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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.

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  1. this story sucks by larry+bagina · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    but anyhow, has anybody else been paying attention to the fx javascript additions? Stuff like let, Array.forEach, etc. And what's the deal with the javascript 2.0 proposal? Am I the only one that thinks they're trying to ruin it?

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  2. Re:What OS by baggins2001 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Holly shit, we found the guy running Vista and firefox.

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  3. Re:Demonstration by fatphil · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "I guess I must be doing it wrong :D"

    Is that smiley to demonstrate a new kind of "ooh, I'm so thick I can't follow simple instructions, and am proud of it" geek cred?

    And why moderators up-modded the demonstration that you're too thick to follow instructions, I don't know.

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