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Interesting results from those that uninstalled Firefox...
10 November 06 12:14 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

From: https://survey.mozilla.com/results Reason for uninstalling Total Plugin compatibility (Flash, Adobe Acrobat, Windows Media Player, etc.) 1123 Performance...

Filed under: Internet, Open Source, Software, Windows

New Firefox vuln...
10 November 06 10:40 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

Firefox Sage Extension Feed Script Insertion Vulnerability

Filed under: Internet, Open Source, Security, Software

Firefox wanted speed and stability -- instead they got Adobe
07 November 06 06:06 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Firefox users beware: Adobe has opened the source code of the ActionScript Virtual Machine, the high-performance ECMAScript implementation used in Adobe...

Filed under: Internet, Open Source

This is a crazy way to look at a security vuln
03 November 06 02:56 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

PCWorld Australia has this article posted: Mozilla pledges to fix second minor Firefox 2.0 bug This is a vuln, after all — NOT a “minor”...

Filed under: Internet, Open Source, Security

First Firefox 2.0 Vuln reported
30 October 06 03:10 PM | rodtrent | 1 comment(s)

A newly discovered vulnerability, which the CTO of security services firm Secunia described this morning as affecting Internet Explorer 7.0, can also affect...

Filed under: Internet, Open Source, Software

Is Firefox 2.0 a dud?
30 October 06 07:58 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

Is Firefox 2.0 a dud? Are users better avoiding it and waiting until a future build? Are too many of the new features buggy and incomplete and is the browser...

Filed under: Internet, Open Source, Software

This is cool -- if you want to spend the time...
27 October 06 03:02 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Top Firefox 2 config tweaks http://www.lifehacker.com/software/firefox-2/geek-to-live-top-firefox-2-config-tweaks-209941.php

Filed under: Internet, Open Source, Software

Double-clicking on the address in the Address bar produces nothing
27 October 06 02:58 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

I use this function quite a bit in IE, for either copying an address or selecting the entire field so I can enter a new address. When you double-click...

Filed under: Internet, Open Source, Software

3 days -- about 10 add-ons, and Firefox is working the way I want it to
27 October 06 01:49 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

OK…what does a busy person do, who wants to upgrade to Firefox 2.0 and have it work the way they want? They download and install the new version...

Filed under: Internet, Open Source, Software

Oops -- spoke too soon.
24 October 06 06:32 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

I just opened the myITforum.com Web blogs in both Firefox and IE7. IE7 = 4 seconds. Firefox = 11 seconds.

Filed under: Internet, Open Source, Software, Windows

Speed - Firefox versus IE7
24 October 06 06:28 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

I’m really impressed. It appears that the Firefox folks have spent a lot of time fixing the speed problems that plagued Firefox in the past. Firefox...

Filed under: Internet, Open Source, Software

YouOS -- your computer anywhere
04 July 06 01:01 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

YouOS is an experiment in a new kind of computing platform. Access from anywhere. Create a document at an office computer, drive home, continue right from...

Filed under: Internet, Open Source

Mozilla Squashes Bugs
04 June 06 11:05 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

The Mozilla Corporation has released updates to its Firefox browser and Thunderbird e-mail client that fix a number of critical security flaws in the open...

Filed under: Internet, Open Source, Patch Management, Security

Tim O'Reilly back from vacation, chimes in on the Web 2.0 controversy
30 May 06 07:22 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Read his long response here: Web 2.0 Service Mark Controversy (Tim responding this time)

Filed under: Internet, Open Source

Firefox a home user browser only -- so sayeth Mozilla's CEO
24 May 06 04:04 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

Mozilla, maker of the open-source Firefox Web browser and Thunderbird e-mail client, says a reliance on proprietary technologies is still an obstacle for...

Filed under: Internet, Open Source