TOPIC – STUDY FIRE-FOX,
GOOGLE CHROME AND
SAFARI.
GROUP NO.7 – EVAN ANANDA, HARSH GHOLE, RUT GHAG,
SAMARTH GORE, MOKSH DOSHI, SARTHAK GAVHANE.
HERE ARE THE FOLLOWING FIVE
ELEMENTS WHICH DESCRIBES THE
WEB BROWSER :-
USER INTERFACE
BROWSER ENGINE
NETWORKING
DATA STORAGE
JAVASCRIPT
GOOGLE CHROME
GOOGLE CHROME IS A GOOGLE-DESIGNED FREE WEB BROWSER
THAT IS USED TO VIEW INTERNET SITES. IT’S THE WORLD’S MOST
POPULAR WEB BROWSER OPTION. GOOGLE CHROME IS ALSO A
CROSS-PLATFORM BROWSER, SO VERSIONS ARE RUNNING ON
MANY LAPTOPS, HANDHELD DEVICES, AND OPERATING SYSTEMS.
STATISTA NOTES THAT GOOGLE CHROME IS THE MOST-USED
VERSION FOR ANDROID THAT RETAINS MORE THAN 32 PERCENT
OF THE GLOBAL MARKET SHARE FOR WEB BROWSERS IN
FEBRUARY 2020. GOOGLE CHROME WAS THE FIRST WEB BROWSER
TO USE THE SEARCH BOX AND ADDRESS BAR, WHICH OTHER
RIVALS FOLLOWED. IN 2010, GOOGLE LAUNCHED THE ONLINE
SHOP CHROME IN WHICH WEB-BASED SOFTWARE CAN BE BOUGHT
AND INSTALLED BY CONSUMERS. IT WAS FOUNDED BY SUNDAR
PICHAI IN 2008.
USER INTERFACE - GOOGLE CHROME IS AN EXCELLENT AND VERY FAST WEB BROWSER. THE DEFAULT USER INTERFACE LANGUAGE IT USES IS U.S.
ENGLISH. BUT YOU CAN CHANGE TO YOUR LOCAL LANGUAGE LIKE JAPANESE, FILIPINO, HINDI AND MORE. THE GOOGLE CHROME DIALOG BOXES,
TOOLTIPS AND THE MENU WILL BE SHOWN IN THE SELECTED LANGUAGE. THE GOOGLE CHROME BROWSER COMES WITH A PRETTY NIFTY AND EASY-
TO-USE UI. TO BEGIN WITH, THERE’S AN OMNIBOX, AN EXTENSION MENU, A BOOKMARK ICON, A TABS MENU AT THE TOP, AND AN OVERFLOW MENU THAT
HOLDS ALL THE OTHER GOODIES.
BROWSE ENGINE – IT IS A WEB BROWSER THAT DELIVERS A NEARLY UNMATCHED LEVEL OF QUALITY THAT ALTERNATIVES SEEM TO STRUGGLE TO
COMPETE WITH. WHAT CHROME DOES IS SIMPLE. IT BROWSES THE WEB TO FIND THE MOST ACCURATE RESULTS ENTERED INTO A SEARCH QUERY AND
ORGANIZES THEM BY RELEVANCE. ONCE A QUERY IS MADE, USERS CAN SCROLL THROUGH THE RESULTS, OPEN PAGES, AND BOOKMARK MATERIAL
THAT CAN BE RETURNED TO AT A LATER TIME. HOWEVER, CHROME GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND COMPARED TO OTHER BROWSERS WITH A VARIETY OF
FUNCTIONS AND EXTENSIONS. USERS CAN EASILY REOPEN A CLOSED WINDOW TO THE EXACT PAGE THAT WAS OPEN, WITHOUT EVER LOSING ANY DATA.
THE SUPER HELPFUL ASPECT, COUPLED WITH THE HUNDREDS OF AVAILABLE EXTENSIONS, ALLOWS USERS TO DO MORE THAN EVER BEFORE WITH THE
WORLD WIDE WEB.
GOOGLE CHROME NETWORKING :-
IT HAS DEVTOOLS WHICH IS A SET OF WEB DEVELOPER TOOLS THAT ARE BUILT DIRECTLY
INTO THE GOOGLE CHROME BROWSER. DEVTOOLS ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW AND
CHANGE/MANIPULATE THE DOM, CHANGE A PAGE’S STYLES (CSS) IN A PREVIEW
ENVIRONMENT, AND WORK WITH JAVASCRIPT BY ALLOWING YOU TO DEBUG, VIEW
MESSAGES AND RUN JAVASCRIPT CODE IN THE CONSOLE. DEVTOOLS IS A SET OF WEB
DEVELOPER TOOLS THAT ARE BUILT DIRECTLY INTO THE GOOGLE CHROME BROWSER.
DEVTOOLS ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW AND CHANGE/MANIPULATE THE DOM, CHANGE A PAGE’S
STYLES (CSS) IN A PREVIEW ENVIRONMENT, AND WORK WITH JAVASCRIPT BY ALLOWING
YOU TO DEBUG, VIEW MESSAGES AND RUN JAVASCRIPT CODE IN THE CONSOLE.
CHROME BROWSER’S DATA STORAGE
- GOOGLE CLOUD STORAGE IS DEFINED AS
ONLINE WEB SERVICE USED FOR STORING
THE DATA ONLINE AND ALSO PROVIDE THE
FACILITY TO ACCESS THE DATA ONLINE
FROM ANY REMOTE LOCATION USING THE
CLOUD PLATFORM OFFERED BY GOOGLE
AND ALSO THE SERVICE OFFERED BY
GOOGLE IS RELIABLE, USED ADVANCED
SECURITY FEATURE FOR PROTECTING
DATA, EASILY SCALABLE AND ALSO
OFFERED GOOD PERFORMANCE WHEN
DATA IS ACCESSED IN GOOGLE CLOUD
STORAGE. THE GOOGLE CLOUD STORAGE
PLATFORM IS MOSTLY USED BY LARGE
SCALE ORGANIZATIONS AS THEY HAVE A
REQUIREMENT TO STORE A HUGE CHUNK
OF DATA THAT IS EASILY AVAILABLE AND
CHROME BROWSER’S JAVASCRIPT :-
A WEB PAGE IS A DOCUMENT, THAT CAN EITHER BE DISPLAYED IN THE BROWSER, OR AS HTML SOURCE CODE IN A PROGRAM. THE
DOM IS AN OBJECT REPRESENTATION OF THAT WEB PAGE — A PROGRAMMING INTERFACE THAT ENABLES A SCRIPTING LANGUAGE,
SUCH AS JAVASCRIPT, TO CHANGE THE DOCUMENT STRUCTURE, STYLE AND CONTENT OF THE WEB PAGE. THE DOM IS AN API THAT IS
ESSENTIALLY LOADED IN THE BROWSER, “REPRESENTING THE DOCUMENT AS A NODE TREE, WHERE EACH NODE REPRESENTS PART
OF THE DOCUMENT (E.G. AN ELEMENT, TEXT STRING, OR COMMENT).” IT “ALLOWS CODE RUNNING IN A BROWSER TO ACCESS AND
INTERACT WITH EVERY NODE IN THE DOCUMENT. NODES CAN BE CREATED, MOVED AND CHANGED. EVENT LISTENERS CAN BE
ADDED TO NODES AND TRIGGERED ON OCCURRENCE OF A GIVEN EVENT.” CONSOLE DEALS WITH JAVASCRIPT. IT GIVES YOU
INFORMATION ABOUT INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS ON A PAGE. IN CONSOLE, YOU CAN WRITE JAVASCRIPT TO INTERACT WITH THE WEB
PAGE YOU’RE VIEWING, AND IT ALSO LETS YOU WRITE MESSAGES TO YOURSELF IN THE JAVASCRIPT OF WEBSITES YOU’RE BUILDING,
WHICH THEN SHOW UP IN CONSOLE TO SHOW THAT THE JS WAS EXECUTED.
MOZILLA FIREFOX
MOZILLA FIREFOX IS NOTHING BUT A WEB BOWSER,
WITH WHICH ONE CAN ACCESS THE INTERNET. THE WEB
BROWSER LETS ONE ACCESS INFORMATION IN FORM OF
TEXT, AUDIO, IMAGES, AND VIDEOS FROM ALL AROUND
THE WORLD. MOZILLA FIREFOX WAS DEVELOPED BY
MOZILLA FOUNDATION IN 2002 UNDER THE PHOENIX
COMMUNITY. NOWADAYS, IT IS CALLED FIREFOX ONLY AS
IT IS DERIVED FROM MOZILLA WEB BROWSER IT IS ALSO
KNOWN AS MOZILLA FIREFOX. IT IS KNOWN FOR ITS
SPEED. THOUGH THE FIREFOX BROWSER NEEDS A LOT OF
MEMORY FOR OPERATING EFFICIENTLY. IT MAY LIMIT THE
MULTIPLE TASKING OF COMPUTERS. HOWEVER, IT
PROVIDES BETTER NETWORK SECURITY. IT HAS
ADVANCED SECURITY OPTIONS THAT PROTECT YOUR
SYSTEM FROM SPYWARE AND MALWARES. IT HAS
STRONG POPUP BROKER AND AUTHENTICATION
PROTOCOLS WHICH MAKES IT SAFE FROM POTENTIAL
USER INTERFACE - MOZILLA FIREFOX IS THE CUSTOMIZABILITY
OF THE SOFTWARE. WITH THE SO-CALLED “PERSONAS” YOU CAN
SET UP AND CHANGE THE APPEARANCE OF THE USER INTERFACE
ACCORDING TO YOUR PERSONAL PREFERENCES. ADDITIONALLY,
BUTTONS AND INPUT FIELDS CAN BE MOVED AT WILL. MOZILLA
FIREFOX HAS COMPARATIVELY FEW STANDARD FEATURES THAT
KEEP THE PROGRAM LEAN AND TO OPTIMIZE SPEED. THROUGH
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ADD-ONS THAT CAN BE
DOWNLOADED FROM THE FIREFOX ADD-ONS MANAGER, THE
BROWSER CAN BE EQUIPPED WITH A VARIETY OF ADDITIONAL
FUNCTIONS. POSSIBLE EXAMPLES ARE TOOLS FOR WEB
DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNICATION VIA SOCIAL NETWORKS,
MANAGING BOOKMARKS, OR ENJOYING OF IMAGES, MUSIC AND
VIDEOS. THE DEVELOPERS PLACE GREAT EMPHASIS ON USER
SECURITY, WHICH IS WHY MOZILLA FIREFOX IS EQUIPPED WITH
MALWARE AND PHISHING PROTECTION, AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF
OUTDATED PLUGINS, AND AN AUTOMATIC UPDATE FUNCTIONALITY.
THE DEVELOPERS OF MOZILLA FIREFOX HAVE REMAINED TRUE TO
THE OBJECTIVE OF SHORT LOADING TIMES AND HIGH SPEED. THE
BROWSER IS EQUIPPED WITH AVERY FAST GRAPHICS
ACCELERATION FOR VIDEO AND GRAPHICS. IN ADDITION, FIREFOX
HAS A HIGH CRASH SAFETY RATING.
FIREFOX BROWSER ENGINE - A BIG PLUS OF
MOZILLA FIREFOX IS THE CUSTOMIZABILITY OF THE
SOFTWARE. WITH THE SO-CALLED “PERSONAS” YOU
CAN SET UP AND CHANGE THE APPEARANCE OF THE
USER INTERFACE ACCORDING TO YOUR PERSONAL
PREFERENCES. ADDITIONALLY, BUTTONS AND INPUT
FIELDS CAN BE MOVED AT WILL. MOZILLA FIREFOX HAS
COMPARATIVELY FEW STANDARD FEATURES THAT KEEP
THE PROGRAM LEAN AND TO OPTIMIZE SPEED.
THROUGH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ADD-ONS
THAT CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE FIREFOX ADD-
ONS MANAGER, THE BROWSER CAN BE EQUIPPED WITH
A VARIETY OF ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS. POSSIBLE
EXAMPLES ARE TOOLS FOR WEB DEVELOPMENT,
COMMUNICATION VIA SOCIAL NETWORKS, MANAGING
BOOKMARKS, OR ENJOYING OF IMAGES, MUSIC AND
VIDEOS.
FIREFOX NETWORKING -
FoxyProxy is an advanced proxy management add-on for Firefox browser. It
improves the built-in proxy capabilities of Firefox. There are few other similar
kind of proxy management add-ons available, but it offers more features that
other add-ons. Based on the URL patterns, it switches internet connection
across one or more proxy servers. When proxy is in use, it also displays an
animated icon. In case you want to see the proxies used by the tool, you can
see the logs.
It is ais a Firefox extension which automatically switches an internet
connection across one or more proxy servers based on URL patterns. Put
simply, FoxyProxy automates the manual process of editing Firefox's
Connection Settings dialog. Proxy server switching occurs based on the
loading URL and the switching rules you define.
* Custom colors make it easy to see which proxy is in use
* Advanced logging shows you which proxies were used and when
* (optional) Automatically synchronize all of your proxy settings with your
other Firefox instances when you use Firefox Sync. Import/Export settings to
files when not using Firefox Sync.
* Import/Export patterns to share with others.
FIREFOX DATA STORAGE -
In order to manage data handled by your web application,
you do not necessarily need a database. The respective
Browser Storage features are supported by Chrome
(version 4 and higher), Mozilla Firefox (version 3.5 and
higher) and Internet Explorer (version 8 and higher), and
a range of other browsers including those of iOS and
Android. There are two main possibilities for browser
storage: localStorage and sessionStorage.
localStorage
Any content/data saved to the localStorage object will be
available after the browser has been restarted (closed and
opened again).
sessionStorage
Items saved in the sessionStorage object will remain until
the browser is closed by the user. Then, the storage will be
cleared.
FIREFOX JAVASCRIPT –REGULAR EXPRESSIONS – COMMONLY KNOWN
AS REGEXPS – ARE A POWERFUL TOOL IN JAVASCRIPT FOR
MANIPULATING STRINGS. THEY PROVIDE A RICH SYNTAX TO
DESCRIBE AND CAPTURE CHARACTER INFORMATION. THEY’RE ALSO
HEAVILY USED, SO IT’S IMPORTANT FOR SPIDERMONKEY (THE
JAVASCRIPT ENGINE IN FIREFOX) TO OPTIMIZE THEM WELL.OVER
THE YEARS, WE’VE HAD SEVERAL APPROACHES TO REGEXPS.
CONVENIENTLY, THERE’S A FAIRLY CLEAR DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN
THE REGEXP ENGINE AND THE REST OF SPIDERMONKEY. IT’S STILL
NOT EASY TO REPLACE THE REGEXP ENGINE, BUT IT CAN BE DONE
Spider Monkey
WITHOUT TOO MUCH IMPACT ON THE REST OF
SPIDERMONKEY.MEMORY IN JAVASCRIPT IS AUTOMATICALLY
MANAGED. WHEN MEMORY RUNS SHORT, THE GARBAGE COLLECTOR
(GC) WALKS THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND CLEANS UP ANY MEMORY
THAT IS NO LONGER IN USE. IF YOU’RE WRITING JAVASCRIPT, THIS
HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES. IF YOU’RE IMPLEMENTING
JAVASCRIPT, THOUGH, IT MEANS YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. WHEN
YOU’RE WORKING WITH SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE GARBAGE-
COLLECTED – A STRING, SAY, THAT YOU’RE MATCHING AGAINST A
REGEXP – YOU NEED TO INFORM THE GC. OTHERWISE, IF YOU CALL A
SPIDERMONKEY CREATES ITS ROOTS RIGHT ON THE C++ STACK. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANT TO
ROOT A STRING, YOU CREATE A ROOTED<JSSTRING*> THAT LIVES IN YOUR LOCAL STACK FRAME.
WHEN YOUR FUNCTION RETURNS, THE ROOT DISAPPEARS AND THE GC IS FREE TO COLLECT
YOUR JSSTRING. IN V8, YOU CREATE A HANDLE. UNDER THE HOOD, V8 CREATES A ROOT AND
STORES IT IN A PARALLEL STACK. THE LIFETIME OF ROOTS IN V8 IS CONTROLLED BY
HANDLESCOPE OBJECTS, WHICH MARK A POINT ON THE ROOT STACK WHEN THEY ARE CREATED,
AND CLEAR OUT EVERY ROOT NEWER THAN THE MARKED POINT WHEN THEY ARE DESTROYED.
SAFARI
SAFARI IS A WEB BROWSER BASED ON THE WEBKIT ENGINE DEVELOPED
BY APPLE FOR ITS MAC OS AND IOS OPERATING SYSTEMS. INITIALLY, IT
WAS CREATED AS A REPLACEMENT FOR INTERNET EXPLORER, WHICH FOR
SOME TIME WAS DEVELOPED BY MICROSOFT FOR MAC OS UNDER AN
AGREEMENT WITH APPLE. AFTER THE RELEASE OF SAFARI, DEVELOPMENT
AND SUPPORT FOR INTERNET EXPLORER FOR MAC WAS DISCONTINUED.
THE BROWSER WAS FIRST INCLUDED WITH MAC OS X 10.3 PANTHER, AND
IN THE SUBSEQUENT VERSION OF MAC OS X 10.4 TIGER WAS THE ONLY
DEFAULT BROWSER. WITH THE RELEASE OF MAC OS X 10.6, SAFARI
BECAME A 64-BIT APPLICATION.
SAFARI USER INTERFACE - SAFARI’S USER INTERFACE LOOKS
MINIMALISTIC, CLEAN, AND UNCLUTTERED ON THE IPAD. ALL
CONTROLS ARE PLACED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ADDRESS
BAR CONVENIENTLY, WHICH MAKES NAVIGATING THE
BROWSER A BREEZE. IT’S WELL SUITED FOR TWO-HANDED
USAGE. WITH IPAD-OS, SAFARI LOADS ALL SITES IN DESKTOP
MODE BY DEFAULT. WHICH IS QUITE SOMETHING. FINALLY, I
DON’T HAVE TO ENDURE THE HORROR OF MOBILE SITES
BEING BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION ON THE HUGE SCREEN OF
THE IPAD.IPADOS ALSO USES THE ACTUAL MAC VERSION OF
SAFARI AS THE USER AGENT, SO WEBSITES IN DESKTOP MODE
RENDER EXTREMELY WELL. FOR EXAMPLE, I CAN NOW
EASILY USE GOOGLE DOCS IN SAFARI, JUST LIKE I WOULD ON
AN ACTUAL DESKTOP. THAT WAY, I GET TO AVOID THE RATHER
RESTRICTIVE GOOGLE DOCS APP FOR THE IPAD.
SAFARI BROWSER ENGINE - AS THE WEB BECAME MORE AND MORE
RELIANT ON AD REVENUE, MANY AGENCIES BEGAN TRACKING USERS'
ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE INTERNET IN AN EFFORT TO SHOW THEM
RELEVANT ADVERTISEMENTS. THE INVASION OF USER PRIVACY HAS
BECOME A BUSINESS MODEL FOR MANY INTERNET-BASED COMPANIES,
AND APPLE HAS BEEN FIGHTING AGAINST IT. WITH EACH NEW SAFARI
SOFTWARE UPDATE, APPLE HAS ADDED MORE USER-FACING
PROTECTION TO EXPOSE TRACKING FEATURES OF WEBSITES AND KEEP
USER DATA WHERE USERS CHOOSE. WHEN BROWSING THE WEB, USERS
WILL OFTEN COME ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA BUTTONS. THESE ARE
EMBEDDED TRACKERS TO DETERMINE IF YOUR IP ADDRESS HAS
VISITED A WEBPAGE. BY USING INTELLIGENT TRACKING PREVENTION
IN THE LATEST VERSION OF SAFARI, APPLE STOPS THESE EMBEDDED
TRACKERS FROM ASSOCIATING USERS WITH SPECIFIC WEB PAGES. YOU
COULD OPEN SAFARI TABS IN SPLIT VIEW EARLIER. WITH IPADOS, YOU
CAN OPEN MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF THE BROWSER, WHICH IS SIMILAR
TO LAUNCHING SEPARATE WINDOWS OF THE BROWSER ON A MAC.THAT
WAY, YOU CAN USE SAFARI IN SPLIT VIEW, AND ADD A THIRD INSTANCE
VIA SLIDE OVER. AND FROM A PRODUCTIVITY STANDPOINT, MULTIPLE
INSTANCES OF SAFARI HELP YOU SPLIT YOUR WORKFLOW INTO
SAFARI NETWORKING - SAFARI HAS SEVERAL SECURITY FEATURES,
INCLUDING SECURITY INDICATORS AND MALWARE PROTECTION. BECAUSE OF
ITS ADVANCED SECURITY FEATURES, SAFARI OFFERS A SAFE BROWSING
EXPERIENCE. SAFARI ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO CONTROL WHAT INFORMATION
YOU SHARE ONLINE, KEEPING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION PRIVATE.
SAFARI ALLOWS YOU TO CONTROL SOME OF THE INFORMATION YOU SHARE
ONLINE, WHICH YOU CAN MODIFY IN YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS. WE
RECOMMEND NOT CHANGING SAFARI'S DEFAULT SELECTIONS, AS THEY
ALLOW FOR THE BEST BALANCE OF PRIVACY AND SECURITY WHILE
BROWSING. HOWEVER, YOU CAN MODIFY THEM IF YOU WANT. SAFARI MAKES
IT EASY TO DELETE SOME OR ALL OF YOUR HISTORY. FOR EXAMPLE,
SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT WANT TO REMOVE ONLY YOUR HISTORY FROM THE
PAST HOUR INSTEAD OF REMOVING YOUR ENTIRE HISTORY. YOU MIGHT ALSO
WANT TO REMOVE ALL OF YOUR SAVED PAGES AND COOKIES BUT KEEP YOUR
SAVED PASSWORDS.
SAFARI DATA STORAGE - ANY WEBSITE YOU VISIT THROUGH SAFARI, WHETHER
YOU’RE READING THE NEWS OR LOOKING AT ADORABLE KITTEN PICTURES, USES DATA.
THE EXACT AMOUNT OF DATA USED DEPENDS ON THE SITE; MEDIA-RICH SITES WITH
VIDEOS AND IMAGES WILL USE LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA WHILE MOBILE-FRIENDLY OR
TEXT-ONLY SITES WILL USE LESS. IF YOU USE SAFARI A LOT TO BROWSE THE WEB,
WATCH VIDEOS AND MORE, YOU MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY CLOGGED UP YOUR PHONE
WITH A SHOCKING AMOUNT OF WEBSITE DATA. AS YOU VISIT WEBSITES, LOOK AT
IMAGES AND WATCH VIDEOS, SAFARI DOWNLOADS THOSE FILES INTO CACHE AND THEY
CAN REALLY ADD UP OVER TIME.
I-CLOUD
USING ICLOUD, USERS CAN ALSO LOCATE LOST EQUIPMENT OR LOCATE FRIENDS. THE FIND
IPHONE FEATURE—RENAMED FIND MY WITH MACOS CATALINA—PERMITS ICLOUD USERS TO
TRACK IPHONES, IPADS, APPLE WATCHES AND MACS. USERS CAN SIGN INTO ICLOUD OR USE
THE FIND MY APP TO DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF A MISSING DEVICE FOR WHICH THE
FEATURE WAS PREVIOUSLY ENABLED. THE FIND FRIENDS APP, WHICH PERMITS LOCATING
FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS, WAS ALSO FOLDED INTO THE FIND MY APP IN 2019.IF A
DEVICE IS LOST, ICLOUD USERS CAN REMOTELY SEND THE DEVICE A COMMAND PLACING IT
IN LOST MODE, WHICH HELPS PROTECT THE DEVICE’S DATA AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED USE
AND ENCOURAGES WHOEVER RETRIEVES THE DEVICE TO CALL THE OWNER. ICLOUD USERS
CAN ALSO IMPLEMENT A REMOTE ERASE OPERATION, IF NECESSARY TO REMOVE PERSONAL
DATA FROM A LOST DEVICE. HE CLOUD SERVICE PERMITS USERS TO STORE AND SHARE FILES
ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES AND PLATFORMS, INCLUDING WITH OTHER AUTHORIZED USERS.
USING ICLOUD, USERS CAN ALSO LOCATE LOST EQUIPMENT, SHARE WEB SURFING STATUS
WITH OTHER DEVICES, SHARE PASSWORDS ACROSS MULTIPLE AUTHORIZED DEVICES AND
SYNCHRONIZE COMMON PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COMPONENTS SUCH AS
MAIL, CALENDAR, AND CONTACTS. USERS CAN LEVERAGE ICLOUD TO BACK UP IPHONES,
IPADS AND IPOD TOUCHES.
SAFARI JACASCRIPT
SAFARI JAVASCRIPT:-
WEBKIT IS DEVELOPED BY APPLE AND USED IN ITS SAFARI WEB BROWSER, AS WELL
AS ALL IOS WEB BROWSERS. IT IS USED BY THE BLACKBERRY BROWSER,
PLAYSTATION CONSOLES BEGINNING FROM THE PS3, THE TIZEN MOBILE OPERATING
SYSTEMS, AND A BROWSER INCLUDED WITH THE AMAZON KINDLE E-BOOK READER.
WEBKIT’S C++ APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) PROVIDES A SET OF
CLASSES TO DISPLAY WEB CONTENT IN WINDOWS AND IMPLEMENTS BROWSER
FEATURES SUCH AS FOLLOWING LINKS WHEN CLICKED BY THE USER, MANAGING A
BACK-FORWARD LIST, AND MANAGING A HISTORY OF PAGES RECENTLY VISITED.
o.x * o.x + o.y * o.y
SAY THAT IN THE CONTEXT WHERE THIS CODE IS USED, 'O' IS AN OBJECT, AND IT INDEED HAS
PROPERTIES 'X' AND 'Y', AND THOSE PROPERTIES ARE NOTHING SPECIAL - IN PARTICULAR, THEY ARE
NOT ACCESSORS. LET'S ALSO SAY THAT 'O.X' AND 'O.Y' USUALLY RETURN DOUBLES, BUT MAY
SOMETIMES RETURN INTEGERS - JAVASCRIPT DOES NOT HAVE A BUILT-IN NOTION OF AN INTEGER
VALUE, BUT FOR EFFICIENCY JAVASCRIPTCORE WILL REPRESENT MOST INTEGERS AS INT32 RATHER
THAN AS DOUBLE. TO UNDERSTAND BOTH THE PROBLEM OF TYPE INFERENCE, AND ITS SOLUTION IN
JAVASCRIPTCORE, IT'S USEFUL TO FIRST CONSIDER WHAT A JAVASCRIPT ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO DO
IF IT HAD NO INFORMATION ABOUT 'O', 'O.X', OR ‘O.Y THE INTUITION BEHIND JAVASCRIPTCORE'S
TYPE INFERENCE IS THAT WE CAN SAY WITH GOOD PROBABILITY WHAT TYPE A NUMERICAL
OPERATION (SUCH AS ADDITION OR MULTIPLICATION) WILL RETURN, AND WHICH PATH IT WILL
TAKE, IF WE COULD GUESS WHAT TYPES FLOWED INTO THAT OPERATION. THIS FORMS A KIND OF
INDUCTION STEP THAT APPLIES TO OPERATIONS THAT DON'T GENERALLY OPERATE OVER THE HEAP:
IF WE CAN PREDICT THEIR INPUTS, THEN WE CAN PREDICT THEIR OUTPUTS. BUT INDUCTION
REQUIRES A BASE CASE. IN THE CASE OF JAVASCRIPT OPERATIONS, THE BASE CASES ARE
OPERATIONS THAT GET NON-LOCAL VALUES: FOR EXAMPLE, LOADING A VALUE FROM THE HEAP (AS
IN 'O.X'), ACCESSING AN ARGUMENT TO A FUNCTION, OR USING A VALUE RETURNED FROM A
FUNCTION CALL. FOR SIMPLICITY, WE REFER TO ALL SUCH NON-LOCAL VALUES AS HEAP VALUES,
AND ALL OPERATIONS THAT PLACE HEAP VALUES INTO LOCAL VARIABLES AS HEAP OPERATIONS. FOR
ARGUMENTS, WE TREAT THE FUNCTION PROLOGUE AS A "HEAP OPERATION" OF SORTS, WHICH
"LOADS" THE ARGUMENTS INTO THE ARGUMENT VARIABLES. WE BOOTSTRAP OUR INDUCTIVE
REASONING ABOUT TYPE PREDICTIONS BY USING VALUE PROFILING: BOTH THE LLINT AND