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Wonderfully simple and easy to read book for all ages, " 20 Things I learned about Browsers and The web " from Google Chrome team. Must read for all that would love and enjoy web. Wonderful book for all ages by Google  You can read it online right from your browser or download the PDF version of the book. If you are curious to know more how a browser really works, you may check this wonderful cartoon book from none other than the Google Chrome team itself :  The Chrome, Comic Book .

Google Chrome’s Telugu rendering was awful when it was first released and until a few days ago. The latest version of Google Chrome now renders Telugu fonts quite better (still inferior in crispness to Apple Safari). Try it out and see for yourself.

When it comes to rendering, the world’s fastest browser, my favorite Google Chrome still has some rough edges. I mean, really some rough edges. It has trouble rendering rounded corners on WordPress login page. See how a WordPress login page is rendered on different browsers. I am on Microsoft Vista. Google Chrome : Not happy with round edges and shadow Issues: Round corners are not transparent enough and shows thick black edges. And somehow shows a much wider shadow (compared to Apple Safari) Apple Safari : The Best Finest and quite crisp when it comes to rendering content. See how the it stands out from the page and just enough shadow. Firefox : Just Fine Renders round edges fine but completely misses out on the shadows. So the form looks more like embedded in to the page rather than standing out floated (like in Apple Safari) Internet Explorer 7 : Completely ignores round edges, but better than Google Chrome IE completely ignored round edges and has the same...

In the past I used Internet Explorer for most of my browsing. Then came along Firefox, the open source browser with 100s of cool extensions. I immediately switched to Firefox and never looked back. Well, for some time. A few months back, I have replaced Firefox with the world's fastest browser, Google Chrome. Google chrome even without extensions made browsing lot cooler and quicker. Recently, I downloaded Apple Safari and I immediately fell in love with the way it renders content. Crisp and so easy on your eyes to read. So, these days, I am spending more time on Safari to read content while still using Chrome for general browsing. One more feather in the cap for Apple Safari. It renders content in Telugu quite beautifully and it is much more easily readable than other browsers. Google Chrome comes last in rendering Telugu content. Here are some snapshots of Yes To Politics , taken in different browsers. You can see the much crisper image in Apple safari. Internet Explorer ...