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MSIE Security Updates
AnamanFan writes "Microsoft has released version 5.2.1 of Internet Explorer for Mac OS X. The only notes I have been able to find on the update is that it 'provides all the latest security and performance enhancements for Internet Explorer 5 for Mac OS X.' Be warned that the installer forces all other running applications to quit, but does not require a reboot and (seems) to not change your Internet browser settings, in case you're using another browser." Also released was MSIE 5.1.5 for Mac OS, which "resolves all security vulnerabilities in previous versions of Internet Explorer 5." Heh.
All security issues? I guarantee that there are already holes to be found.
Are any of IE's 18 known vulnerabilities patched in this update?
Is your workplace ADA compliant?
I haven;t installed it yet beause comments on sites like versiontracker.com are just killing IE. Most users are complaining that their browser is now crashing close to 2 or 3 times a day versus the previous once a month under the older version.
;o)
I say wait and see!
Their last one wasn't that long ago either, so there's bound to be another one coming.
See http://www.mozilla.org/oji/MRJPluginCarbon.html
use the nightly build of chimera, everyday makes a difference, i threw ie out of my dock today, finally,..
Having spent most of the last year using IE under OSX (and suffering). When Mozilla 1.0 was released, I switched, and other than some minor stability issues I'm happy.
So, there's no longer a reason to use IE on the mac, and its reign should be at its end.
Requiring you to quit other applications is unacceptable for an application install, absolutely unacceptable.
As to security, I simply don't trust MS anymore. And I'm happy to be pretty much MS free.
PS- to anyone who thinks about running Entourage, it has a 2G mail limit. Their integer actually wraps at 2G so you reach that much mail (and it caches EVERYTHING- news, mail, images, even deleted stuff, so it doesn't take that long) and you're SOL. The app tries to open the file, then starts seeking at a negative index into it and crashes. Serves me right for using an MS product, forewarning to everyone else. (Yes, Mail.app crashed one too many times for me. Still looking for a good mail client.)
When there's no browser competition, IE was good. But now there's everything- Mozilla, Chimera (really promising), Opera, iCab, OmniWeb and probably other lesser known browsers. That's quite a selection with Mozilla being actually usable, Chimera coming quickly and Opera, iCab and OmniWeb being late "beta" quality. OmniWeb 4.1 might actually be usable, but its too early to say. (Usable to me is a browser that goes a week regularly without crashing, beta is one that can't.)
Yeah, and you guys panned the ipod too: http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23
Internet Explorer has a track record of insecurity. I finally got fed up and deleted it.
Now, I use OmniWeb almost exclusively, retaining only an old copy of Netscape to handle to non-standard pages that standards-compliant OmniWeb chokes on. It works quite well for me.
By the way, I do not work for OmniGroup.
Ive just installed 5.1.5 for MacOs, and it's really faster than 5.1.4.
I was using Mozilla because it was faster, but now, it's IE that is faster.
I recommend it.
What's that?
This was a very plate-of-shrimp moment.
I was surfing this article in OSX IE 5.2 and since I have points I moderating a comment as "funny". When I clicked the "Moderate" button IE blow up on me and want away!
Ack - started returned to the article and it died on me again. Damn... that really sucks. Anyway - third times a charm. Or maybe iCab is the charm...
=tkk
PS All M$ sekurity updates should very clearly read "fixes all KNOWN security issues" - a very important detail.
Bill Gates - Creationist?!?
I updated to IE 5.2.1 and it promptly changed my homepage to MSN! However, they've improved text presentation so dramatically that I'm having to resist the instinct that it's the upshot of some M$ dirty trick.
You can install IE without quitting your apps *or* restarting. Just run this AppleScript:
tell application "Install Internet Explorer"
DoAutoInstall
end tell
It will make you authenticate and agree to the license, but then it will just run the install. Afterwards, it will the take you back to the main page of the installer where you can just click "Quit".
Great, huh? Heard about it on the Mac OS X talk list.
There was a lot of outrage on the mailing lists and version tracker as to why this version (including 5.2.0) of IE used an installer (and such an annoying one at that) rather than drag-and-drop. The response from Dan Crevier (below) over at MS shows that they're not a bunch of mindless dolts, and that we power users who hate installers over drag-and-drop need to remember that sometimes installers can actually be better for novices (if done right):
IMO, the ideal solution would be drag and drop, where running an old copy of the program quietly checked to see if a newer version was installed and took some 'appropriate' action if one was found. (Auto-update aliases? Probably bad for folks with multiple installs for testing purposes. Hrm...)
It seems to me that an obvious solution to keep everybody happy would be to have an installer (as now) but keep the files separate from the installer application so that more knowledgeable users can drag & drop them as they wish. I.e. instead of supplying one executable which contains the actual IE files within itself (opaque = bad), make a disk image with an installer plus the IE files (transparency = good) - the installer would get the IE files in the same folder and do its stuff.
That's exactly how Office v. X works, so clearly SOMEONE over in the MBU has thought of this. Maybe the IE and Office teams just need to put their heads together...
I don't find IE any more stable for yahoo chess. Yes, IE handles the scrolling properly, but in Mozilla that only affects the main window so that I can't reach the bottom chat line. This is no big deal to me. Both IE and Mozilla mysteriously hang from time to time. I'm guessing it's a threading bug on Yahoo's part that just happens to not surface under Windows. All the other windows are responsive except the one that's hung. It always happens during a drag.
I'm in a high-latency area so I thought it was my connection. I didn't realize the slowness was inherent.
And they crash after playing a few games.
They don't crash for me. When I don't run into the (I presume) thread deadlock, I can play for hours. The browser itself doesn't crash, though.
You cannot play blitz (5-minute games) with them.
MZ
I think some of the crashing has
to do with Apple's recent software updates
(from early July).
If you try the classic IE, you will be
amazed how fast it responds. You can
move the pieces in real time without
that sluggishness present in Mozilla
or Omniweb. I do like the last two
browsers, but you just cannot play fast
chess with them.
MZ