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Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey Get a Security Overhaul
PC Magazine ^
| June 1, 2007
| Lisa Vaas
Posted on 06/01/2007 3:08:01 PM PDT by Zakeet
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Heads-up
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posted on
06/01/2007 3:08:03 PM PDT
by
Zakeet
To: Zakeet
I downloaded the latest version the other day. I ain’t got no Sea-Monkey. What am I missing?
2
posted on
06/01/2007 3:29:16 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rear view mirror.)
To: Zakeet
3
posted on
06/01/2007 3:30:50 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Fred Thompson '08)
To: BipolarBob
They aren't really
Sea Monkeys; they're just brine shrimp. :)
To: Zakeet
Gee, and all this time folks (CS-type geeks - both my colleagues and those to whom I teach CS courses) have been telling me how
wonderful Mozilla is! How free of the foibles and glitches of IE! How dependable and easy to use! Mind you, I'm not a great fan of Internet Explorer, but at least Microshaft does keep up with security issues and problems on a timely basis.
I couldn't help but snicker a bit when I read this.
To: ShadowAce
To: Zakeet
Use Firefox almost exclusively now. Up dated it yesterday. The Cooliris add on is really cool.
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posted on
06/01/2007 3:49:57 PM PDT
by
barker
( A smile is a curved line that sets things straight.)
To: BipolarBob
To: Zakeet
I just updated Firefox to the latest, and LOVE the new spell check. Just like a good WP program, a misspelled word in the window for typing a post here is underlined in red, and you correct it by selecting options with a right click, including adding to dictionary.
No more using the awful FR spell checker with its moronic failure to understand words with apostrophes and hyphens.
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posted on
06/01/2007 4:03:48 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney (...and another "Constitution-bot"))
To: Zakeet
This has to be making the Firefox folks very happy, they are now big enough to be worth hacking...
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posted on
06/01/2007 4:27:58 PM PDT
by
wastoute
To: KingSnorky
![Image hosted by Photobucket.com](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/chode6/chode.gif)
tooo funny...
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posted on
06/01/2007 4:57:13 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist)
To: Zakeet
Thanks a lot for the heads-up. Just updated my Firefox for Linux Mint.
12
posted on
06/01/2007 4:58:57 PM PDT
by
Severa
(I can't take this stress anymore...quick, get me a marker to sniff....)
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; ..
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posted on
06/02/2007 9:12:30 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: BillaryBeGone
"Microshaft does keep up with security issues and problems on a timely basis."I have to strongly disagree with you there. I've seen MS go months without fixing vulnerabilities that have been reported to them. Only when the folks who reported it to them threaten to go public would they release patches. I've heard of this happening quite a lot in the earlier days of XP.
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posted on
06/02/2007 9:23:03 AM PDT
by
KoRn
(Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republicans - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
To: Zakeet
I downloaded the latest Firefox, but I didn't see an upgrade for Thunderbird, which still shows up on the site as being version 2.0.0.0.
Is there a secret handshake for upgrading thunderbird?
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posted on
06/02/2007 12:18:03 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(MS Vista has detected your mouse has moved, Cancel or Allow?)
To: KingSnorky
You let me go 54 years believing that Sea Monkeys are real, and NOW you burst my bubble...in public?
You ain't right, man, you just ain't right. I'm tellin' the tooth fairy on you. LOL
:O)
P
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posted on
06/02/2007 12:27:03 PM PDT
by
papasmurf
(<<<<< Click there to see my dogs! Oh, and I have FRed one liners, too.)
To: KoRn; BillaryBeGone
Only when the folks who reported it to them threaten to go public would they release patches. In some cases security people get so fed up waiting even after it goes public that they produce their own unofficial patch, which embarrasses Microsoft into finally fixing it. IIRC, that was the case with the WMF vulnerability.
To: BipolarBob
I downloaded the latest version the other day. I ain?t got no Sea-Monkey. What am I missing? Not much, it blows. It appears to be the latest incarnation of Netscape, with Netscape's vastly inferior interface to Firefox, but it does have a built-in email client and news viewer.
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posted on
06/02/2007 2:53:50 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: papasmurf
The truth is often times a hard thing. So brace yourself: remember those x-ray glasses they sold in comic books? THEY DON’T WORK!
:)
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