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AnonJr
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United States
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 Posted - 23 September 2005 : 06:14:45
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Originally posted by Gremlin
Maxthon (a shell over IE) is great http://www.maxthon.com/
If I remember right, didn't that originally go under the "MyIE" name? |
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Panhandler
Average Member
USA
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Posted - 23 September 2005 : 09:18:19
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I have problems with tracking cookies (spyware) being allowed on my computer when using IE 6.0
Firefox seems to prevent spyware, such as when I visit Weather Underground, http://www.wunderground.com/ , I always get a spyware install with IE 6.0 but not with Firefox.
Is that just a "setting" that needs adjustment on IE?
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sr_erick
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 23 September 2005 : 09:30:12
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| I've never gotten spyware using IE and just "browsing" sites. It always takes the users interaction to install active x controls, accept some of the security things, etc. The big deal with Firefox is it does not support active x. This limits a lot of functionality (yes it does make it more secure though) but not as feature rich. |
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
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Posted - 23 September 2005 : 11:16:54
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Originally posted by Gremlin
Maxthon (a shell over IE) is great http://www.maxthon.com/
how did I miss knowing about this? I love it! |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 23 September 2005 : 13:08:47
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The big deal with Firefox is it does not support active x. This limits a lot of functionality (yes it does make it more secure though) but not as feature rich.
LoL. It's not a firefox problem. Which other browser supports Active X apart from IE? 
Netscape would support it, because they use the IE rendering engine (or whatever it's called). If you work or use sites with Active X, then you're stuck with IE for sure. |
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OneWayMule
Dev. Team Member & Support Moderator
Austria
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Snitz Forums Admin
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AnonJr
Moderator
United States
5768 Posts |
Posted - 23 September 2005 : 13:26:24
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| I've been using it since it was MyIE v 0.8.... and before I found FireFox, and even now when I have to use IE, I use it. I've been fairly happy with it. |
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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator
Netherlands
2625 Posts |
Posted - 23 September 2005 : 13:49:14
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Have been with MyIE / Maxthon for over 2 years now....no way I'm going to switch to FF's version of tabbed browsing...
I only use normal IE, FireFox, Mozilla, and Opera for testing my sites in other browsers. That's all.
The rest all goes with Maxthon.
FireFox is not the revolution they said it would be, and some things about FireFox are downright retarded ; for example this one: http://www.oxle.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3124 (demo/demo) |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 23 September 2005 : 13:57:09
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FireFox is not the revolution they said it would be, and some things about FireFox are downright retarded ; for example this one: http://www.oxle.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3124 (demo/demo)
LoL. but you yourself said in that topic it's a bug with IE because Firefox follows the web standards. How come it's a retardation with Firefox? 
That's another thing I like about the Fox. It follows the W3C standards. So many people have been coding websites using IE's standards that when any other browser tries to work with thier site, it's all messed up and they blame the browsers. I guess that's what happens when a browser has been the monopoly for so long. |
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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator
Netherlands
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Posted - 23 September 2005 : 14:12:27
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Davio ; it follows the W3C standards as a retard. That's the retardation And it's the ONLY browser that does this...
Fyi ; FireFox 1.08 will be following the W3C standard no longer when it comes to wrapping URL's, as I've read on numerous sites which had the same problem. |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
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Posted - 23 September 2005 : 14:17:38
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Is there a single browser that follows all the relevant standards? Even one?
Anyway, gentlemen, this should be a post about security, not standards, not functionality...Otherwise it will be just a repeat of other things that were already written elsewhere in these forums. |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 23 September 2005 : 19:17:08
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Originally posted by MarcelG
Davio ; it follows the W3C standards as a retard. That's the retardation And it's the ONLY browser that does this...
Fyi ; FireFox 1.08 will be following the W3C standard no longer when it comes to wrapping URL's, as I've read on numerous sites which had the same problem.
Not sure I follow though. It either works as the W3C group says it should work or it doesn't.
But no problem though. Rui saying we must stick to the topic he started out with...security security security.  |
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AnonJr
Moderator
United States
5768 Posts |
Posted - 23 September 2005 : 21:10:57
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Then there is nothing to say as the only concrete security is the office with that title just down the way from mine. 
Any puzzle one person can build, another will figure out.... that's not to say we should give it up as a lost cause, but lets also be realistic about it. When Apple gets 80% market share lets see how their security claims stand. Not that I don't like Apple, its got a wonderful UI (to expensive for me to get more familiar with though).
I like Firefox. I use it because at this point in time I like its featureset better than what anyone else has to offer. Are there security problems with Firefox? You betcha. Are there security problems with Opera? Yup. Are there problems with Lynx? Probably.
Good security on the web comes from smart browsing and using a properly updated firewall and antivirus. (A good pop-up blocker goes a long way too... ). One of the ladies at work comes to me and says "My computer is slow. I even went and got cable internet and its still slow."
Did she have an antivirus program? Nope. Firewall? Nada. Did she click on any link that looked vaugly like what she wanted? Yup. Enter data in any form without due dilligance? You betcha. Was she using Firefox? Yup. "But I thought it was secure..." As secure as putting an iron door on a paper house.
And thus ends my rant from a state of past exahustion.... I am so far past exahustion ...
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 24 September 2005 : 05:25:06
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Good post AnonJr. My thoughts exactly.
We got to face that every and all browsers can never be secure, (unless you plug out your telephone out of the jack, lol). So as such the security starts and stops with us.
I always wondered which site uses these exploits though? Probably use spam emails with a link to thier site that exploits the code. Or spam forums or something. |
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