[Drucifer]

FF v10 just auto-installed.

Anyone know what's new in it?

 

[dpeters11]

Nothing major:

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/10.0/releasenotes/

Two biggest new features:
The forward button is now hidden until you navigate back
Most add-ons are now compatible with new versions of Firefox by default

 

[Sgt. Slaughter]

Been using it for awhile as I'm on their beta channel here.
I still use chrome more overall but that's just me.

 

[RasputinAXP]

Guess I need to update my 12.0a 64 bit Nightly.

 

[harsh]

I still use chrome more overall but that's just me.

As I run most of my older machines without antivirus/antimalware software, the fact that Chrome is listed at least twice a month in the CERT security bulletins keeps it off of my computers. The only thing that seems more of a risk is Cisco network equipment and possibly Adobe products.

 

[dpeters11]

Security wise, CERT advisories after a product has already been patched doesn't bother me as things like an inherently insecure model that cannot be fixed in current installations (like WiFi WPS), or vulnerabilities that go public but are fixed a long time afterward. Windows had a vulnerability for 17 years, how many times was that taken advantage of?

 

[harsh]

Security wise, CERT advisories after a product has already been patched doesn't bother me as things like an inherently insecure model that cannot be fixed in current installations (like WiFi WPS), or vulnerabilities that go public but are fixed a long time afterward.

What bothers me isn't the timing so much as the number of vulnerabilities that Chrome is released with. That they get addressed with the next release is great but how did they get released in the first place?

Is the idea that by the time an exploit gets popular, it is closed with the next update?

 

[Stuart Sweet]

I know it's silly but I think the runup to these high version numbers without significant changes is kind of annoying. "Back in my day" such things would have been point releases (4.1) or .x.x releases (4.0.1).

 

[dpeters11]

What bothers me isn't the timing so much as the number of vulnerabilities that Chrome is released with. That they get addressed with the next release is great but how did they get released in the first place?

Is the idea that by the time an exploit gets popular, it is closed with the next update?

So what browser do you use? All of them have quite a few security patches. Ok, Opera Desktop 11 has only had 22 security fixes, but is that due to security or obscurity?

 

[Sgt. Slaughter]

So what browser do you use? All of them have quite a few security patches. Ok, Opera Desktop 11 has only had 22 security fixes, but is that due to security or obscurity?

Been wanting to ask that myself as im interested. Seems just about every browser out there has security issues so better off just not using the internet...

 

[dpeters11]

Lynx is pretty secure, but then it's text only.

 

[Laxguy]

I know it's silly but I think the runup to these high version numbers without significant changes is kind of annoying. "Back in my day" such things would have been point releases (4.1) or .x.x releases (4.0.1).

Hear, hear. Wasn't this pushed a lot by Google? So that we are all meant to believe the higher the number the better the browser??

Also, the self-congratulatory video was way too long. Longer than Ferris Bueller revisited long.

 

[harsh]

So what browser do you use? All of them have quite a few security patches.

I'm running an older version of Firefox. It isn't without flaws, but most of them aren't of a class that "allow a remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it" or "unspecified other impact".

My major beef with Chrome is that it seems that Google is trying to build everything in which, like Windows, has a chilling effect on for nifty third-party add-ons.

 

[Drucifer]

Had to remove FF v10 because it kept crashing my HP SmartTouch 610.

 

[Drucifer]

Anyone know where I can find FF v9 to download?

 

[TBlazer07]

Anyone know where I can find FF v9 to download?

Google is your friend: http://www.top10download.com/firefox-9-0 They have 4 through 10. I keep them "in stock." Here's a direct link if you want: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3294692/Firefox Setup 9.0.1.exe

 

[Davenlr]

http://www.oldapps.com/firefox.php

 

[Drucifer]

Got it. And it's working.

Anyway to shutoff auto-update?

 

[sigma1914]

Got it. And it's working.

Anyway to shutoff auto-update?

Tools, Advanced, Update

 

[Drucifer]

Thank you.