Cars, possibly yes, can have a negative impact with bank robbers, kidnappers, accidents, etc. but they only affect a few individuals. One anonymous virus writer has the potential to infect millions/billions of PCs. This is a global problem and has been since the internet was born. Being anonymous has allowed people to continue this for years. This is about being held accountable for your actions online, not servitude. You are held liable for things you do in person, why not online? Changes like this would improve security on the PC so we can finally get to the REAL root of the problem - the anonymous cyber terrorist. It's been obvious for years that fighting viruses/spam as they happen hasn't been successful.
'I think anonymity on the Internet has to go away. People behave a lot better when they have their real names down. I think people hide behind anonymity and they feel like they can say whatever they want behind closed doors.'
Couldn't have said it better. Look what being anonymous has done to the internet - viruses, trojans, spam, black hat hackers, etc. etc. People have developed tools of destruction all while being anonymous. We then pay then pay tons of money to anti-virus companies for software to protect ourselves from the viruses/trojans/spam of unknown authors. Hackers like LulzSec can taunt the world anonymously via Twitter on how they hacked tons of websites and made it look easy. And you know what? It works. FBI can barely touch them. Being anonymous has been abused for far too long and it's time for a change.
[quote]IE 7 on XP really doesn't offer much to Firefox converts. Aside from perhaps the nifty tab screenshot thingy, and a really good RSS reader, Firefox has all of IE 7's features, plus it has the "comfort" factor.[/quote]
IE7 still beats Firefox in many ways - better tab functionality, better phishing utility, user-customizable embedded search engine, and of course support for ActiveX and ASP. Among others of course. The main reason I could see people switching to Firefox is security but I wouldn't put any bets that it'll solve all my security problems. I have an anti-virus and spyware tool and that's my security.
Firefox - far superior? Get real. This is a simple to understand reason why Firefox isn't even a complete browser: It doesn't support ActiveX or ASP technology. It's easier to say you have a more secure browser if you just don't include certain features of a browser. I can say I have the most secure broswer but in fine print I'll write except we don't support Java, Javascript, ASP, JSP, ActiveX, ASP, XML, or any other language I missed but HTML.
Don't kid yourself. Firefox still has no support for ActiveX and ASP and therefore can never be a replacement browser for IE. It's still that nice 'alternative' browser for those users not looking at easily upgrading software on their computer.
Unlike Firefox, IE7 allows you to report any website on the internet you think is a forgery. Go pay for your certificate, just takes a few people to turn that address to yellow then to red.
Sure, switch to Firefox, it solves all of life's problems. Riiight....
You do realize they have an anti-phishing tool as well? You can choose from an unknown Firefox blacklist or Google's anti-phishing blacklist. You won't save yourself any trouble.
Point being is that with IE, you don't need any HTML or Javascripting skills to add a search engine in. It's as easy as search for 'Test' and copy and paste the results into a window. Done.
The basics about that webpage is that the developer has already made the search engine plug-in for you to download. So you still need to be a developer to publish out the search engine to the public.
Unlike Firefox, Microsoft made IE7's search engine to be customizable by anyone. Basically if you can return the word 'Test' in the address bar after doing a search for the word 'Test', you can add it into the search engine. Then you can make it your default one. You don't need to be a developer at all.
Oh yeah, not hard to use....unless you actually try to do something on the OS.
For example, I took a college class learning Linux - Red Hat v9 I believe. The file I downloaded looks like it was compressed twice so I had to research the command lines to extract the files. Then once I got past those 2 big problems, I still was left with these useless files which gave me no indication of what I needed to do next.
Oh jeez, and this is better than Windows...why? I could kiss the.exe file structure. So easy...
Linux just left a bad taste in my mouth from using it in that course, I don't even see why I should go near that OS again. Granted it's probably changed in the many kernels of Linux out now, but I'll stick with Windows. Leave the Linux stuff to the nerds.
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Cars, possibly yes, can have a negative impact with bank robbers, kidnappers, accidents, etc. but they only affect a few individuals. One anonymous virus writer has the potential to infect millions/billions of PCs. This is a global problem and has been since the internet was born. Being anonymous has allowed people to continue this for years. This is about being held accountable for your actions online, not servitude. You are held liable for things you do in person, why not online? Changes like this would improve security on the PC so we can finally get to the REAL root of the problem - the anonymous cyber terrorist. It's been obvious for years that fighting viruses/spam as they happen hasn't been successful.
'I think anonymity on the Internet has to go away. People behave a lot better when they have their real names down. I think people hide behind anonymity and they feel like they can say whatever they want behind closed doors.' Couldn't have said it better. Look what being anonymous has done to the internet - viruses, trojans, spam, black hat hackers, etc. etc. People have developed tools of destruction all while being anonymous. We then pay then pay tons of money to anti-virus companies for software to protect ourselves from the viruses/trojans/spam of unknown authors. Hackers like LulzSec can taunt the world anonymously via Twitter on how they hacked tons of websites and made it look easy. And you know what? It works. FBI can barely touch them. Being anonymous has been abused for far too long and it's time for a change.
[quote]IE 7 on XP really doesn't offer much to Firefox converts. Aside from perhaps the nifty tab screenshot thingy, and a really good RSS reader, Firefox has all of IE 7's features, plus it has the "comfort" factor.[/quote] IE7 still beats Firefox in many ways - better tab functionality, better phishing utility, user-customizable embedded search engine, and of course support for ActiveX and ASP. Among others of course. The main reason I could see people switching to Firefox is security but I wouldn't put any bets that it'll solve all my security problems. I have an anti-virus and spyware tool and that's my security.
Check this out: http://news.com.com/Hackers+claim+zero-day+flaw+in +Firefox/2100-1002_3-6121608.html
I love this quote too:
"The hackers claim they know of about 30 unpatched Firefox flaws. They don't plan to disclose them, instead holding onto the bugs."
Firefox - far superior? Get real. This is a simple to understand reason why Firefox isn't even a complete browser: It doesn't support ActiveX or ASP technology. It's easier to say you have a more secure browser if you just don't include certain features of a browser. I can say I have the most secure broswer but in fine print I'll write except we don't support Java, Javascript, ASP, JSP, ActiveX, ASP, XML, or any other language I missed but HTML.
Don't kid yourself. Firefox still has no support for ActiveX and ASP and therefore can never be a replacement browser for IE. It's still that nice 'alternative' browser for those users not looking at easily upgrading software on their computer.
Unlike Firefox, IE7 allows you to report any website on the internet you think is a forgery. Go pay for your certificate, just takes a few people to turn that address to yellow then to red.
Sure, switch to Firefox, it solves all of life's problems. Riiight.... You do realize they have an anti-phishing tool as well? You can choose from an unknown Firefox blacklist or Google's anti-phishing blacklist. You won't save yourself any trouble.
So what if they get the green light? A simple - "Report this website" click just wipes it out.
No, it's not quite that easy in Firefox. You need to create an XML document for it to work.
Point being is that with IE, you don't need any HTML or Javascripting skills to add a search engine in. It's as easy as search for 'Test' and copy and paste the results into a window. Done.
The basics about that webpage is that the developer has already made the search engine plug-in for you to download. So you still need to be a developer to publish out the search engine to the public.
Then why is Google running Firefox's Phishing Filter for Firefox 2.0 and greater? Google has already picked a side...they chose Firefox.
Unlike Firefox, Microsoft made IE7's search engine to be customizable by anyone. Basically if you can return the word 'Test' in the address bar after doing a search for the word 'Test', you can add it into the search engine. Then you can make it your default one. You don't need to be a developer at all.
Oh yeah, not hard to use....unless you actually try to do something on the OS. For example, I took a college class learning Linux - Red Hat v9 I believe. The file I downloaded looks like it was compressed twice so I had to research the command lines to extract the files. Then once I got past those 2 big problems, I still was left with these useless files which gave me no indication of what I needed to do next. Oh jeez, and this is better than Windows...why? I could kiss the .exe file structure. So easy...
Linux just left a bad taste in my mouth from using it in that course, I don't even see why I should go near that OS again. Granted it's probably changed in the many kernels of Linux out now, but I'll stick with Windows. Leave the Linux stuff to the nerds.