RIP, IE

Linux Today ^ | 25 June 2004 | Brian Proffitt

[Drango]

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Rocks! It's a must have for FR.

[BigSkyFreeper]

This one don't need no images. Just a page - perhaps the one you visited safely yesterday.

If IE or any other browser can render HTML, execute code, then by dumping IE for an alternative brower is a exercise in futility.

[Flyer]

Okay, I'm trying Firefox.

My normal way to browse FR is to use the Slave option.

Marked links will be opened in a single "slave" browser window. This allows one to leave open a list of articles in the master window, while reading the articles in a slave window.

Is there a way to have a "slave tab"?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

On firefox the right click actually says "view selection source" .

And another question answered:

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Posted: Jun Tue 22nd 2004 8:32pm     

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If you want to know what encryption is being used with a specific site, right click and select "page info", or double-click the security icon that appears in the lower-left hand corner.

And, yes. IE supports only up to 128 bit (RC4, I believe). Firefox supports that as well as up to 256-AES (Advanced Encryption Standard - as defined by the United States Government)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The bottom portion of my post just above was from the Firefox forum.

[D-fendr]

dumping IE for an alternative brower is a exercise in futility.

first 'splain to me why it's not futile for this vulnerability.

[D-fendr]

It's true no browser is perfect, the URL spoof for example also worked in some other browsers; it's just that the IE/Windows combination is way way under the bar.

All the new holes are variations of flaws discovered in the last two years, and play on known weaknesses in Internet Explorer's design, said Larholm.

In particular, Microsoft's implementation of "security zones" into which Web pages can be grouped is deeply flawed, as is code in IE for assessing what level of security to apply to a particular Web page URL. Fixing such problems will demand a wholesale reengineering of the often-used Web browser, something Microsoft plans to do in the next major release of Windows, code named "Longhorn," Larholm said.

New IE Holes Defy Latest Patches

I don't think I'd wait for Longhorn to switch browsers.

[Dont Mention the War]

Add me to the Browser Tech ping list, please. Heck, add me to all your tech lists. :)

[Truth666]

"Windows Update" - but that's what ensures the cycle continues ...

[Musket]

IE supports only up to 128 bit (RC4, I believe). Firefox supports that as well as up to 256-AES (Advanced Encryption Standard - as defined by the United States Government)

Thanks. I was looking around the Mozilla site yesterday for info on this but didn't see anything. That kicks major boo-tay.

[Bush2000]

Oh, yeah. What a quality product: /SARCASM

946 Mozilla Critical New Bugs

[Musket]

Gee that's a lot of bugs. I've been using Firefox for a day and a half on XP with zero problems. And I've had Mozilla on my Linux box forever with zero problems. Are you trying to scare people? I think you're too late. There has been a mass exodus from IE in the past 36 hours.

[KevinDavis]

So far it runs faster than IE. It doesn't take as much system resources...

[dyed_in_the_wool]

Boy, you're a rude jerk, who needs to understand the technology a little better before spouting off and insulting people you don't know.

Sounding like you know what you're talking about when you don't is insulting, dude.

[MizSterious]

Thank you!! I'm (obviously) not much of a techie, sorry about using the wrong term.

[ShadowAce]

Done. Welcome to the trenches. It can get pretty rough here, but as long as you don't tie your self-esteem your your tech you should be OK. :)

[ShadowAce]

Now, THAT'S an interesting bit of FUD. I recommend Firefox and you post a bug list to Mozilla, claiming the browser has that many bugs.

Different product, dude. Read for comprehension.

[ShadowAce]

My normal way to browse FR is to use the Slave option.

What I usually do is open up FR's News/Activism page to read the headlines. When I see an article I want to read, I'll right-click it to open into a new tab.

Firefox can be set to open all links into new tabs, but it may require the TabBrowser extension. I'm not really sure to be honest, because that is one of the first extensions I load up when I change from one version to another. Since I always have it running, I'm not sure if that funcationality is on the base browser ar part of the extension.

[Biblebelter]

After reading this thread, I installed firefox on my desktop PC which I had for the most part stopped using on the internet. I primarily use my ibook for the internet because its wireless and I like Safari. I have set up the browser with Java and put in some of my favorite bookmarks. It is like a new computer, no pop-ups and no you have performed an illegal operation boxes. I tried to remove IE 6, but I could not get the job done. Can you remove IE 6 if you have Windows 98 SE?

[ShadowAce]

Can you remove IE 6 if you have Windows 98 SE?

I don't think so. I'm pretty sure that MS has made that darn nigh impossible. Just remove the icon(s) for it, and never use it. You should be fine doing that.