Comments on: Mozilla Firefox Increasingly Vulnerable

By: Signifying Nothing

Signifying Nothing — Tue, 10 May 2005 23:41:05 +0000

Firefox 1.0.4 release candidates out
If you run Mozilla Firefox, you probably want to upgrade to a 1.0.4 candidate build to fix the arbitrary code execution vulnerability discussed at OTB and elsewhere.

By: JackLewis.net

JackLewis.net — Tue, 10 May 2005 16:23:51 +0000

Around the Blogosphere
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By: McGehee

McGehee — Tue, 10 May 2005 15:10:12 +0000

Actually, Oz, the uninstall/reinstall-in-a-different-folder thing seems to have gone out the window with the final release of 1.0. What version did you use last? Some things have changed besides the upgrade regime.

When Firefox started melting down on me last month I used Maxthon for a while, but it just didn't do it for me.

Oh, and Bryan? ;-P

By: ozzippit

ozzippit — Tue, 10 May 2005 02:53:02 +0000

Firefox has its quirks, just like all the other browsers. Many blogs I read do not render properly in Firefox. Its updates require uninstalling old versions, rebooting and installing the new version from a different folder. I have yet to get some of its extensions to install (I realize those are 3rd party and it's not necessarily Mozilla's fault.). In short, it's a pain in the butt to work with, so I quit trying and use Maxthon. Netscape has a new version in beta, so I'll try it when it's finished.

By: bryan

bryan — Tue, 10 May 2005 01:22:59 +0000

that would mean the reason Mac users donât have to worry about these types of things is because there are so dang few of them, not because itâs a better OS.

I don't mind such blasphemy. It means we get to use a better OS AND we don't have to worry about these dang things. ;-)

By: McGehee

McGehee — Mon, 09 May 2005 21:11:27 +0000

Heh. In the comments on your "Firefox 1.0 Sucks" post, I wrote:

Iâve actually found 1.0PR more stable than previous versions.

In retrospect, a whole host of troubles that led last month to me ripping Firefox out by the roots and reinstalling it clean, seem to stem from when I upgraded to 1.0PR.

When 2.0PR comes out, I'll wait for the final release.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Mon, 09 May 2005 21:08:31 +0000

...it has always seemed obvious to me that the main reason Microsoft's Internet Explorer was so vulnerable was that its ubiquity made it the natural target of hackers. But ... but ... that would mean the reason Mac users don't have to worry about these types of things is because there are so dang few of them, not because it's a better OS. And that would be blasphemy!