I can tell you why this wasn't surprising, because the currently latest Firefox Betas do not yet include the new Javascript engine which will be in the release version.
Well, the suggestion of trying the nightly builds isn't such a bad idea, because it does include the have the improved engine (Jeagermonkey). The currenty latest beta does not have the improved engine. So the any performance test you do with Firefox 4 Beta is going to be nothing like the release version.
The Firefox beta does not even have the new Method JIT. So they are comparing oranges and apples, not nearly finished products. Maybe Mozilla shouldn't have called it Beta, maybe that is the problem. But rerunning the tests in a few weeks will give very different results.
It's not completely quiet, the Fennec (Firefox Mobile) beta or alpha version already has it. And they are working on improving on it. Multiprocess is very high on my list though, It it is probably the feature I want the most.
The trick is Firefox is the browser which uses the least amount of memory by some test (there are very little tests being done). This is where multiprocess is going to be interresting to watch, I think that is why they started on mobile.
As many above have mentioned part of this, I just wanted to put some of it together:
- setup a small server with a file system with checksums - ohh, that probably just leaves zfs - setup dovecot on the server with maildirs - setup clients to use imap to put messages on the server, if you have any existing imap-accounts, use mbsync directly on the server - setup thunderbird as a client to index it all in thunderbirds own index-files, so you can search it directly from thunderbird - use xapian or something similair to index your maildirs on the server so you can search it on the commandline when you need to - use rsync to copy the whole bunch offsite to somewhere that you trust or use duplicity to copy it somewhere you don't trust
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The article said they actually started the project in 2006, the decisicion to do so way have been made in 2001, but that isn't all that relevant.
They should also check when doing a benchmark if it was actually engaged and test again with the hardware acceleration disabled.
But beta 7 hasn't been released yet.
I can tell you why this wasn't surprising, because the currently latest Firefox Betas do not yet include the new Javascript engine which will be in the release version.
Well, the suggestion of trying the nightly builds isn't such a bad idea, because it does include the have the improved engine (Jeagermonkey). The currenty latest beta does not have the improved engine. So the any performance test you do with Firefox 4 Beta is going to be nothing like the release version.
The Firefox beta does not even have the new Method JIT. So they are comparing oranges and apples, not nearly finished products. Maybe Mozilla shouldn't have called it Beta, maybe that is the problem. But rerunning the tests in a few weeks will give very different results.
And you are surprised ? We all know crime does pay, no matter what people say.
If you don't want to use java, you don't need to go with .net, why not Vala ?
If you don't want to use .net and java, but looking for something similair, why not Vala ?
Yes, I've had Chrome tabs crash on me many times as well. Actually Firefox Betas are more stable.
It's not completely quiet, the Fennec (Firefox Mobile) beta or alpha version already has it. And they are working on improving on it. Multiprocess is very high on my list though, It it is probably the feature I want the most.
The trick is Firefox is the browser which uses the least amount of memory by some test (there are very little tests being done). This is where multiprocess is going to be interresting to watch, I think that is why they started on mobile.
Only on slashdot ?
Funny you should mention that one, the last non-scripting exploit for Adobe Acrobat Reader was also an exploit for Foxit Reader.
As many above have mentioned part of this, I just wanted to put some of it together:
- setup a small server with a file system with checksums - ohh, that probably just leaves zfs
- setup dovecot on the server with maildirs
- setup clients to use imap to put messages on the server, if you have any existing imap-accounts, use mbsync directly on the server
- setup thunderbird as a client to index it all in thunderbirds own index-files, so you can search it directly from thunderbird
- use xapian or something similair to index your maildirs on the server so you can search it on the commandline when you need to
- use rsync to copy the whole bunch offsite to somewhere that you trust or use duplicity to copy it somewhere you don't trust
OK, the way I put it, I was being an asshole.
But the point was, it did not apply. And you mentioned you didn't want it to.
Fine, I'll shut up about it.
While virtual machines add an extra layer, they also add extra code and hardware which can be exploited.
I wouldn't bet my life on it.
I think if you count like that you will probably find that it's 99% or something like that. Maybe a bit less in the mobile space.
You policy has to be really strict to have that filtering filewall work against these kind of cross-domain exploits.
I know it might be to much to ask for people to read the article and understand what issue it is about. This is slashdot after all...
And still it will not help with this problem.
This is not an attack where it tried to infect your windows installation or anything like that.
This is an cross-domain information leakage problem.
Where someone can get information from domain x by inserting something from domain y and use that to do thing on domain x or do session hijacking.
Session hijacking would mean if you logged in on some site, someone else from somewhere else can login while you were logged in.
Come back when you understand web-development.
Luckily 10.04 is a LTS-version, if you got it right you can stay with it for 3 years. So it is not all wasted ;-)
No, ideas (possibly drafts) already existed before the wikileaks documents.
A seperate network.
Is it really that hard to seperate 2 networks ?
If you are in charge of powerplats, maybe some dedicated fiber in the ground, if communication is that important for you, wouldn't be a luxery.
OK, seperate from the Office-team. I stand corrected.
Doubt it, the Mac version of Office is actually a port done by an external organisation.
I doubt the Mac version functions as some kind of test-bed.
Maybe someone at Oracle started the btrfs project, but there are many contributers to btrfs.