Nick;
Firefox does take longer to fire up on my computer then IE 6. So far Firefox has not hung up. Just come back in two years and we can compare this "data" between IE and Firefox. As Firefox becomes more popular you might expect more attempts to break it from hackers.
Then again perhaps serious and truely talanted hackers will only attack IE because it is a Microsoft product! There is no real way to know what goes on in the minds of hackers! :)
Tom
>Hi
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>Another aspect of firefox I have noticed is that it uses more memory than ie and on my laptop if I allow it to go to sleep with firefox open it takes a lot longer to restart and sometimes hangs altogether. I wonder if anyone else has found that.
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>Nick Mason
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>>Tracy;
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>>Some things that bother me about this "report":
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>>1. When was this “report” created?
>>2. Time line comparison of IE 6 and Firefox 1.0 for example:
>>a. IE 6 2003-2005
>>b. FireFox 2003-2005 released in November 2004 with reporting from December and January (which still has a few days left in the month I noticed).
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>>The verbiage also bothers me.
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>>Secunia released advisories for IE 6.0 = 60 during the period of interest. The period is stated as 2003-2004 if you place your cursor over the parenthetical expression (Based upon 60 advisories from 2003 - 2005)
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>>Secunia released advisories for FireFox = 6 during the period of interest with the same inconsistent date range.
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>>I find the report to be of no professional value and consider it to be poorly created. With a background in Science and Engineering I would never accept a report of this nature. The sample period is too short for FireFox to draw any conclusions.
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>>Who proof read the report? I like the sentence,
"Secunia's unique corporate culture has been the driving force behind these services and the success". The success of what? We have the definite article with no subject!
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>>Oh well, not everyone cares for accuracy or meaning. It is all about profit! :)
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>>Tom
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>>P.S. For kicks cionsider if you will:
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>>IE 6 60 Advisories in 24 months = 2.5/month.
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>>Firefox 1.0 6 Advisories for two months reported = 3.0/month. :)
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>>>This is interesting:
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http://www.myscacc.org/browser_vulnerabilities.htm
