Mozilla Firefox

Conor_3

MercilessKiller wrote: »

So just in case you missed that, Firefox DOES have a memory leak. But as you say its used in cached browsing which can be changed.... Just in case you were confused

So it's not a memory leak. It's merely a program using more memory as required as it's designed to do. According to you then, Battlefield 2 must have a memory leak because its usage goes up from 900MB to up to 1.5GB when it loads a level.

Do you actually know what a memory leak is?

MercilessKiller

LOL! Your saying its less secure because it's open source? *can't believe eyes*..

Right then..... You believe that.

In the real word, with open source, if there are exploits they are detected and fixed a LOT quicker than standard bugs/exploits in applications. *laughs*.

and LOL at your last point.

I remember when mozilla themselves admitted to firefox having "Memory Leaks" due to the speed increase features. The problem is though it increases memory for the browsing, even when you've finished browsing the memory isn't freed up thus causing the leak.

So you can stop with this "According to you" bullsh*t. Rather than talk to me like its a personal thing why dont you say your part of the debate without trying to make me sound stupid/!?!?!?!

Some people *sigh*

davetrousers

kingpuck wrote: »

My only gripe is that I can't buy my lottery ticket online with it, I have to switch to IE, other than that I have no complaints.

I don't have any problems buying a lottery ticket online with Firefox

superscaper

MercilessKiller wrote: »

LOL! Your saying its less secure because it's open source? *can't believe eyes*..

I agree with that point of view, call me cynical but I wouldn't trust a closed source app not to have backdoors etc (I know I'd put them in if it was my closed source software ). Which is one of the most positive reasons that Truecrypt is open source. It's the lack of transparency that means a lack of trust in the product and the fact that you just don't know how secure a product is without that transparency.

davetrousers

oldagetraveller wrote: »

I currently use IE7 and Outlook Express on a XP Home (SP2) version PC. If I download Firefox and Thunderbird will I have the option, during installation, to set them as default, then if necessary keep and use IE and Outlook Express as alternatives? Are "favourites" and e-mail address book transferred automatically or is there an option during installation?
Thanks in advance.

You will have serious problems migrating old emails from outlook express to Thunderbird. Outlook (Express) uses a format that only it can use, thus preventing you from moving emails to another application (eg Thunderbird). I am not too up to speed with this but if someone with more knowledge could explain a bit better it would be appreciated.

MercilessKiller

superscaper wrote: »

I agree with that point of view, call me cynical but I wouldn't trust a closed source app not to have backdoors etc (I know I'd put them in if it was my closed source software ). Which is one of the most positive reasons that Truecrypt is open source. It's the lack of transparency that means a lack of trust in the product and the fact that you just don't know how secure a product is without that transparency.

Ok to be fair both of them have security holes.. but there's no doubt that when found in open source applications they're fixed quicker.

superscaper

davetrousers wrote: »

You will have serious problems migrating old emails from outlook express to Thunderbird. Outlook (Express) uses a format that only it can use, thus preventing you from moving emails to another application (eg Thunderbird). I am not too up to speed with this but if someone with more knowledge could explain a bit better it would be appreciated.

Last time I used Thunderbird (was a few years ago now) I seem to remember it imported all my outlook express emails into Thunderbird's folders for me.

superscaper

MercilessKiller wrote: »

but there's no doubt that when found in open source applications they're fixed quicker.

And easier to see if they've been fixed or not and whether the fix is suitable enough.

zimzam

Firefox is nice but Opera is far better in my opinion.Been using them both for years but Opera has always been the main one.More people should try it.
http://www.opera.com/download/

Conor_3

MercilessKiller wrote: »

In the real word, with open source, if there are exploits they are detected and fixed a LOT quicker than standard bugs/exploits in applications. *laughs*.

Mozilla has officially backpedaled from a pledge made at Black Hat by the company's director of ecosystem development, Mike Schaver, to fix any critical security bugs in the browser within 'Ten ****ing Days.' On Friday, Mozilla security chief Window Snyder wrote in a blog posting that the 10-day pledge is not Mozilla's policy, saying 'We do not think security is a game, nor do we issue challenges or ultimatums.' And today, the open source browser maker issued a statement retracting the pledge

So you think they're fixed quicker?

Here's a bugtraq for today:
OpenSSL PKCS Padding RSA Signature Forgery Vulnerability
Published: Sep 05 2006 12:00AM Updated: Aug 06 2007 05:15PM
Solution:
Mozilla has released a new advisory MFSA 2006-66 stating that this issue was not properly addressed in previous fixes. A variant of this issue is still exploitable after applying the fixes released as part of Mozilla advisory MFSA 2006-60.

11 months.....