WebBrowser

If you have not tried Internet Explorer 8 Final yet I strongly urge you to do so, the new feature packed browser is considerably faster then earlier versions rendering pages perfectly, while every IE8 user knows about new features like InPrivate browsing, webslices etc. very few know about InPrivate Filters a smart content blocking functionality which can be used to block advertisements in Internet Explorer 8, Once activated from statusbar or shortcut key - CTRL+SHIFT+F smart InPrivate Filter automatically learns, detects and blocks common repeated-content from ad-servers appearing on websites you visit.

The best thing about InPrivate Filter is that you can easily manage the block list and even import filtering patterns similar to ad-blocker.

Opera Labs is doing some extra-ordinary research in terms of new web-browser features and after introducing Opera Turbo they seem to have gone too far with experimenting introducing face gestures in the latest snapshot builds of Opera 10, the concept of controlling your web-browser with facial expressions sounds pretty cool but after seeing the video demo with man making funny faces to control the web-browser, I decided to stick with keyboard and mouse combination for a while, jokes apart the technology seems promising considering the evolution of touch devices where such functionality can be handy, I am very much sure that Opera will tweak this facial-gesture technology further to create something useful.

The DragonFly teaser page at Opera's website has started a wave of speculations in the blogger community about what exactly it is, bloggers have started posting about the teaser providing good publicity for the upcoming product, all kind of rumors have started, some predicting it as a set of developmental tools and some as "Opera 10", however blog post from David, Chief Web Opener at Opera stating DragonFly as "It won’t directly affect everybody, but will hopefully become invaluable for those that it does." do hint towards a set of development tools aimed at web-developer community. What exactly it is can only be said when Opera officially announces it at upcoming SxSW in Austin Texas.

With all the development going around in web-browser arena, the "Which is the best web-browser?" battle is sure to heat up in coming days.