January to December
The 2010 timeline
5 documented events in browsers. Featured events carry a red marker. Each one links to its sources.
January
20101 event- BrowsersVerified
Firefox 3.6 is released
Mozilla shipped Firefox 3.6 with Personas skins, plugin-crash protection and faster JavaScript, the version most Firefox users ran through 2010.
February
20100 eventsNo events recorded for February in this category.
March
20100 eventsNo events recorded for March in this category.
April
20100 eventsNo events recorded for April in this category.
May
20100 eventsNo events recorded for May in this category.
June
20101 event- BrowsersVerified
Safari 5 adds Reader and extensions
Apple released Safari 5 with a Reader mode for articles, an extensions system and a faster JavaScript engine.
July
20100 eventsNo events recorded for July in this category.
August
20100 eventsNo events recorded for August in this category.
September
20101 event- BrowsersVerified
Internet Explorer 9 Beta is released
Microsoft's IE9 beta brought hardware-accelerated graphics, HTML5 support and a minimal Chrome-like interface, but would not run on Windows XP.
October
20100 eventsNo events recorded for October in this category.
November
20101 event- BrowsersSupported
RockMelt, the social browser, launches in beta
Backed by Marc Andreessen, RockMelt put Facebook friends and feeds in the browser frame itself; it was bought and shut by Yahoo in 2013.
December
20101 event- BrowsersVerified
Google launches the Chrome Web Store and shows Chrome OS
Google opened an app store for its browser, unveiled Chrome OS, and began shipping the unbranded Cr-48 notebook to testers.
