Blocked site
One of the most dramatic security changes within Firefox 3 is the blocked page. In Firefox 2, the browser screen would go dark and a window would open saying the page was suspected to be a forgery. No more. Firefox 3 blocks the entire page, unless you dare to ignore the warning and continue. Notice the red Border Guard icon in the upper left-hand corner (more on him later).
Your an idiot.
How many vulnerabilities are released with every IE remake? Too many for such a large company touting "superior" security.
How adaptable is IE compared to FF?
HA! There's nothing compare.
What happens if IE is taken out by a nasty bug?
Anything from making IE useless to killing the whole machine due to it being "integrated" into the OS.
Fun.
I'm not saying that the above can't happen with FF. But at least you can re-install FF easily if it is taken out by a nasty bug.
Tarrith
Regarding adaptability, what of it? A web browser is for visiting websites with, not script-kiddie functions like being able to change the programme's user agent text so that website logging systems can be spammed. I own, host and manage several websites and more Firefox users do things to irk me than the users of any other web browser.
You must be one of those people who visit every URL you are given. The only way you'd know when reinstallation of anything is required would be by prior experience with the problem so that alone makes you look like Mug Extra-ordinaire.
On the subject of security, the chain is as strong as the weakest link. The weakest link on a computer is usually the user, not the software. I only visit sites I know, or reasonably assume, are reputable. I have never had to reinstall any web browser or operating system because of a malware takeover.
In finishing, I will simply say to you, visit a leading website pertaining to security advisories and count how many advisories there are for IE, Firefox and Safari. I am sure you will find that IE is not at the bottom of the list. At no time did I ever suggest that IE is 100% secure. The fact is that no software is.
As for your suggestion that Microsoft's claims about how secure IE is, they've never said that. What may have been said is that security in IE has improved, which it has, and a lot. Firefox users, however, seem to be living under a shroud of belief that Firefox is bulletproof. It isn't and is nowhere near it.
L. Watchdog.
You must live in a shoebox.
Why else would you say that "web browser is for visiting websites". Theres a bigger world out there than your safe little sites that you limit yourself to.
Adaptabilility means I can install add-ons EASILY to show youtube results in 3d (piclens), show thumbnail previews in a side toolbar of the websites that I have in tabs and hundreds of other add-ons that a shoebox living IE user would be too scared to try in case something killed their fragile little IE world.
Oh by the way, piclens can be installed in IE (arn't you lucky), so I suggest you try something new and install it.
No I don't go visiting any website that comes under my mouse nor open emails that direct my into the unknown. This comment surely underlines your bruised ego and is not worth commenting on any further.
You must be one of the few people in the world not to have been infected by malware. You are my hero, can I have a online hermit life like yours?
I also was not saying that FF or IE is infallible, on the contrary. It's just that IE not the bastion of security that you were trying to imply. The most secure computer is one that's turned off. So do the world a favor. Unplug yours.
Tarrith
"I also was not saying that FF or IE is infallible, on the contrary. It's just that IE not the bastion of security that you were trying to imply."
I never once said that IE is a bastion of security. If you interpret what people say incorrectly then that is not my problem.
Secondly, what makes you think that people are limited by only visiting known safe sites? As a web developer, owner and hoster of several websites, I know this is simply not true.
http://techqi.blogspot.com/2008/06/and-winner-of-browser-speed-wars-is-not.html
its a pity that Mozilla stuffed up the communication on the Firefox download record attempt.
Poor reporting by ZDnet to not carry the story that the record attempt called for on 17 Jjne didn't start until 18 June in Australia
"Poor reporting by ZDnet to not carry the story that the record attempt called for on 17 Jjne didn't start until 18 June in Australia"
You must be stupid?
What is important is what people will do with that download.
I find it hard to believe that all 5million people who downloaded Firefox 3 will make it their browser of choice or even keep it on their system.
Many of those people will try it out, put it down to a good or bad experience and then delete it. Then there will be people like me, who have all of the popular browsers installed for web development purposes and still use IE or Netscape or whatever. Then there will be those who choose to use Firefox.
Mozilla's brag about the number of downloads isn't what I would call newsworthy information and that is probably why it isn't a static front page headline in most places.
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"Firefox 3 offers faster rendering, a vastly reduced use of system resources and clever new data-mining tools for your bookmarks and browser history."
And, a new code execution vulnerability right from day one. It say a lot for the browser that so many hoped would live up to a brief reputation riding on how secure the browser was supposed to be. Then again, if you release software and claim that hackers can't break it then you are asking for trouble and it looks like the chook has come home to roost.
I'll stick with IE - better the devil you know, and it means one less application to worry about.