Firefox Quickies

First, Gypsy2012 writes with a highly critical security flaw involving both Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer, which could allow a malicious attacker to gain remote control of a user's system. It exploits the "firefoxurl://" URI handler. ... Next, reader dsinc sends word that the beta for Firefox 3 has slipped by 6 weeks. The new target date is September 18 at the earliest. The article wonders whether the final release will slip into 2008. ... Finally, reader jktowns points out new anti-phishing features in the latest nightly build of Firefox 3. One of them was added into the code base by the guy who developed the LocationBar² extension.

Comments

Re:Demonstration

[froggero1]

Weird, I get an error message:

"Iceweasel doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (firefoxurl) isn't associated with any program."

and when I try to open this "ie" program:

"~ $ ie
bash: ie: command not found"

maybe there's something wrong with your operating system?

Re:Demonstration

[Anonymous Coward]

Hey, 1996 called, and they want their snooty, elitist, linux user tude' back.