Moderators TwistedMetal Posted September 21, 2005 Moderators Share Posted September 21, 2005 Firefox 1.0.7 Specific changes in Firefox 1.0.7 * Fix for a potential buffer overflow vulnerability when loading a hostname with all soft-hyphens * Fix to prevent URLs passed from external programs from being parsed by the shell (Linux only) * Fix to prevent a crash when loading a Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) script that uses an "eval" statement * Fix to restore InstallTrigger.getVersion() for Extension authors * Other stability and security fixes Your Friendly Neighborhood Piriform Forum Moderator Quick Links: CCleaner Products | CCleaner Documentation | Knowledge Center | Downloads | Lost License Key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agumon Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 i still prefer firefox over opera... --==aGumon==-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaGNiFiCo Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 yeah Firefox is the greatest browser... and the plug in/extension make this browser unbeatable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mangix Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 exntesions are what makes firefox so bloated. Avant Browser works faster for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 exntesions are what makes firefox so bloated. Avant Browser works faster for me. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You've only said this 50 times. People get the point already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard382 Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 omg stop saying it mangix!!!!! GRR!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invictus Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 exntesions are what makes firefox so bloated. Avant Browser works faster for me. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ditto...enough with the Avant praising...we get the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agumon Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 haha --==aGumon==-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarun Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 omg stop saying it mangix!!!!!GRR!!!!!!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ditto...enough with the Avant praising...we get the picture. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Note his location. He's banned now. (Btw mods, there's a group you can move him to called Banned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agumon Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 really banned? --==aGumon==-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators TwistedMetal Posted September 22, 2005 Author Moderators Share Posted September 22, 2005 Only Admins have that access. Yea, he really is. I just put it in Location for the fun of it. Your Friendly Neighborhood Piriform Forum Moderator Quick Links: CCleaner Products | CCleaner Documentation | Knowledge Center | Downloads | Lost License Key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agumon Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 oh i see... i thou he put that for fun... --==aGumon==-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators TwistedMetal Posted September 22, 2005 Author Moderators Share Posted September 22, 2005 No, we will not tolerate rudeness in the Forums. Your Friendly Neighborhood Piriform Forum Moderator Quick Links: CCleaner Products | CCleaner Documentation | Knowledge Center | Downloads | Lost License Key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 As far as I know, Firefox is meant to be the best? I'm just downloading it to see in my view if it is that much better than Internet Explorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Rochip Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 As far as I know, Firefox is meant to be the best? I'm just downloading it to see in my view if it is that much better than Internet Explorer. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Firefox: More secure Open source, you can add tweaks and mods easily if you wish Useful extensions to do just about anything you want or need or dared to dream of Updated fairly frequently Faster Doesn't allow ActiveX to molest your computer Lots of themes for customizing appearance Not evil Bill Gates probably uses Firefox when he thinks no one is looking Internet Explorer: Created out of antimatter in an evil universe from beneath the Dark Side Seriously though, in this and many other forums one of the first recommendations made to people who have had to clean malware off their systems is to switch to Firefox. The only thing IE is used for by most people now using Firefox is for downloading Windows Updates. There is now a site for downloading Windows Updates via Firefox but the jury is still out on whether it's a good idea to use it since it's not an official MS source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agumon Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 sometimes i doubt when people use the term "more secure" to describe firefox... More secureOpen source, you can add tweaks and mods easily if you wish Useful extensions to do just about anything you want or need or dared to dream of Updated fairly frequently Faster Doesn't allow ActiveX to molest your computer Lots of themes for customizing appearance Not evil Bill Gates probably uses Firefox when he thinks no one is looking haha... the terms you use are funny... --==aGumon==-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Rochip Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Thanks agumon, I try to be funny be without coming across as stupid or annoying... One thing people say makes Firefox more secure is that it won't run ActiveX which a lot of malware uses to get into computers without being noticed (until it's too late). I think maybe Internet Explorer would be more secure if it was easier to understand what settings to use for security like on "Intenet Zones," ActiveX, Privacy, Advanced, etc. It seems like they're set too low and malware gets in but if you set them higher there's a lot of pop up boxes always asking if you want to allow this or that to run. And since it's used on over 90% of computers it attracts the most attention from the idiots who create malware. But my favorite thing on Firefox is that you can use the Adblock and Remove This Permanently extensions to get rid of all the annoying advertising that moves around and flashes on and off to distract you all the time. It seems a lot of people like Opera (especially now that it's FREE!) but it's so different from IE or Firefox it takes a while to get used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agumon Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 no la... coz i think firefox has its own vulnerabilities... i tried opera on quite a number of ocassion... but i still cannot get used to it... --==aGumon==-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Hmm, well it does appear to be quicker, but, you can't get the ebay toolbar installed onto it, which is annoying, or I'd let my whole family use it (we all use the same user as my parents may need to quickly hop onto the pc withough switiching users). So currently, I use Firefox for the majority of what I do (especially downloading - its much quicker), but the rest of my family use IE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Oh, and somebody mentioned about all the extensions, I have to admit, it is annoying that there are som damn many, I'm gonna test FireFox as much as I can tonight and see if it does need any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Right. Well, yes, Firefox is better, in some ways. Faster, but I've just discovered I've got to installl a load of plug-ins all over again, which I am not up for doing, so I'm just gonna use it for when I need to do downloads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Beta 1.5 is also out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpty Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 Thanks for the update Twisted Metal.Check for updates through FF doesn't seem to find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Predator Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 I don't think you can get an update on a stable version to switch you over to a beta version.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard382 Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 hey what good extesions are avablie for this new update i trying to get only the best. Also turan what were those chrome edit tweaks for firefox. If i could have a link for the tweak and the editor plugin that would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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