Peter Lairo wrote:
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> Response on other newsgroup by [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
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> This is not true.
>
You're saying below that it basically is.
> Mozilla copies every URL you visit into an OS-readable *textfield* (in
And what's a *textfield*? Does it reside in a *textfile* somewhere?
> the same way that other browsers use them for their URL bars by default.
I'm guessing here, but I'd wager a 12-pack of Dewskis that IE uses the
registry for such functionality.
> This cannot be read by "anyone on the Internet" but can be read by any
> application running on your machine, in the same way as any other native
> textfield.
>
"Native textfield"? What, pray tell, would that be exactly? I'm not
aware of any "Textfield API" on Why2K, POSIX systems, the Mac, etc.
> If you choose to download and install the MediaMetrix client, it will
> read this information. It could also get it by directly monitoring your
> network stream, but that's more of a pain for them.
>
Ok, what is this "MediaMetrix" client? A third party deal, or an AOL
deal? Regardless, seeing as Mozilla doesn't even register on the usage
charts, seems pretty stupid to be to be trying to gather any sort of
statistics from the handful of Mozilla users floating around.
> It is true that it should not be in the Mozilla tree,
What shouldn't be? This "MediaMetrix" client? Or the "textfield"
functionality?
> but there is no
> need to get so sensationalist about it.
>
Well, seeing as it takes over a year to get a simple minimize button on
the download dialog...
> Gerv
