and is available in two different flavors in the modern OS:

• Desktop Environment
• Metro Environment

On Windows 8.1 and Windows 7, it boasts a clean design with some powerful developer tools. To bring these tools up, you are required to press the F12 key on your keyboard. There are in all eight distinct tools, each with their own tab in the F12 tools interface. Here’s a list of some of the tools that helps developers diagnose and fix performance issues or make development or debugging tasks easier. All these tools are categorized under New API’s and features.

UI responsiveness tools
The tool helps you find different sources of CPU activity that cause a slowdown in rendering a page. The tool is new to F12 tools in IE11 Preview. Some interesting features it includes

1. Insight into your webpage’s frame rate
2. Setting labels on the timeline to isolate user scenarios

Memory profiling tool
The tool tracks memory use of your webpage, helping you identify where memory use is growing, why it’s growing, and how to fix it. Interesting features that can be found in this tool

1. A timeline displaying progressive changes in memory use
2. Snapshots to examine the details of memory use at specific points
3. Snapshot comparisons to identify specific points of growth

Live DOM explorer
Shows the structure of your webpage being rendered in the browser and makes it possible to edit your HTML and styles in a live page.

CSS Inspection Tool
Updates with your page so you can explore in a series of iterations how dynamic content is affecting layout or styles

Networking Improvements

Internet Explorer aims to offer the users experience to enjoy the web in a fast, fluid and seamless way and thus incorporates many improvements. It is the first browser to implement the W3C Resource Priorities standard that enables developers to specify which parts of the page are important and should therefore be loaded first. Besides, there’s
SPDY Network Protocol
Pronounced as speedy, SPDY is an open networking protocol developed primarily at Google for transporting web content. Internet Explorer 11 has support for SPDY version that enables some sites to be downloaded faster.
HTML 5 Pre-fetch and Resource Priorities
HTML5 link prefetching and pre-rendering, enables the browser to anticipate where you’ll go next and get those pages ready for you in the first place.
CSS Changes
This covers CSS Border Image and Flexbox Support improvements
Web GL
Internet Explorer 11 supports more web-based standards than ever before. This includes WebGL. It allows creating dynamic 2D and 3D graphics for games and interactive content. The browser also supports rendering WebGL pages including those written with three.js, a popular WebGL library.
Touch Improvements
IE 11 has introduced a new improved Link Highlighting feature for fast visual response to your touch.
Pinned Sites Enhancements
Changes to pinned sites in Internet Explorer 11 support Live Tiles to make your sites more visually engaging when you pin them, save them as favorites, or display them as frequently viewed sites.

Video Improvements

Internet Explorer 11 until now did not support the full capabilities required for Professional Quality Video, so there wasdependence to install browser plug-ins such as Adobe Flash or Microsoft Silverlight. However, things started to change following the association of Microsoft with W3C HTML Working Group, the Timed Text Working Group & the Web Cryptography Working Group. Result, it now supports
Standard based Closed Captioning
Captioning is an intrinsic part of any professional-quality video experience. To achieve the experience of a broadcast television, the Web needs to provide captioning capabilities. This task is fulfilled by IE 11 browser. IE11 Preview offers closed-caption text that can be styled and positioned on your video screen with Simple Deliver Profile support (SDP), as defined by the W3C TTML Simple Delivery Profile for Closed Captions specification. With SDP, you can control things like foreground and background colors, font styles, and text alignment and position.
Encrypted media Extensions
The fast and fluidic browser also introduces support for HTML5 Encrypted Media Extensions (EME). EME extends the video and audio elements to enable Digital Rights Management (DRM) protected content without using plug-ins. EME is supported in IE11 Preview,and Windows Store apps via JavaScript using Windows 8.1 Preview.
Media Source Extensions (MSE)
Support for MPEG-DASH media streaming through HTML5 Media Source Extensions (MSE) exists in IE 11. The extension extends the video and audio elements that you can dynamically change for a media stream without using plug-ins.

Fixes and Tweaks

Some fine adjustments have been made to existing features and settings. It includes
Improved History
Behavior of the history list has somewhat changed in IE 11. The browser’s history list logs pages now regardless of their caching directives.

Other improvements have been added to the Password Manager and Favicon Support.
To see the list of some more improvements, visit MSDN.Source: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/internet-explorer-11-new-features-api

IE 11 On Windows 7 Is 30% Faster Than Other Browsers, Launches This Year

by Marcus Cole on September 19, 2013

Microsoft launched the release preview version of Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7 yesterday. And as you would have expected, the company has now shared a handful of details about its new browser for its old operating system.
The company described the improvements it made in the latest version of its popular web browser, claiming that this new version is 30 percent than any other browser on Windows 7.
In fact, it loads pages 9 percent faster than Internet Explorer 10.
Redmond shared the secrets behind this significant speed boost in a blog post, and it all comes down to the improvements the technology titan made to Chakra — its internal JavaScript engine:

“Internet Explorer 11 advances the performance leadership of our JavaScript engine, Chakra, while ensuring compatibility, interoperability, and security. As we improve performance for real-world sites, IE11’s JavaScript performance on benchmarks like WebKit SunSpider continues to lead compared with latest version of other browsers.”

But speed enhancements are not the only kind of improvements in Internet Explorer 11.
This new browser also brings around better compatibility with existing websites, as well as support for new web standards. At the same time, IE 11 offers a similar mix of experience and performance no matter if it is run using a keyboard, mouse, pen or touch:

“IE11 Release Preview for Windows 7 adds new user controls for the Standard Delivery Profile for Closed Captioning. With the new control, accessible from the Internet Options menu, users can customize how captions appear in the browser, even overriding the default styling provided by the video source. This customization further advances IE11 as the best browser for professional-quality online video without plugins.”

Sold on these new improvements?
But if testing out the Release Preview version is not your cup of tea, then good news is that you will not have to wait too much for the final bits. Microsoft will, for obvious reasons, not launch the stable build of IE 11 for Windows 7 on October 18 — the launch date of Windows 8.1.
Nevertheless, word is that the company is planning to release IE 11 for Windows 7 before the end of the year, as opposed to months into the future. So this is something to look forward to.

Download
Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7

Read more: http://www.eyeonwindows.com/2013/09/19/ie-11-on-windows-7-is-30-faster-than-other-browsers-launches-this-year/#ixzz2fMyCbRBn

Three tools to stop companies spying on your web browsing

Summary: Want to limit the ability of companies to track what sites you visit online? Check out these tools that shut down common ways used to track browsing habits.
By Nick Heath | November 4, 2013 -- 11:59 GMT (03:59 PST)Image 1 of 3

Companies routinely watch what what we do online and build profiles of our likes and dislikes that can be mined for profit.

The Mozilla Foundation recently released the Lightbeam add-on that allows users to keep tabs on which sites are tracking their browsing habits and how they interact with sites.
Although Lightbeam allows users to block sites that are tracking them, there are tools that make it even easier to stop companies from watching your online activities.

Here are three apps for browsers that make it more difficult for online activity to be monitored by companies, although it's worth remembering that technology used to track online behaviour is constantly evolving.

Ghostery

Ghostery is a browser tool that allows web users to watch who they are being tracked by and block attempts to monitor them.

Ghostery places a button on the toolbar bar. Clicking this button displays a drop down menu that lists all of the companies operating activity tracking scripts on the current website. Users can block each company from tracking them, either on the current site or across all sites, by clicking a button next to the company name.

As well as blocking scripts that interact with cookies or web bugs, Ghostery can block code that loads part of a site, for instance a comment section.

Ghostery keeps a log of companies running scripts on sites you visit and sorts them into a browsable menu under the heading of Advertising, Analytics, Beacons, Privacy and Widgets. This menu can be used to block or allow scripts from these companies.
Sites can also be white-listed to enable them to run tracking scripts that are blocked on other sites.

Ghostery is available for Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer, as well as a standalone app available for iOS.

DoNotTrackMe

DoNotTrackMe (DNTMe) is another tool for web browsers that collates who is tracking your browsing habits and blocks them.

Unlike Ghostery, which allows users to select which companies to block, DNTMe automatically blocks the majority of attempts to track a user. DNTMe blocks companies based on a list of hundreds of web server addresses used by advertising and other companies that track users. DNTMe stops the browser from communicating with these addresses.
DNTMe places a button in the toolbar that can be clicked to display a menu showing which companies are attempting to track you and which have been blocked. Users can find out more about some of the companies tracking them by clicking through to a guide written by DNTMe creators Abine. A graph in the menu displays how many times the tool has blocked an attempt to connect to a tracking company.

Like Ghostery, users can unblock companies from tracking them either on a particular site or on all sites.

DNTMe is available for Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari on desktop computers. DNTMe doesn't collect data about your browsing behaviour.

NoScript

Every time you load a website chances are you trigger a software script or two.
These scripts perform jobs ranging from loading in ads and images to harvesting data about the sites you visit.
NoScript is a plug-in for Firefox that prevents all non-whitelisted scripts from running on a site. The tool blocks all types of scripts that are commonly run on websites, including JavaScript and those written for Java, Flash and other browser plug-ins.

Enabling NoScript greatly cuts down on the number of third party companies that can connect to your browser when visiting a site. The amount that NoScript reduces third party connections was recently demonstrated by the security blog TaoSecurity. The blog showed the number of third party connections when visiting nhl.com, nfl.com, mlb.com, and google.com dropped from 66 to nine when NoScript was enabled.

NoScript presents users with a bar at the base of the browser that lists all of the scripts blocked on the current web page. From the bar users can enable scripts hosted by a particular web address to run on the current site, across all sites or to whitelist individual sites to run all scripts. Settings can also be altered using a toolbar button.

Although NoScript may cause problems with how some sites and apps load initially users can prevent this by enabling the necessary scripts, across all sites or on the current site.
The add-on also boosts security as by blocking scripts by default NoScript cuts off some common vectors used to infect computers with malware and steal personal details. NoScript provides protections against both XSS and clickjacking.

Those who feel comfortable getting a bit more hands-on can set additional options for how to treat scripts from sites classified as trusted or untrusted, or when connecting via HTTPS.

About Nick Heath

Nick Heath is chief reporter for TechRepublic UK. He writes about the technology that IT-decision makers need to know about, and the latest happenings in the European tech scene.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/three-tools-to-stop-companies-spying-on-your-web-browsing-7000022774/#photo

How to search for photos using Google Image Search

Four ways to search by image

Drag and drop

Drag and drop an image from the web or your computer into the search box on images.google.com.

Upload an image

On images.google.com, click the camera icon, then select “Upload an image.” Select the image you want to use to start your search.

Copy and paste the URL for an image

Found an image on the web you’re curious about? Right-click the image to copy the URL. On images.google.com, click the camera icon, and “Paste image URL”.

Right-click an image on the web

To search by image even faster, download the Chrome extension or the Firefox extension. With the extension installed, simply right-click an image on the web to search Google with that image.

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Search LIFE images

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Google fights for Internet freedom with new tools

Battling governments blocking access, Google unveils new tools

By Sharon Gaudin

October 24, 2013 03:41 PM ET

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Computerworld - In a move to fight back against governments that try to block their citizens' Internet access, Google released tools to keep people around the world online.

"As long as people have expressed ideas, others have tried to silence them," wrote Jared Cohen, director of Google Ideas in a blog post. "Today one out of every three people lives in a society that is severely censored. Online barriers can include everything from filters that block content to targeted attacks designed to take down websites. For many people, these obstacles are more than an inconvenience -- they represent full-scale repression."



In partnership with the Council on Foreign Relations and the Gen Next Foundation, Google hosted a summit in New York City early this week entitled "Conflict in a Connected World."
Bringing together security experts, entrepreneurs and dissidents, Google focused the summit on talking about the changing nature of conflict along with ways to address online censorship.
At the summit, Google took the wraps off uProxy, which acts as a digital underground railroad, connecting people in censored areas with a pathway to an online connection. The uProxy is a browser extension, which Google said is still under development. It is designed to let people, in the U.S. or Canada for example, to provide friends in countries where the Internet access is restricted a connection to the Web.




Google Ideas funded the research for the tool developed by programmers at the University of Washington and at the nonprofit Brave New Software.
Dan Olds, an analyst with The Gabriel Consulting Group, said uProxy can be a helpful tool for anyone living in a country, such as Iran and Sudan, where the governments have sometimes blocked online access.


"Yes, it can definitely help but users would need to have a friend in another country that they can connect through in order to use this tool," Olds said. "And the level of trust between the two parties needs to be high. The person using the connection needs to trust that his friend truly has a secure access point. And the person who is providing the connection needs to trust that the person using it isn't doing anything illegal."


Google also is working with Arbor Networks to create what they're calling a Digital Attack Map, a real-time map of DDoS attacks on Websites around the world.
According to Google, the map lets users explore historic trends and see related news reports of outages happening on any given day.


This article, Google fights for Internet freedom with new tools, was originally published at Computerworld.com.
Sharon Gaudin covers the Internet and Web 2.0, emerging technologies, and desktop and laptop chips for Computerworld. Follow Sharon on Twitter at @sgaudin, on Google+ or subscribe to Sharon's RSS feed . Her email address is sgaudin@computerworld.com.
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Top 10 Clever Google Search Tricks

Google is a more powerful tool than most people realize. You can get much more refined searches with Google's built-in tools, advanced operators, and third-party extensions. You can also use it for some pretty cool stuff if you know the right tricks. Here are 10 of our favorite lesser known tricks and features.

10. Use Google to Search Certain Sites

If you really like a web site but its search tool isn't very good, fret not—Google almost always does a better job, and you can use it to search that site with a simple operator. For example, if you want to find an old Lifehacker article, just type site:lifehacker.com before your search terms (e.g. site:lifehacker.com hackintosh). The same goes for your favorite forums, blogs, and even web services. In fact, it's actually really good for finding free audiobooks, searching for free stuff without the spam, and more.

9. Find Product Names, Recipes, and More with Reverse Image Search

Google's reverse image search is great if you're looking for the source of a photo, wallpaper, or more images like that. However, reverse image search is also great for searching out information—like finding out who makes the chair in this picture, or how do I make the meal in this photo. Just punch in an image like you normally would, but look at Google's regular results instead of the image results—you'll probably find a lot.

8. Get "Wildcard" Suggestions Through Autocomplete

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A lot of advanced search engines let you put a * in the middle of your terms to denote "anything." Google does too, but it doesn't always work the way you want. However, you can still get wildcard suggestions, of a sort, by typing in a full phrase in Google and then deleting the word you want to replace. For example, you can search for how to jailbreak an iphoneand remove one word to see all the suggestions for how to ____ an iphone.

7. Find Free Downloads of Any Type

Ever needed an old Android app but couldn't find the APK for what you were looking for? Or wanted an MP3 but couldn't find the right version? Google has a few search tools that, when used together, can unlock a plethora of downloads: inurl, intitle, and filetype. For example, to find free Android APKs, you'd search for -inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:"index of" apk to see site indexes of stored APK files. You can use this to find Android apps, music files, free ebooks, comic books, and more. Check out the linked posts for more information.

6. Discover Alternatives to Popular Sites, Apps, and Products

You've probably searched for comparisons on Google before, like roku vs apple tv. But what if you don't know what you want to compare a product too, or you want to see what other competitors are out there? Just type in roku vs and see what Google's autocomplete adds. It'll most likely list the most popular competitors to the roku so you know what else to check out. You can also search for better than roku to see alternatives, too.

5. Access Google Cache Directly from the Search Bar

We all know Google Cache can be a great tool, but there's no need to search for the page and then hunt for that "Cached" link: just type cache: before that site's URL (e.g. cache:http://lifehacker.com). If Google has the site in its cache, it'll pull it right up for you. If you want to simplify the process even more, this bookmarklet is handy to have around. It's great for seeing an old version of a page, accessing a site when it's down, or getting past something like the SOPA blackout.

4. Bypass Paywalls, Blocked Sites, and More with a Google Proxy

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You may already know that you can sometimes bypass paywalls, get around blocked sites, and download files by funneling a site through Google Translate or Google Mobilizer. That's a clever search trick in and of itself, but just like Google Cache, you can make the process a lot faster by keeping a few URLs on hand. Just add the URL you want to visit to the end of the Google URL (e.g. http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://example.com/ and you're good to go. Check out the full list of proxies, along with bookmarklets to make them even easier, here.

3. Search for People on Google Images

Some people's names are also real-world objects—like "Rose" or "Paris." If you're looking for a person and not a flower, just search for rose and add to &imgtype=facethe end of your search URL, as shown above. Google will redo the search but return results that it recognizes as faces!

Update: Reader unclghost kindly pointed out that we're working with outdated information here—this trick is now built into Google's UI! Just head to Search Tools > Type and you can choose from faces, photos, clip art, line drawings, and even animations. Thanks for the tip!

2. Get More Precise Time-Based Search Results

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Get Real-Time Search Results from Google with a URL Tweak

Google offers a few preset search filters for time—past hour, day, week, etc.—but if you want much fresher information, you can tweak the URL. This… Read…

You've probably seen the option in Google that lets you filter results by time, such as the past hour, day, or week. But if you want something more specific—like in the past 10 minutes—you can do so with a URL hack. Just add &tbs=qdr: to the end of the URL, along with the time you want to search (which can include h5 for 5 hours, n5 for 5 minutes, or s5 for 5 seconds (substituting any number you want). So, to search within th past 10 minutes, you'd add&tbs=qdr:n10to your URL. It's handy for getting the most up-to-the-minute news.

1. Refine Your Search Terms with Advanced Operators

Okay, so this isn't so much a "clever use" than it is a tool everyone should have in their pocket. For everything Google can do, so few of us actually use the tools at our disposal. You probably already know you can search multiple terms with AND or OR, but have you ever used AROUND? AROUND is a halfway point between regular search terms (like white teeth) and using quotes (like "white teeth"). AROUND(2), for example, ensures that the two words are close to each other, but not necessarily in a specific order. You can tweak the range with a higher or lower number in the parentheses.

Similarly, if you want to exclude a word entirely, you can add a dash before it—like justin bieber -sucks if you want sites that only speak of Justin Bieber in a positive light. You can also use this to exclude other parameters—like excluding a site you don't like (troubleshooting mac -site:experts-exchange.com). Check out our guide to tweaking your Google searches for more of these tips, and you can also find a pretty solid list over at weblog Marc and Angel Hack Life. Search on!

Source: http://lifehacker.com/top-10-clever-google-search-tricks-1450186165?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_twitter&utm_source=lifehacker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Consider this your one-stop shop for your next webmail client

By Brandon Widder  —   April 13, 2013

 

Email has undoubtedly revolutionized the way people communicate around the world. Distance — an obstacle once overcome by smoke signals, carrier pigeons, and snail mail (among other things) — is no longer an issue given the rise of technology and a little thing called the Internet. The digital messages, thought to be a short-term fad by some, quickly proved their worth and potential for longevity given their speed and sheer convenience. Yes, there are plenty of other modern options for messaging others (Twitter, Facebook, text messages), but all those services skimp on the intuitive features that have become synonymous with today’s email clients. And although desktop clients are wonderful in their own right, Web-based clients have become the norm for good reason.

Webmail touts the same flagship tools we all know and love — from handy spam filters to robust cloud storage capacity — but can be accessed from just about anywhere without any standalone software via an Internet browser. They are quick, convenient, and just plain awesome.
Here are our choices for the best Web-based email clients so you can access your email from anywhere and severe your ties with those ball-and-chain desktop clients. Once you’re up and running, be sure to check out our tips for making your account more secure so you can safeguard your email from hackers and other potential privacy threats.

Gmail

Google’s native email software is one of the best — and most popular — Web-based email clients out there. The feature-rich email account is completely free and comes bundled with 10 GB of cloud storage for your messages, attachments, and any other files you might want to access online. The newly redesigned interface and organizational options are pretty standard, but that’s not to say they’re not attractive, and the filters do an excellent job sifting through the routine onslaught of spam you’re likely receive on a daily basis. Gmail users can also manage multiple inboxes simultaneously without fear of slowing down the client’s speedy operation. Other notable features include labels, keyboard shortcuts, built-in IM, video calling and an offline mode for those times when you can only access the shoddiest of wireless connections. Plus, you can customize the look of your inbox with a ton of premade themes and adjust your display density for a less chaotic look.
Although Gmail does raise some questionable privacy concerns — it admittedly scans your email for ad targeting purposes — it remains an excellent option for webmail given its simplicity, features and coupled Google integration. There is even a mobile version available for both Apple and Android devices.
Still unconvinced? We have a laundry list of reasons why Gmail is awesome.

 

 

Outlook.com

Microsoft’s new webmail service represents a radical departure from Hotmail, incorporating the finer elements of Windows 8 with SkyDrive functionality and unparalleled social network integration. Although the software isn’t as customizable as some of the other webmail options on our list, it’s still incredibly clean, organized, fast and chock full of great features that make it a standout. The interface is streamlined and organized, the spam filter top-notch, and the virtually unlimited storage gives it the upper hand over many of its competitors. You can also send photo slideshows, create time-based deletion rules, and create aliases that link to your inbox for when anonymity is of the utmost concern. Oh, and file attachments can be up to a whopping 300MB, putting Gmail’s 25MB limit to shame.
In a nutshell, the software is simplistic and no more complicated than need be, but still packs a punch with an excellent feature set. There’s a reason Outlook attracted more than 60 million users within six months of its official release — it may be the only webmail capable of combating Google’s Gmail for the title of top dog. There is also a mobile version Android devices.

 

 

AOL Mail

We all remember the “you’ve got mail!” alert — some of us more than others. Well the good folks behind the 90s’ most annoying phrase are rethinking their approach to the webmail game. Their newly redesigned interface and tools are admirable, but fall short of Gmail, Outlook, and some of the other Web-based email clients on our list. Still, the client is worth a look if you don’t need to do anything too fancy and can ignore the enormous ads on either side of the main panel. The built-in IM is a nice touch, as are the calendar functions and message previews, but the software is plagued by a general lack of organization and the inability to view other email accounts.
The new version of AOL Mail is certainly the most attractive and feature-rich yet, and while it’s more than suitable for casual email and chat purposes, those wanting to get the most out of their webmail should forgo the classic software in favor of a more capable client.

 

 

Yahoo Mail

More than 15 years after its original launch, Yahoo Mail remains the number one email client in the United States (Gmail takes the crown worldwide). Like most email clients on our list, the software is constantly being subjected to a facelift, and the new redesign is one of the best yet. All of the standard email features you come to expect are included — a spam filter, cloud storage and a calendar — as well as a great photo app that lets you peer through every image you’ve ever sent or received since you started your account. Although the spam filter still remains subpar when compared to similar services, the software received a significant speed boost during the new overhaul, helping it compete alongside the likes of Gmail and Outlook. There is even a mobile version available for both Apple and Android devices so you can access your email on the go.
Yahoo Mail is still the same old webmail you grew up with, albeit with some modern enhancements. Don’t get too cozy with the new webmail though — we still expect some changes now that former Google executive Marissa Mayer is at the helm.

 

 

Mail.com

You wouldn’t expect much from a service with such a generic name, but Mail.com still delivers a worthwhile webmail experience. The clean design, the ability to choose from a plethora of domain options and the free alias creation feature help differentiate the service from the rest of our lineup. Although it’s not the easiest service to navigate, especially when using the somewhat-integrated calendar, it does supply a spam filter and a wealth of organizational tools aimed at maintaining the cleanliness of the interface. The ability to compile multiple inboxes from other Web-based email clients is also a wonderful feature, but the service isn’t equipped with typical industry standards such as built-in IM, a media player, and free IMAP access. However, there is a mobile version available for both Apple and Android devices for easy access without a computer.
Mail.com is the go-to choice if you’re looking for a wide selection of email address domains, but that’s about it. The mail features, while good, aren’t as integrated or fleshed out as they could be, making it one of the least feature-rich webmail services on our list.

The breakdown

Below is a brief, side-by-side comparison of some of the major incentives — and drawbacks — to our top picks for the best web-based email clients. While some software is inherently better than others, it all depends on what you’re looking for in a webmail service. There’s nothing wrong with shopping around a bit before you decide.

Service	Gmail	Outlook	AOL Mail	Yahoo Mail	Mail.com
Cloud Storage	10GB	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Attachment Limit	10GB	300GB	25GB	25GB	50GB
Themes	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
IM	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
POP/IMAP Support	Y	Y/N	Y	Selective	Y
Advertisements	Minimal	Minimal	Abundant	Moderate	Moderate
Social Network Integration	Limited	Y	Y	Y	Y
Mobile Version	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

What did you think of our selection for the best web-based email clients available? What webmail floats your boat? Let us know in the comments below.

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Outlook or Gmail !! Which is better option for Web Mail Services ?

Outlook now can connect you with your Google Chat friends...see below

August 28, 2013 

I have been using Gmail account since 2008 and almost liked it lot. But recently added my name to Outlook and hence, it impressed me more than a Gmail. But its not true that I am totally switched to new Outlook mailing service. I am still in beta phase of switching it. Outlook had impressed me a lot, and also confused me, confused because now I am having tough Question in my mind to whether have Gmail or Outlook.

This are the features of Outlook Vs Gmail:

 

 

#1 Security and Sign in:

Outlook offers “Sign in with a single-use code” which allows network to send a one time password to sign in any of your Microsoft account, using this you may login to “Hotmail”, “Outlook” and even your “Windows live” account. This is better option for those who uses the account in public places, internet cafe, other than home personal computers.

In case of Gmail, it has the “2 step verification” process which adds same security to avoid hacking where after you Sign in through your password, a second layer of  a security code text is received on your mobile. This code must be verified to access your account.

#2 Create a rich text HTML mail:

Both Gmail and Outlook allows you to create the HTML rich mail including images, text, GIF images which ranks them almost same in this category.

#3 Storage and Space:

Gmail allows you to store about 10GB of free space in your mail, and to increase this limit you have to spend some buck to buy more space.

In-case of Outlook, It provides you the Unlimited GB of storage. It has the function that when there is increase in requirement of space, it automatically increases this free space capacity making it unlimited storage for mail.

This adds plus point for the Outlook.

#4 Social Integration:

Gmail does not support with the social integration, one bad thing about Gmail is that it is not even integrated by it own GOOGLE + Social networking site. Its allow chat only through Google Talk friends.

Other side, Outlook has all the main social networking integration includes Facebook, Twitters, its very own Windows Live, Yahoo, LinkedIn and many more. Outlook has integrated messenger in right side bar, which allows to chat with your friends on Facebook, Windows live, Google talk, Yahoo messenger all at one portal.

This again add plus point to Outlook.

#5 Import Contacts Automatically:

Gmail can import the contacts form your old account, or any other mail ID which you have like Yahoo, Windows Live, which is limite only up to mail service provider.

But, Outlooks allows you to import the Mail ID through all those mention above web mail service provider including social site making it simpler to add new contacts automatically. Also when you add anyone as friend on Facebook, the email ID of that particular person is retrieved and added into your contacts automatically.

#6 Sending large file is easier:

Gmail has limit on file sending capacity. It can upload and send file upto 25MB. If limited exceed it cannot be uploaded to send. For that you have to upload those files in Google Drive or Google Doc to send such large files.

Outlook has a better feature for sending large file. When you upload a file and if it exceed the limit then, outlook automatically send that file to upload in Skydrive and a link is added to the email attachment making ti simpler and easier to send large file.

Adds the plus in Outlook.

#7 Recovery of deleted Mails:

Deleting messages in Gmail cause it to move into “Trash” box and this trash box automatically delete after 90 days. Once it had deleted that trash box Mail than it cannot be recovered.

While in Outlook, Mails are sent to “Deleted” box and even if you deleted those mails form “Deleted” box it has option to recover all those mails.

Adds the plus to Outlook.

#8 Import all your mail in one Inbox:

Outlook have exciting feature of importing in one Outlook mail. This is done by POP mail server. This is exactly same feature of Microsoft Outlook Software to manage large mail addresses.

In case of Gmail, it does not have any kind of POP mail server to import other mails. But, it can forward incoming mails to any email address specified.

## Conclusion:

From above we can say that, Outlook has bought up with all new exciting features that Gmail doesn’t have, that make them drive more users but still Google is Google and we don’t know what will be Google’s next step.

Both are good at there own places.

I will be keep updating on more such features of Outlook and Gmail so stay Connected

Source: http://www.krazza.com/online/outlook-gmail-better-option-web-mail-services/

Outlook.com – A look at a new personal email service

Written by Russell Co. Posted in Internet, News
Tagged: email, Hotmail, Microsoft, outlook

Published on August 01, 2012 with No Comments

Microsoft has surprised us once again by unveiling a preview of a brand new version of Hotmail — Outlook.com. The product of Microsoft’s mission to reimagine the personal email — designed in the Metro style of Windows 8 — that seeks to give a modern twist to how we use our emails. Hotmail users need not worry as the old version will remain active. Existing Hotmail users may opt to upgrade to the preview version with the ability to rename an existing @hotmail.com address to @outlook.com, while new users can pick a new @outlook.com address.





The change stems from the need to break from the past and move towards a more cloud connected system. Outlook.com incorporates all its best features and more, including Exchange ActiveSync-capable clients and POP3. Social media has become an integral part of our daily lives and as such Outlook.com has found a way for both social media and email to co-exist. Outlook.com become the first email service that’s connected to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, and in the near future, Skype. SkyDrive and Windows Live Calendar are available as well.





The new look is quite a big jump, with a clean and refreshing interface, free of unnecessary clutter. This simplification and minimalism comes from the fact that many use their email services on smartphones and tablets, thus cleaning up the interface leads to a better viewing experience.





Contact management in Outlook.com looks and work great. It imports contacts from your Facebook, Twitter, and other accounts and attempts to merge them into single contact cards.
Overall Outlook.com looks new, but underneath works just like the old Hotmail with a few bells and whistles attached. It feels like a pretty good update and it wouldn’t hurt to give it a test drive.

Source: http://www.techindustriya.com/2012/08/01/outlook-com-a-look-at-a-new-personal-email-service/

Microsoft is Adding Google Chat to Outlook.com

Just the latest in a long series of updates to Outlook.com

May 14, 2013 Paul Thurrott

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Microsoft revealed today that it is adding yet another new feature to Outlook.com: Google Chat compatibility. Soon, you’ll be able to chat with your Google friends in addition to those with Skype and Facebook.
“Some of you who switched over [to Outlook.com] from Gmail still want to chat with friends stuck on Gmail,” Microsoft’s Douglas Pearce writes in a post to the Outlook Blog. “Today, we're excited to announce that you can now also chat with your Google friends. With this feature, the next time you're reading an email from someone who uses Gmail, you can reply with a quick chat right from your Outlook.com inbox. And if you're working together on an Office document in SkyDrive, you can send an instant message to a Google contact with just a click.”

In addition to bolstering the current Skype and Facebook chat capabilities, this integration mirrors how you can connect third party social networking services like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn to the Outlook.com People experience.
The Google Chat integration is rolling out now and could appear in your own Outlook.com account over the next couple of days, Microsoft says. But here’s how it’s supposed to work:
“When you open the Messaging pane in Outlook.com or SkyDrive, you'll see a message that helps you set up chat with your Google contacts,” Pearce explains. “Just click it to get started; setup will only take a minute … In just a few moments, you'll see your Google contacts appear in your contact list. Click on their picture to start a conversation with someone or search for any of your Google contacts right from the Messaging pane.”
This Messaging experience works throughout Outlook.com—meaning in People, Calendar, and SkyDrive in addition to Inbox—and you can even coauthor an Office document in the Office Web Apps in real time and chat over GChat using the Messaging pane.

I’m not a Google Chat user, or a big fan of web-based messaging for that matter, but I can see how this will make like easier for Gmail switchers.

How To Speed Up Internet Explorer 9: The Ultimate Guide

The Internet Explorer 9 is a light-weight browser that is already blazing fast. If you want to make it even faster here are some great tips how to speed up the Internet Explorer 9.

Hi there! This guide is intended to give you some basic instructions how to speed up the Internet Explorer 9 and your internet connection in general. If you find it useful, I would appreciate it if you would take a few seconds to bookmark it on a popular site like digg.com, stumbleupon.com or your favorite forums. Thank you.

1. Don’t Check For New Versions Of Cached Sites

The Internet Explorer 9 regularly checks for newer versions of your stored sites. If you visit a lot of sites, IE9 is synchronizing a lot of websites. This can greatly slow down your browser. So, if you want to speed up the Internet Explorer, I would recommend to only check for newer versions of stored pages when you start the browser. This is based on a recommendation by support.microsoft.com. Keep in mind that cached sites also speed up browsing speed, but what is actually slowing down your browser is when it checks for new versions of that site whenever you visit it. So, let’s change that behavior and speed up the loading speed.

1. To do that, click on the gears icon and then on Internet Options.
2. Under Browsing History, click on Settings:


3. Next, either select Every time I start Internet Explorer or Never



Tip: If you don’t want to sync cached pages at all, it is better to select Never.
Pro Tip: You may enhance your browsing speed by storing the cache on your fastest drive, for example a SSD (Solid State Drive). Also for faster video buffering (Youtube) you may want to increase the disk space used for temp files to 250MB.

2. Speed Up IE9 By Disabling Add-Ons & Toolbars

You can speed up Internet Explorer 9 by disabling extensions and add-ons. Some extensions are particular slow and you will notice quite a boost after disabling them. So, check your list of extensions carefully and disable all extensions that you don’t need or use infrequently.
Click here to learn how to disable add-ons in Internet Explorer 9
Click here to learn how to disable toolbars in Internet Explorer 9

3. Pro Tip: Increase MaxConnectionsPerServer

What is the MaxConnectionsPerServer value? That value determines how many simultaneous connections your browser makes to download files from a server. When the browser is using a low value, you can increase this value to speed up your internet connection. Every browser is using its own value, however you can increase this value in the registry and your browser (IE9 in our case) will use that value instead.
Unfortunately, I was not able to figure out what default value the new Internet Explorer 9 uses (please reply if you know the default value), but I suppose it uses a value of around 6-8 connections per server.

Alternative: Manually Editing Registry

1. Open the registry editor. Enter regedit.exe into the search field on your Start menu
2. Uncollapse HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
3. Right-click in the right pane (last entry at the bottom should be ZonesSecurityUpgrade) and create a new DWORD registry key:




4. Enter MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server as the name.
5. Create another DWORD key (same as above) and give it the value MaxConnectionsPerServer
6. Double-click on the key MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server and enter the value 12
7. Repeat the last step for MaxConnectionsPerServer
8. Reboot

4. Remove Favorites From Internet Explorer 9

A large number of favorites can affect your browsing speed. You might want to export your favorites and then delete the most of them. Honestly, favorites are not a good way to manage things. I prefer to write a note to it to find what I want. To do that I use tools like Roboform.

5. Speed Up Frequent Tasks By Adding Accelerators To IE9

One of the best and unique features of Internet Explorer 8 and 9 are accelerators.
What are accelerators?
Accelerators are a great way to get things done more quickly! Let’s say you want to translate this site, then you’d normally have to open up something like Babylon or microsofttranslator.com and enter the website URL there. With accelerators you can do that with just one click. This won’t really speed up the Internet Explorer 9, but it will be speed up the part of getting things done.
The IE-Addons gallery is filled with useful accelerators. You will surely find a lot of useful accelerators in Microsoft’s gallery ieaddons.com
Tip: Unfortunately, too many accelerators can also slow down IE9. So, only enable accelerators that you really need.

6. Speed Up Internet Explorer 9 By Switching To Google Public DNS

OpenDNS and Google Public DNS are very fast. Our readers prefer Google DNS.




Read this: How to set up OpenDNS or Google Public DNS

7. Speed Up Your Internet Connection (7 More Tips!)

Need more tips? We have 7 more great tips for you that will help you to speed up your internet and Internet Explorer 9.
1. Apply Windows 7 Latency Fix:
Latency Registry Fix for Windows 7
2. Use Youtube Accelerator:
Speed Up Youtube Buffering
3. Use SkyDownloader:
Speed Up Torrent Downloads in Windows 7
4. Avoid WLAN or buy repeater
5. Compare ISP DNS with OpenDNS and GoogleDNS:
How to set up OpenDNS
6. Optimize Cache Size:
Set Internet Explorer Cache Size
7. Scan for Spyware:
TOP5 Spyware Scanner for Windows 7
Read Full Guide: How To Speed Up Internet Connection (7 Ways)

Source: http://windows7themes.net/how-to-speed-up-internet-explorer-9.html