Since you're on a Mac, why are you using Firefox when you could be using Safari instead? Honest question.
People accustomed to PC-world mediocrity may find Firefox satisfactory for their tastes, but Firefox pales in comparison to the legions of Cocoa-native Mac browsers. Even Jon Hicks, the talented graphic designer who designed Firefox's logo and icon, switched to Safari a while back after getting fed up with Firefox's sluggish performance, not to mention its wretched user interface and terrible rendering. He now maintains this site for extensions to Safari. Hope this helps.
Others have already addressed the fact that your settings change does nothing to stop Firefox's bloat, but you miss the larger point: why should I have to tell it not to be a hog? Especially when alternative browsers are lean and mean out of the box?
Even Jon Hicks, the talented graphic designer who designed Firefox's logo and icon, switched to Safari a while back after getting fed up with Firefox's sluggish performance, not to mention its wretched user interface and terrible rendering. He now maintains this site for extensions to Safari. When will you make the switch? Or is mediocrity "good enough" for you?
Incidentally, the guy who runs that site I pointed out (www.pimpmysafari.com)? Jon Hicks? He's the guy who designed the Firefox logo and icon, before Safari came out. That's right--the Firefox developers, or at least those with good taste, are jumping ship to Safari. Now ask yourself why that would be.
Firefox doesn't render consistently between platforms. Text rendering on OS X, when it happens properly, relies on ATSUI, and looks better than it does in Windows or any Linux desktop I've seen. The trouble is that even though Firefox uses ATSUI, it doesn't use it properly, and so its text looks terrible more often than not, what with the uneven linespacing and inconsistent antialiasing. Of course, if you're the sort of crass, classless, ass-picking meathead who isn't bothered by living in a dirty, depraved world of shit, Firefox's slovenly habits won't bother you, and you'll never understand why the rest of us prefer Safari. So be it.
I have to agree. Even with OS X completely up to date (10.4.6), there remain a number of unpatched bugs, and I don't doubt that many (all?) of these could be used to run arbitrary code. It may require user interaction, but when user interaction is as simple as viewing an image in Safari or clicking a message in Mail.app--and given that we Mac users tend to cluster together--that's not much of a barrier to a virus or worm spreading like wildfire.
While I'm a Mac user, I don't think it helps anyone to run around proclaiming the Mac's invulnerability to exploits. It's worth remembering that malicious code doesn't need to run as root to ruin your day. Suppose a worm spread itself to all the emails in your Address Book, using that ImageIO vulnerability (this would work in Mail.app and any webmail in Safari). Even with unprivileged system access, it could forward your ~/Documents/ folder along with itself, and that would certainly unleash hell on earth. Surely malware authors could come up with something even more creative.
So give them the proper documentation to become legal residents. Problem solved.
Hard as you try, you can't just wish them away. Mass deportations just aren't going to happen as long as intelligent people remain mayors of cities like New York and Los Angeles, so you're just going to have to learn to accept the fact--obvious to everyone who lives in these cities, but perhaps not so obvious to morons like you--that the people who are here illegally are essential to the nation's economy, and more importantly, they're people just like you and me.
Have you jaywalked lately? Broken the speed limit? Then you're a criminal too. Being in U.S. territory without documentation still isn't a felony, last I checked.
...enforcing the NX/XD bit and enforcing a non-executable stack...
Does that mean bugs like this aren't exploitable in OS X? (Warning, that link crashes Safari, Finder, Mail, Preview, and everything else that uses ImageIO to decode JPEGs). What about bugs like this? (Warning, crashes Safari, Shiira, OmniWeb, and anything else that depends on JavaScriptCore.) It sounds like separation of data and executable would prevent maliciously crafted data from taking advantage of bugs like these, right?
That's why we should grant them permanent residency. Proper documentation makes it easier to get health care, including treatment and proper immunizations for children.
My uncle, who is Japanese and has lived in Japan all his life, literally can't hear the difference between "clown" and "crown" when he hears them. Both my parents (also Japanese, but who have spent a lot of time in the States) have less trouble, but still get them confused all the time.
Interestingly, they mix up R's and L's in their written emails, too! Guess there's some truth to those stereotypes after all.
How far down your throat is Ben Goodger's cock that you can't admit "renders text like shit" is a valid criticism of Firefox? There are more, but let's focus on the one for now; I don't want to overtask your simple mind.
"Misanthropic" is exactly the right word to describe the hatred of humanity that many, many Windows and Linux developers must feel to ship products with UIs the likes of which would send any halfway decent Mac programmer running, screaming, from the dungeon wherein he or she had the misfortune to encounter such beasts. I choose my words carefully. Don't insult my intelligence. And do some research before you spread falsehoods regarding what you perceive to be deficiencies in Safari--ultimately, all they reveal is your ignorance.
Are you honestly trying to say Firefox is a better browser than Safari? If you need specific sites that only work in Gecko, like Google Maps for the first week it was out, I can see why you'd want to keep something like Camino as a backup. But Firefox? It may be adequate for people used to the types of misanthropic interfaces prevalent on Windows and Linux, but among Mac applications, Firefox stands out for its mediocrity. Even Camino has problems rendering text without jagged, uneven kerning, not to mention "undead widget" syndrome.
No, I simply don't understand how anyone can reasonably say Firefox is a decent browser for day-to-day use, at least not when better options like Safari are available.
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Since you're on a Mac, why are you using Firefox when you could be using Safari instead? Honest question.
People accustomed to PC-world mediocrity may find Firefox satisfactory for their tastes, but Firefox pales in comparison to the legions of Cocoa-native Mac browsers. Even Jon Hicks, the talented graphic designer who designed Firefox's logo and icon, switched to Safari a while back after getting fed up with Firefox's sluggish performance, not to mention its wretched user interface and terrible rendering. He now maintains this site for extensions to Safari. Hope this helps.
Others have already addressed the fact that your settings change does nothing to stop Firefox's bloat, but you miss the larger point: why should I have to tell it not to be a hog? Especially when alternative browsers are lean and mean out of the box?
Even Jon Hicks, the talented graphic designer who designed Firefox's logo and icon, switched to Safari a while back after getting fed up with Firefox's sluggish performance, not to mention its wretched user interface and terrible rendering. He now maintains this site for extensions to Safari. When will you make the switch? Or is mediocrity "good enough" for you?
Wow. Looks like the moderators can't stand hearing that their precious Firefox might, just might not be perfect. Unbelievable.
Incidentally, the guy who runs that site I pointed out (www.pimpmysafari.com)? Jon Hicks? He's the guy who designed the Firefox logo and icon, before Safari came out. That's right--the Firefox developers, or at least those with good taste, are jumping ship to Safari. Now ask yourself why that would be.
Firefox doesn't render consistently between platforms. Text rendering on OS X, when it happens properly, relies on ATSUI, and looks better than it does in Windows or any Linux desktop I've seen. The trouble is that even though Firefox uses ATSUI, it doesn't use it properly, and so its text looks terrible more often than not, what with the uneven linespacing and inconsistent antialiasing. Of course, if you're the sort of crass, classless, ass-picking meathead who isn't bothered by living in a dirty, depraved world of shit, Firefox's slovenly habits won't bother you, and you'll never understand why the rest of us prefer Safari. So be it.
People like the grandparent poster are just inveterate PC-type people, and should never have tried switching to Mac in the first place.
I have to agree. Even with OS X completely up to date (10.4.6), there remain a number of unpatched bugs, and I don't doubt that many (all?) of these could be used to run arbitrary code. It may require user interaction, but when user interaction is as simple as viewing an image in Safari or clicking a message in Mail.app--and given that we Mac users tend to cluster together--that's not much of a barrier to a virus or worm spreading like wildfire.
While I'm a Mac user, I don't think it helps anyone to run around proclaiming the Mac's invulnerability to exploits. It's worth remembering that malicious code doesn't need to run as root to ruin your day. Suppose a worm spread itself to all the emails in your Address Book, using that ImageIO vulnerability (this would work in Mail.app and any webmail in Safari). Even with unprivileged system access, it could forward your ~/Documents/ folder along with itself, and that would certainly unleash hell on earth. Surely malware authors could come up with something even more creative.
You can always download a Safari search box plugin from www.pimpmysafari.com. Hope this helps.
So give them the proper documentation to become legal residents. Problem solved.
Hard as you try, you can't just wish them away. Mass deportations just aren't going to happen as long as intelligent people remain mayors of cities like New York and Los Angeles, so you're just going to have to learn to accept the fact--obvious to everyone who lives in these cities, but perhaps not so obvious to morons like you--that the people who are here illegally are essential to the nation's economy, and more importantly, they're people just like you and me.
...said the PC user.
Have you jaywalked lately? Broken the speed limit? Then you're a criminal too. Being in U.S. territory without documentation still isn't a felony, last I checked.
What?
Sure. You go plant the WMDs in Tijuana and I'll go notify the Post. We'll have the country on our side in no time.
That's why we should grant them permanent residency. Proper documentation makes it easier to get health care, including treatment and proper immunizations for children.
My uncle, who is Japanese and has lived in Japan all his life, literally can't hear the difference between "clown" and "crown" when he hears them. Both my parents (also Japanese, but who have spent a lot of time in the States) have less trouble, but still get them confused all the time.
Interestingly, they mix up R's and L's in their written emails, too! Guess there's some truth to those stereotypes after all.
Sorry to hear your girlfriend's fat and blonde, but hey, you sound like you're from Los Angeles; you two should make a perfect pair.
How far down your throat is Ben Goodger's cock that you can't admit "renders text like shit" is a valid criticism of Firefox? There are more, but let's focus on the one for now; I don't want to overtask your simple mind.
FYI, I think your sig is missing a crucial comma, without which its meaning is completely reversed. Just thought you'd like to know...
Ah, thanks... Demonstrating again the power of the comma. Without the comma, that phrase just doesn't make sense.
That depends on how good you are at reading orthographic projections.
"Misanthropic" is exactly the right word to describe the hatred of humanity that many, many Windows and Linux developers must feel to ship products with UIs the likes of which would send any halfway decent Mac programmer running, screaming, from the dungeon wherein he or she had the misfortune to encounter such beasts. I choose my words carefully. Don't insult my intelligence. And do some research before you spread falsehoods regarding what you perceive to be deficiencies in Safari--ultimately, all they reveal is your ignorance.
Are you honestly trying to say Firefox is a better browser than Safari? If you need specific sites that only work in Gecko, like Google Maps for the first week it was out, I can see why you'd want to keep something like Camino as a backup. But Firefox? It may be adequate for people used to the types of misanthropic interfaces prevalent on Windows and Linux, but among Mac applications, Firefox stands out for its mediocrity. Even Camino has problems rendering text without jagged, uneven kerning, not to mention "undead widget" syndrome.
No, I simply don't understand how anyone can reasonably say Firefox is a decent browser for day-to-day use, at least not when better options like Safari are available.
Offtopic, but in your sig... er... isn't "content restriction annulment" a good thing? Why would you want to stop it?
Of course it agrees with you. It's Wikipedia--it'll agree with anyone with the time to edit it.