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This... shatters so many illusions...

::wanders off, a broken man::

gd wrote:

Incredible that they warn us after so many years. I think that we all new this somehow. They needn't to tell us.

Jokes aside... what? Did you not read Books' post? What did we 'know?'

This isn't some vague issue, it's very specific, like the iPhone executing SMS binary as root- likely more. Let it be known, patch it, same as any OS.

The Reg refers to a Zero Day exploit. Malware has surfaced, & there's protective action that can be taken before a formal patch.

gd wrote:

Does that mean that you could just switch your browser from smurfing IE to anything else. Really, what I think is that MS should just discontinue the browsers they make and create an interface where you get a list of browsers to download before you can start your web surfing. Lets completely eradicate IE.

IE is to me. Any idiot that tries to get me to use it on a pc even if it is not mine will see a new browser where the IE icon was.

Your turn.

Ever try to use a site- say, a bank- that requires IE? Many exist. As a teen, you likely don't bank online, so may never have. I use more than one browser.

How do I put this diplomatically in teenspeak? Hmm...

Touch a PC of mine...

I still object to limiting a site to only Windows or only IE. To me it's a mark of incompetence and laziness. It also doesn't mean that their security is better than on a more open website.

I've been on financial sites that allowed all OSes and browsers and I believe that their sites are much more secure than a Bank that might be using ActiveX.

sturner wrote:

I still object to limiting a site to only Windows or only IE. To me it's a mark of incompetence and laziness. It also doesn't mean that their security is better than on a more open website.

I don't debate that point at all. Just saying it's been a fact of life, hopefully one that will change over time as other browsers make inroads on IE's share. But.. as long as I use some sites that require IE, I'll keep it for use. (Also, for some reason FF has had epic fail on importing 5 years of IE bookmarks I'm loathe to lose; I could never rebuild it all from memory). Biggest point anyway was, I'd have the most problem if someone walked up and tampered with my compy386, especially something like losing that 5 years of data. There'd be consequences.

With my limited C space, I haven't installed 8 yet. (7 was 'patched' with MS' 'FixItNow' hotfix- which, later, required me to shift to FF to download VLC 1.0.0). My impression from readings are, not too bad if you know IE; needs to be faster; needs to catch up on things lke Acid 3 compliance. Security of IE is better on Vista (and 7), as pointed out in one of the articles. But hey, if you don't need or like it, don't use it.

ActiveX isn't as bad as it used to be, but may have security issues for some time, perhaps until replaced as a class. Yeah, everything has holes- Apple is slower than MS at patches; OSX Server took a month+ to patch awhile back, the iPhone executes SMS as root, Safari for Windows had awful holes early on. Nothing's halfway perfect. I can see using FF increasingly as time goes on; there's a lot to learn about extensions and its other potentials and idiosyncracies. Learning curve.

Oh, and, last I checked, Comcast only offered tech support for IE, should one need it. Doing my own, I rarely do, but it's an issue.

Last edited by Bat (2009-07-08 3:01 am)