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ATTN Firefox Users!
Mozilla flaws could allow attacks, data access
Multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to install malicious code or steal personal data have been discovered in the Mozilla Suite and the Firefox open-source browser. Details of the nine flaws were published on Mozilla's security Web site over the weekend. Ian Latter, senior security consultant at Internet security specialist Pure Hacking, said most of the vulnerabilities are based on the way the applications handle JavaScript. Read the full story HERE. |
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Once IE comes pre-packaged with all the features I want, i'll switch back to them. Although few and far between, i've experienced problems with certain websites using Firefox.
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From what I understand, Firefox sticks with the fully compliant HTML spec, and MS does not. I don't know much about that, but thats what i've heard from my developer buds/co-workers.
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And in those cases, using Firefox ain't gonna help them one damn bit. |
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Internet Explorer is FULLY compliant with all of the major standards, namely HTML 4.0 and SSL/TLS. The problem IS the developers themselves. They want to write flashy little applets in Java, or ASP code, or Flash movies. That's NOT IE'S FAULT. |
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It's not so much about HTML. Most modern browser render HTML fine. It's really more about CSS and the DOM. Firefox, Safari, Opera, and most every other major modern browser attempts to render CSS to the spec, and perform DOM behaviors as spec'd, too. IE, though, chooses to implement the DOM in it's own way in many cases. IE 6, when it came out, was pretty advanced as far as it's CSS support. However, it hasn't received an update to it's CSS rendering engine since it first came out (which was what, four years ago?). Now, it is way, way behind the other browsers, which makes it difficult to deal with. Microsoft has said they don't plan any significant updates to the CSS rendering engine for Longhorn and IE7, either -- they don't have time, because they need to focus on security flaws. Basically, IE is holding web developers to technology circa about 1998. The CSS spec and DOM have been in place for years, but until IE implements them in their entirety and to the spec, it will always be a hassle, because we web developers have to go back through our code and add exceptions just for IE. If IE was compliant with the specs, code would be virtually guaranteed to work in all browsers. IE is a fine browser, as long as you don't want the web to advance any beyond where it is today. |
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We're no talking about Java, ASP, or Flash -- we're talking about the basic W3C standards. IE is NOT complaint. I'll be happy to provide proof if you require it. |
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Speaking of Java...why do java apps run so much faster in Linux, over Windows??
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