good don't...you'll just sound like an asshole comparing a web server to an entire OS...I wonder which piece of software will have more issues...maybe the one with shitloads more code?!! Dumbass
Why, thank you! With respects to market share in this context, I would expect you to compare Apache to Microsoft's IIS, of course. I'm unfamiliar with the actual source code line count for these, but they largely perform the same function.
The fact that they continue to hold such a low market share makes it really unnecessary for a virus writer to target them, when they can infect 100000 times the amount of machines on a Windows OS.
There's the market share argument again!
Look, I won't bore you with the usual Apache has over 2/3 of the web server market share and all that. No, luckily (in this case?!), we can now highlight Mozilla as a product which still has a low market share in the browser market - as we all know - you see, recently we've seen malware target this particular browser, trying to trick users to installing a malicious extension via XPI.
Mind you, this is not a bug being exploited, but the usual "let's hope the gullible user clicks the 'OK'-button" type of trick. It will not install without user intervention!
Anyway, the bottom-line is that the market share argument is getting old, IMHO. But more importantly, this problem has been handled excellently by the Mozilla developer and user communinity. Blocking of onload-activated XPI installations has been implemented promtly as well as an extension website whitelist (though this one is not activated by default as of yet).
Most certainly, but it was modded (4, interesting) when I saw it. I felt I had to make sure the rest of the readers would understand the issue - as I see it, anyway.
Cue the FUD saying "look I told you Open Source was inherently less secure!"
Sure, it's interesting. But any tool can be used for practically any purpose, good or bad. Whether it be FOSS or proprietary software, in this case.
The fact remains, we won't ever be able to control what purposes tools will be used for, unless of course we're willing to give up more basic freedoms. Think RIAA for example.
If IE magically makes them work, then I expect Mozilla to make them work.
I agree to some extend, but only for quirks mode rendering (which includes Slashdot).
It's just that I've encountered too many bad examples of broken markup - mostly on pages that my tax money pays - and most of the site maintainers (or their managers) will listen if you point out their errors.
I was also disappointed with the theme change, however the new version of the Winstripe theme in this 0.9.1 release is improving. Actually, the home button now resembles the one from Qute, which is kinda ironic? The rest of the buttons in the toolbar are more curved and in lighter (more fresh?) colors.
Not yet, but I believe the example you're refereing to is the reason they included a whitelist (for sites allowed to install extensions) in the latest Mozilla version.
The page source says the charset should be both "windows-1252", "iso-8859-1" (and even "x-user-defined"). These are Western, ie. Latin character sets - I'm imagine Telugu doesn't relate to these in any way?
You should contact the authors and make them fix the page.
Why isn't spyware classified as viral code? I realize it doesn't spread in the same manner as a virus, but it a) installs itself uninvited b) causes the PC and its software to behave erratically and c) makes my job needlessly more difficult. It bothers me that virus scanners aren't picking up spyware.
It will be soon - hopefully - as the distinction is getting harder to notice. For example, some of the CWS (CoolWebSearch) malware variants will replace your Windows Media Player executable with a trojan.
The first part about using plaintext composing (also for replies to HTML mails), is possible with the good ol' Mozilla Mail. It's an option in the "account settings" somewhere. I'm sure the feature will show up in Thunderbird at some point - perhaps it's already in there but not available via the UI yet?
Fetching local/system (mbox) mail would be nice actually. I know evolution supports this. Maybe there are workarounds to make this possible?
What is new in Firefox and Thunderbird that would make me want to migrate to them instead of stick with my current browser? I know there's a new design (woop-dee-doo) and it's faster. But is there ANYTHING else?
There are some really nice features to Firefox that you might not notice at first, but when you do, you'll never want to turn back to Mozilla SeaMonkey again. Believe me!
Built-in features:
Customizable search field: Firefox has a built-in search field which uses Google by default. You can add engines to this field for all sorts of things. I use IMDB search and DHL tracking as well as some documentation searches.
Keyword bookmarks: Not just bookmarks! Associate keywords and parameters with certain bookmarks so you can create URLs dynamically (more info here). Some default examples are "dict some_word" for dictionary lookups, "goto some_search" for Google I'm Feeling Lucky searches. I've add my own keyword bookmarks for Netcraft, RFC docs and train time tables.
Disable plug-ins: If you want you can enable/disable each of your plug-ins dynamically from within Firefox.
There are lots of very handy extensions for Firefox, namely:
AdBlock: This one alone should be enough reason to switch! Complete ad-blocking for all your needs. It's based on URL globbing, so you can finally block ad elements that are stored locally on the websites (not possible with Mozilla's default "block images from this server"). It has handy options for right-clicking and blocking iframes (very cool!), images and removing imagemaps. Also, for your chance visits to sites you probably won't visit again - "overlay flash". Just hit ctrl+shift+f and have flash and java applets blocked out for the duration of your single visit.
Web Developer: Very handy extension! Numerous features such as live editing of CSS, easy HTML/CSS validation, element outlining, form/cookie information, etc.
Maybe, but it hasn't exactly been positive news. People who didn't know much about Linux and heard about this whole SCO debacle are probably even LESS likely to want to switch over now.
Agreed. When this whole damn thing was at it's hottest, I saw Darl McBride on CNN actually mentioning Linux together with - I'm pretty sure - the words 'cyber terrorism'. All of this makes for a really bad combination for the average Joe and Jane User.
Clearly, it will need a lot of work to look anything like the Windows XP artwork it's supposed to blend in with. My point with these screenshots is that we should probably wait with our opinions on Winstripe until it gets time to mature. However, this raises a valid question:
Why are we replacing an almost-perfect Windows XP theme with a nowhere near finished one barely at version 0.1? Why is waiting for Winstripe to mature not an option?
This is what I wanna know too? This new theme needs a lot of work to compare to Qute. It's a step backwards for Firefox.
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good don't...you'll just sound like an asshole comparing a web server to an entire OS...I wonder which piece of software will have more issues...maybe the one with shitloads more code?!! Dumbass
Why, thank you! With respects to market share in this context, I would expect you to compare Apache to Microsoft's IIS, of course. I'm unfamiliar with the actual source code line count for these, but they largely perform the same function.
zThe fact that they continue to hold such a low market share makes it really unnecessary for a virus writer to target them, when they can infect 100000 times the amount of machines on a Windows OS.
There's the market share argument again!
Look, I won't bore you with the usual Apache has over 2/3 of the web server market share and all that. No, luckily (in this case?!), we can now highlight Mozilla as a product which still has a low market share in the browser market - as we all know - you see, recently we've seen malware target this particular browser, trying to trick users to installing a malicious extension via XPI.
Mind you, this is not a bug being exploited, but the usual "let's hope the gullible user clicks the 'OK'-button" type of trick. It will not install without user intervention!
Anyway, the bottom-line is that the market share argument is getting old, IMHO. But more importantly, this problem has been handled excellently by the Mozilla developer and user communinity. Blocking of onload-activated XPI installations has been implemented promtly as well as an extension website whitelist (though this one is not activated by default as of yet).
zI wonder whether this site exists only to generate ad revenues from people who trip over it.
Interesting. The story was submitted by an "anonymous reader".
zMost certainly, but it was modded (4, interesting) when I saw it. I felt I had to make sure the rest of the readers would understand the issue - as I see it, anyway.
zCue the FUD saying "look I told you Open Source was inherently less secure!"
Sure, it's interesting. But any tool can be used for practically any purpose, good or bad. Whether it be FOSS or proprietary software, in this case.
The fact remains, we won't ever be able to control what purposes tools will be used for, unless of course we're willing to give up more basic freedoms. Think RIAA for example.
zAFAIK, Firefox doesn't include a splash screen (yet)?
zIf IE magically makes them work, then I expect Mozilla to make them work.
I agree to some extend, but only for quirks mode rendering (which includes Slashdot).
It's just that I've encountered too many bad examples of broken markup - mostly on pages that my tax money pays - and most of the site maintainers (or their managers) will listen if you point out their errors.
zI was also disappointed with the theme change, however the new version of the Winstripe theme in this 0.9.1 release is improving. Actually, the home button now resembles the one from Qute, which is kinda ironic? The rest of the buttons in the toolbar are more curved and in lighter (more fresh?) colors.
zI've had zero layout problems with Firefox. Which sites are you refering to? Perhaps it's the page authors who need to fix something?
You have to remember, new Mozilla versions won't magically make broken markup/css work. Do you see the same problem with good ol' Mozilla (Seamonkey)?
zBob: Looks like you've been missing a lot of security holes lately.
For a second there, that looked like a Clippy joke.
zSo what are you waiting for?
Christmas?
zHave you ever seen an signed mozilla extension?
Not yet, but I believe the example you're refereing to is the reason they included a whitelist (for sites allowed to install extensions) in the latest Mozilla version.
zThe page source says the charset should be both "windows-1252", "iso-8859-1" (and even "x-user-defined"). These are Western, ie. Latin character sets - I'm imagine Telugu doesn't relate to these in any way?
You should contact the authors and make them fix the page.
zWhy isn't spyware classified as viral code? I realize it doesn't spread in the same manner as a virus, but it a) installs itself uninvited b) causes the PC and its software to behave erratically and c) makes my job needlessly more difficult. It bothers me that virus scanners aren't picking up spyware.
It will be soon - hopefully - as the distinction is getting harder to notice. For example, some of the CWS (CoolWebSearch) malware variants will replace your Windows Media Player executable with a trojan.
zA match made in heaven, no?
Well, it still doesn't beat "Joe's Wedding Gift Shop And Auto-repair". :-)
zSo the core of this Slashdot "article" is some posting on one guy's blog about losing a invitation he sent to his girlfriend.
Naturally, invitations of this kind would include the words "penis" and "viagra" (perhaps even "hair loss"). No wonder the mail was marked as junk. :-)
zDamn it, you guys, it's Minix!! Not Minux, not Munix ... Minix!
zLet's just say we used the left shift key, then we get to keep the right one. They'll never know! :-)
zThe first part about using plaintext composing (also for replies to HTML mails), is possible with the good ol' Mozilla Mail. It's an option in the "account settings" somewhere. I'm sure the feature will show up in Thunderbird at some point - perhaps it's already in there but not available via the UI yet?
Fetching local/system (mbox) mail would be nice actually. I know evolution supports this. Maybe there are workarounds to make this possible?
zWhat is new in Firefox and Thunderbird that would make me want to migrate to them instead of stick with my current browser? I know there's a new design (woop-dee-doo) and it's faster. But is there ANYTHING else?
There are some really nice features to Firefox that you might not notice at first, but when you do, you'll never want to turn back to Mozilla SeaMonkey again. Believe me!
Built-in features:
There are lots of very handy extensions for Firefox, namely:
Give it try! You'll be glad you did. :-)
z
That was cenrtainly implied! From the GNU Project page: "... the GNU HURD is a collection of servers (or ``herd of gnus'') ...". :-)
z"But look! There, in the distance! It's RMS assembling his herd of gnus! Oh darn, looks like a gnu is getting away again. Well, some day." :-)
zMaybe, but it hasn't exactly been positive news. People who didn't know much about Linux and heard about this whole SCO debacle are probably even LESS likely to want to switch over now.
Agreed. When this whole damn thing was at it's hottest, I saw Darl McBride on CNN actually mentioning Linux together with - I'm pretty sure - the words 'cyber terrorism'. All of this makes for a really bad combination for the average Joe and Jane User.
zClearly, it will need a lot of work to look anything like the Windows XP artwork it's supposed to blend in with. My point with these screenshots is that we should probably wait with our opinions on Winstripe until it gets time to mature. However, this raises a valid question:
Why are we replacing an almost-perfect Windows XP theme with a nowhere near finished one barely at version 0.1? Why is waiting for Winstripe to mature not an option?
This is what I wanna know too? This new theme needs a lot of work to compare to Qute. It's a step backwards for Firefox.
zFirefox has great standards compatability, but has piss poor HCI.
That's a bit unfair! It's a pre-1.0 release. You should be expecting quirks and filing bugs when encountering them.
z