re: As usual, "runsan" has no clue.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(3936 messages posted)
runsan wrote:
|The majority of infections come from sites you visit
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In the 21st Century, the majority of infections come thru email
and require foolish people using insecure M$ apps to execute them.
...and the people who run non-M$ apps and especially non-M$ OSes
don't seeem to have problems with infections from websites.
|(it’s not solely IE fault).
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People getting pwned via IE6 is so common,
when it happens, it doesn't even make a ripple any more.
Now, botnets of ten of thousands of IE users--that makes the news.
IE has ActiveX and Browser Helper Objects.
No other browser has those highly-exploitable infection vectors.
The way IE is tied to the OS adds another HUGE pile of insecurities:
cache of http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/713878
|IE has a better bookmark system,
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Again: Not necessarily. Most people find no difference--until backup time;
then non-IE browsers win via the density of the data.
8kB of disk space per Favorite is NOT the ideal.
Being able to view Mozilla's bookmarks.html as a page (and click items)
is also a nice option--not available with IE's Favorites.
|e.g. I have a single file,
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You have a MULTITUDE of files--8kB each.
|and can place it anywhere,
|i.e. on my desktop for 'quick access' to the site or in a folder.
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Your inability to use your system effectively is YOUR problem.
I've never had a problem making new shortcuts from existing items;
Mozilla bookmarks are no exception.
Read the Subject line of this post again.
|Another annoyance:
|If I have a web page (stored on my drive) with a link to a word document
|in it or a program, firefox treats it like a download...
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I have no idea what you are on about.
Expecting a Web browser to open M$Office files is foolish.
Another typical M$ fanboi defense of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish
and proprietary junk rather than OPEN standards.
If I want to create an HTML file,
I use the integral HTML Editor (Mozilla Composer) in SeaMonkey.
KompoZer is available (gratis and libre) for Firefox users.
I don't use M$Office at all.
|with IE, it realises [it] on my own drive
|& opens the document/program without any prompt
|(it opens a .txt or .ppt within the IE browser
|so i dont have to access [its] window).
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I have OpenOffice for dealing with M$Office files.
I don't have a problem opening documents.
...and embedding links to M$Office docs in HTML pages
is more clueless M$ fanboi stuff.
|Firefox start page/search bar has Google 'tightly-embedded' in it,
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I use SeaMonkey (FF's big brother) and I set my Start Page to about:blank.
Firefox can do the same.
Preferences can be easily changed thru menus or with about:config.
You have no idea what you are talking about.
|& they’re obviously bad on privacy.
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I have no idea what you think you are talking about.
I do a Ctrl+H to pull up my browser history and can delete _any_ item(s) I want
--and Edit; Preference; Advanced; Cache; Clear Cache deletes *that* record.
(I do wish *that* required fewer clicks
--but there ARE tweaks for that; I just haven't bothered with them.)
There are also numerous extensions for Mozilla browsers like NoScript;
the extensions available for IE can't compare even slightly.
|IE may stored data in the registry,
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There's no "may" about it.
|but I securely wipe my drive and 'fresh install' every 6/7 months,
|providing I keep the drivers.
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That's one way to do it--the foolish way.
Using a BETTER browser that has an easily-editable history
and which doesn't constantly put crap in the Registry is the SMART way to do it.
Using an OS that doesn't have a Windoze Registry removes the issue completely.
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