I even found a tweak whereby you can modify the old extention file to pretend to be valid after its expiration date.
Bookmarklets are a lot easier with Firefox, too. I even make a little Rantburg icon for my toolbar:
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| 2006-10-21 |
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| #6 The problem with Firefox is that its extentions are independent of the browser, so when the browser is updated, you have to hope that the old extentions are still good, or that whoever wrote them writes a new version soon. I even found a tweak whereby you can modify the old extention file to pretend to be valid after its expiration date. Bookmarklets are a lot easier with Firefox, too. I even make a little Rantburg icon for my toolbar: |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-10-21 15:50 |
| #5 I switched over from IE to Firefox sometime last year when LBNL basically did the switch to Mozilla. Firefox cured a nasty WinFixer popup problem that IE still has despite my near-religious use of Spybot S&D, Windows Defender, and Symantec's AV (the industrial version) programs. I'm not sure you could pay me to go back to IE. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-10-21 15:46 |
| #4 "Have you knuckleheads fixed the C compiler libraries to get rid of the unchecked buffers that are propagating from there?" Yes they have if you use it (sprintf etc)you get a warning message. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2006-10-21 13:41 |
| #3 My first question to the MS TAM who told me about IE7: "Have you knuckleheads fixed the C compiler libraries to get rid of the unchecked buffers that are propagating from there?" |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-10-21 12:12 |
| #2 security patch tuesdays..... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-10-21 11:07 |
| #1 Analysts said IE7 is a significant improvement over its predecessor, but the big question is whether it will stem Firefox's growth at Microsoft's expense. Does Microsoft actually sell Internet Explorer 7 as a separate product? If not, what is Microsoft's expense? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2006-10-21 10:55 |