not only is this a great win for mozilla after suffering from an IE only web, but it's confirming the notion that the browser -not Windows API's-are the way to go. And that should really bother MSFT.
read
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html
http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1088526392&count=1
problem is, it's those very sites that give you the highest risk for being exploited. And thanks to junk like download.ject, even your bank site isn't secure if you use IE
perhaps it would be a good idea for everyone to contact their elected representatives:state, local and federal and convince them the need to switch to something other than IE
I find it interesting dell will try an obscure distro of linux but they still won't come out with any PC with arguably superior AMD cpu's. It's not so radical- after all HP also offers AMD
Just what we need: more politics and less quality code. There is no freedom with fragmentation. Microsoft will continue to dominate the computer industry until opponents try to unify
The problem is that mozilla doesn't have the 50% market share as Netscape used to. Firefox is working from the bottom up. Many web designers have long forgotten the days when W3c standards were relevant. Now IE6 is the standard. So what can mozilla do? Convincing millions of websites to change is extremely hard.
It's easier for mozilla itself to change. Is it the wrong way to copy Microsoft? I think the wrong way would be to make it impossible for non-IE users to view a web that has standardized on IE already.
Imagine what downloading SP2 will be like. For that you get a firewall and popup blocker-as if IE users don't already have google toolbar and zonealarm
there's Paste and Go for Firefox as well
http://texturizer.net/firefox/extensions/#pasteand go
the great thing about firefox IMHO is that it can take you to opera functionality and beyond
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not only is this a great win for mozilla after suffering from an IE only web, but it's confirming the notion that the browser -not Windows API's-are the way to go. And that should really bother MSFT. read http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html
http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1088526392&count=1
Go turn on an air conditioner and save a frenchman's life
and Daikatana 2!
I'm more interested in 50 mpg SUV's than 1700 mpg single person cars. If I'm going by myself I'd rather walk or take the bus.
sorry but this was fixed in firefox and mozilla a while ago. Opera was also fixed recently.
problem is, it's those very sites that give you the highest risk for being exploited. And thanks to junk like download.ject, even your bank site isn't secure if you use IE
perhaps it would be a good idea for everyone to contact their elected representatives:state, local and federal and convince them the need to switch to something other than IE
maybe they will once Microsoft comes out with its own anti-virus "solution"
then again, with this new exploit perhaps SP2 will be pushed back even further than august
I find it interesting dell will try an obscure distro of linux but they still won't come out with any PC with arguably superior AMD cpu's. It's not so radical- after all HP also offers AMD
see http://secunia.com/advisories/12048/
also note Windows 98 doesn't have the problem either
there will be 1 BILLION linux distributions. unfortunately the number of linux users won't increase by that much
Just what we need: more politics and less quality code. There is no freedom with fragmentation. Microsoft will continue to dominate the computer industry until opponents try to unify
i'd be more impressed if it was 1000x performance for kde/xwindows
I can see maxthon's business plan: 1) English 2) ???? 3) profit!
The problem is that mozilla doesn't have the 50% market share as Netscape used to. Firefox is working from the bottom up. Many web designers have long forgotten the days when W3c standards were relevant. Now IE6 is the standard. So what can mozilla do? Convincing millions of websites to change is extremely hard. It's easier for mozilla itself to change. Is it the wrong way to copy Microsoft? I think the wrong way would be to make it impossible for non-IE users to view a web that has standardized on IE already.
Imagine what downloading SP2 will be like. For that you get a firewall and popup blocker-as if IE users don't already have google toolbar and zonealarm
there's Paste and Go for Firefox as well http://texturizer.net/firefox/extensions/#pasteand go
the great thing about firefox IMHO is that it can take you to opera functionality and beyond
just reading the first few sentences of this review of firefox/opera and you can pretty much interpret that as a 0 star rating for IE
a bit ironic to rely on acvtivex to try to secure your pc?