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IE7 Leaked
lju writes "IE7 has been leaked according to pcpro. From the article: '...last Friday it was revealed that a build of the new browser - version 5299 - along with numerous screenshots, was available online.' "
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Mod this guy -1 Redundant, IE7 IS the exploit.
To leak it would have to not return some RAM after the app is closed. I've not seen that behavior in Firefox at all.
Coding with assembly is like playing with Legos. Coding an application in assembly is like building a car with Legos.
I've been using IE since 4.0 and I've never been owned by any security exploit. The insecurity of IE is all FUD.
The world does not need another closed-source browser. In fact it does not need any more closed-source software at all. What the world needs is for some government somewhere to decide that every computer owner has the right to view the source code of any program running on a computer that they own, and if the software vendor doesn't like that then bollocks -- users outnumber developers. Think about it ..... Food has to be labelled with its ingredients list and mean nutritional analysis. Clothing has to be labelled with its fibre composition. Cosmetics have to be labelled with their ingredients. Beer has to be labelled with its alcohol content, fags have to be labelled with tar and nicotine content ..... it makes absolutely no sense that software should be supplied without the corresponding source code.
Je fume. Tu fumes. Nous fûmes!
OMG~~!! LOL! I love it when the Slashfags bash MS for no reason... it's teh funniest EVAR!!!! LOLOLOL!!
I was on a program pirating spree recently, and had maybe two dozen progs to try before I bought any. One program was labled IE7 beta. But lo and behold, I open up the IE7 beta and Norton comes screaming VIRUS! VIRUS! VIRUS! and I just burst out laughing - of course a M$ product is a virus (technically though, Windows is a bug, according to one joke). Now, I was pretty sure that several of these .rar files were viri, but it was a school pc so I didn't think about it much. I also noticed after this that most of these file were 851.7KB exactly, too small for most proggys and a clear indicator of a virus, so I wiped them all. But man oh man my webmastering class thought it was funny.
The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it. - William Gibson
So, the beer contains 5.5% Alcohol, ingredients water bla bla bla.
Cigarettes contain.. oh wait it's a US pack it doesn't tell me (but would in the UK). X mg tar, nicotine etc etc.
Windows contains... what 35% virus installation routines, 20% kill competitors code, 40% report back to microsoft what you're doing, 1% usefull stuff and 99% profit for microsoft (and yes that is more then 100% because we all know windows is bloated!)
I hear this all over the net. I've been using IE 6 since it was released, and I've yet to have spyware/adware on my machine or have my browser "hijacked", etc. I go on some hell-ass dodgy sites, too, and I've yet to come across anything untoward. It's almost as if the insecurity of IE has been blown out of all proportion...
" OMG~~!! LOL! I love it when the Slashfags bash MS for no reason... it's teh funniest EVAR!!!! LOLOLOL!!"
Since you post here as well you are a member of this community. So by your own logic would that make you a slashfag? Also who here specifically said anything bad about Microsoft? Alot of stuff about IE but I didn't see the big M word until you posted. I would normally stop here as I try not to create flamebait but in this case I am going to continue. Obviously this person does not have the common sense the gods gave to a naked mole rat. If you haven't noticed this is a very pro alternative community,(settle down MS fan boys I didn't say completely alternative and yes I do like windows so bite me)therefor we are going to talk bad about the big guys on the block. So now that you know this you should take your happy ass some where else and keep your dumb ass comments to yourself, ID10T. I've had a bad day, can you tell?
WTF?
In the end, Microsoft and Firefox are still drawing features from the truly cutting-edge browsers like Konqueror and Opera.
Indeed, that is because Konqueror and Opera do not have the marketshare of the other browsers. They can afford to implement and test out new functionality on a whim, whereas IE and Firefox often cannot.
In the end, that's perhaps the most beneficial way to do things. Innovative developments such as tabbed browsing, for instance, are conceived and pioneered by Opera and Konqueror. Then Firefox and IE copy, bringing the use of such features to the general public.
Cyric Zndovzny at your service.