Is the Firefox honeymoon over?

[anandk]

Is the Firefox honeymoon over?

IE being more commonly used, is hammered at more, by the hackers, thus leading to the perception, that it has sercurity issues., where the
fact may be quite different...

"...Firefox not only has more vulnerabilities per month than
Internet Explorer, but it is now surpassing Internet Explorer for
the number of exploits available for public download in recent
months..."
click *blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=103&tag=nl.e589

"Mozilla Web browsers are potentially more vulnerable to attack than
Microsoft's Internet Explorer, according to a Symantec report".
click *news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5873273.html?tag=nl.e589

 

[srijit]

yeah the honeymoon is over. now it's the "happily ever after" part for me

Draw ur own damn conclusions

Here's IE

*secunia.com/graph/?type=sol&period=all&prod=11
*secunia.com/graph/?type=cri&period=all&prod=11
*secunia.com/graph/?type=imp&period=all&prod=11

OK now for Firefox

*secunia.com/graph/?type=sol&period=all&prod=4227
*secunia.com/graph/?type=cri&period=all&prod=4227
*secunia.com/graph/?type=imp&period=all&prod=4227

Now for Opera

*secunia.com/graph/?type=sol&period=all&prod=4932
*secunia.com/graph/?type=cri&period=all&prod=4932
*secunia.com/graph/?type=imp&period=all&prod=4932

 

[tuXian]

looks all browsers have some kinda vulnerabilities and exploits..... the more the famous a browser........... the more vul and expolits are found.

Better browse the www through the ol textual browser of Linux.

 

[who_is_genius]

Hey guyz, I agree with TuxiaN. Not a single software is bugless... It might be that bugs may not be found...

 

[anandk]

Draw ur own damn conclusions

dont take it personally, chappy; cool down, and do refrain from profainities.

i really had no idea u were so "emotionally involved" with firefox !

as tuxian has said, all software have vulnerabilities; we are only discussing
them here, this being a tech forum ! what i have posted, r the links to very recent zdnet blogs

ps : by the way, the correct usage would be not 'damn'; but 'damned' !

 

[Netjunkie]

Nice info Indyan

Its clearly evident

Its all over for FF now.

 

[rajas]

See the Vulnerabilities, and the fixes...facts and figures,
This is complete brk down. shud be buried deep under.

 

[shivaranjan.b]

But still firefox better than IE!!!!!!!

 

[sidewinder]

why shd anybody be emo'ly involved with firefox.I use it coz its very good nd fast.But its for sure that if I get a better one I will certainly switch to that

 

[srijit]

Draw ur own damn conclusions

dont take it personally, chappy; cool down, and do refrain from profainities.

u call that a profanity?

i really had no idea u were so "emotionally involved" with firefox !

yup i am. u know why? coz it works for me. also didnt u see me saying that my honeymoon with Firefox is over? i've settled down

as tuxian has said, all software have vulnerabilities; we are only discussing
them here, this being a tech forum ! what i have posted, r the links to very recent zdnet blogs

when has recent <insert name here> blogs become a replacement for common sense? if thats the case i can just as easily provide an article ( or better yet, write my own ) and say that xxx browser sucks at yyy and so on. i use what i feel is best for me. i use both firefox and opera, but i prefer FF coz i can customise it more.

ps : by the way, the correct usage would be not 'damn'; but 'damned' !

*dictionary.reference.com/search?q=damn
oh, btw i can use it however i please or are u gonna go around now correcting others in how to speak in thinkdigit forums?

 

[drgrudge]

After all I dont even care abt AV's, anti spywares, firewalls, anti spam, and all the anti things. I dont care abt security thing in FX.

For me FX rules. I have been using it since FX 1.0 preview and never used other browsers extensively (but for Maxthon).

 

[shwetanshu]

i abolutely agree with drgrudge, infact i just switched from IE coz it was slow and even the bugs in IE never caused any prob for me. i never suffered due to any bug in ff, i m very comfortable with ff and maxthon

 

[anandk]

After all I dont even care abt AV's, anti spywares, firewalls, anti spam, and all the anti things. I dont care abt security thing in FX.

For me FX rules. I have been using it since FX 1.0 preview and never used other browsers extensively (but for Maxthon).

i agree. this, and tabbed browsing, was what had led me to try out firefox. but then i tried maxthon, and i liked it so much, that i preferred to stick to it.

moreover my firefox used to 'flicker' too ! see this thread
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28159&highlight=firefox+shiver+vibrate

the thread 'firefox loses stride' may also interest those who have missed it. click *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26897&highlight=firefox+shiver+vibrate

but no doubt, this cud be a temporary setback, which will only make firefox bounce back stronger !

 

[vignesh]

I never had a bug in ff.But I have been affected in IE.I like FF for the fact that you can bend it to suit your needs.

 

[srijit]

most probably the reason for firefox loosing ground was ppl getting comfortable with say ver 1.0.5 and not downloading ver 1.0.6

 

[Ashis]

Popularity Brings in unwanted Attention!

 

[planetcall]

I still like firefox. Why? Simply because any bug in FF will not be having any direct effect on your system in totality. If you dont like you may even switch to any other browser of your choice. But with IE....it is so tightly integrated in the OS that even a single flaw could prove detrimental for the entire system. Also you dont have any other alternative if you are a die hard MS victim. U Simply cant uninstall IE because MS doesnt believe in freedom. Hence, I Support FF


*www.slo-comp.net/upload/JLP/news/pics/FirefoxS.png

 

[AGENT_SMITH]

it is because hackers are now bored of finding vulneberaties in IE

 

[QwertyManiac]

Well, even if its total era is over, it will continue to haunt IE for ever, Then soon a Legend Reborn

And for its end, plz do rember that it isnt in the war from long times back, It has just reached 1.5 now and u guys are tellin its not gonna win ????

 

[QwertyManiac]

oh heres the update from the author of that article :
*blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=108