<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> On 07/01/2011 10:07 PM, ANDY wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:CAGEjSx_EP5+ZAAbmA_iCiBCRc364i6q_k7s1fLVTvZ_4u19hgg@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Ric Moore <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:wayward4now@gmail.com">wayward4now@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <div class="gmail_quote"> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <div class="h5"> </div> </div> I think what will work better, is by using the major addons. If you use something obscure, then there may be problems. </blockquote> </div> I have ~40 extensions. ~10 of those were disabled by Firefox 5 and half of those I use very regularly. If I'm going to lose a quarter of my extensions every other month, how exactly is Mozilla's rapid release innovation helping my productivity as a user? </blockquote> As disruptive as that is, you must know there is a MUCH bigger problem with ALL browsers. It is a wide open and gaping security hole that gives any website total access to everything on the system that the logged-in user does. It is the Javascript. If anyone believes in the myth that Java and Javascript play in a restricted sandbox - time to wake up and smell the stench of this rat. Let me explain: I have a Uverse router. When you aim your browser at the Uverse router, and click on the Home tab, then all the connected systems are displayed, and next to each system is a hyperlink named "Access Files". Since most browsers must run with Javascript enabled, else most sites lose much of their functionality, the Access Files link sends a Javascript to your browser, which is happily executed by your browser, and lo and behold - you can see the / directory and everything in it. All with the help of the java script sent by the router. What do yo think some websites can and will do with a power like that? They will steal as many of your files as they can! Are people going to wake up and shut down Javascript and ban it from their systems? Heck no! It has become way too ubiquitous. It is in fact the trojan horse hiding in plain site! Tell THAT to the FireFox developers, and they will scoff it off. Because YOUR security is not really their interest. And rightly so! It should be YOUR interest and responsibility. Install the Noscript Firefox Add-on. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY if you do not want a website to steal your files. </body> </html>