[Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-09-09 Thread Phil Daley
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/holes/story/0,10801,104504,00.html?source=NLT_AMnid=104504 Phil Daley AutoDesk http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-09-09 Thread David W. Fenton
On 9 Sep 2005 at 12:49, Phil Daley wrote: http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/holes/story/0,10 801,104504,00.html?source=NLT_AMnid=104504 Firefox is still a safer, more secure browser than Internet Explorer. Compare the Secunia pages for IE6.x and Firefox: IE6.x

Re: [Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-05-16 Thread James E. Bailey
Am 15.05.2005 um 08:11 schrieb Dennis Bathory-Kitsz: Buy.com has been fine for me. Some sites load background hit counters and advertising tracking stuff that hold up page loads if you have popups suppressed (I do). And my (tech) publisher has required online billing, using IE-only code. Keeping

Re: [Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-05-16 Thread Dennis W. Manasco
At 10:38 AM -0400 5/15/05, Andrew Stiller wrote: This *was* the OSX version, and it behaved as described. I don't doubt that Andrew, but it didn't happen for me. I usually use IE, Safari and OmniWeb, but I thought I would try Firefox after seeing your message. I downloaded the latest version to

Re: [Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-05-15 Thread Eden - Lawrence D.
Andrew, Check which version of Firefox you downloaded. If you are using an OS 9x version that requires a reboot, you would do well to download the OSX version. It is dependable and very fast. On Sat, 14 May 2005, Andrew Stiller wrote: On the strength of recommendations from this list, I

Re: [Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-05-15 Thread Andrew Stiller
On May 15, 2005, at 6:20 AM, Eden - Lawrence D. wrote: Andrew, Check which version of Firefox you downloaded. If you are using an OS 9x version that requires a reboot, you would do well to download the OSX version. It is dependable and very fast. This *was* the OSX version, and it behaved as

Re: [Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-05-15 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 10:35 AM 05/15/2005, Andrew Stiller wrote: Windows were *glacially* slow to load. As for the possibility that these problems might have been remotely based--well, let's just say I don't believe in coincidences. Do you by chance use a proxy server? I have noticed that Firefox on Windows loads

Re: [Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-05-15 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 10:35 AM 5/15/05 -0400, Andrew Stiller wrote: Windows were *glacially* slow to load. As for the possibility that these problems might have been remotely based--well, let's just say I don't believe in coincidences. I get a new browser, take it for a test run to a site I've visited many times

Re: [Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-05-15 Thread David Horne
On Sun, 15 May 2005 10:38:58 -0400, Andrew Stiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On May 15, 2005, at 6:20 AM, Eden - Lawrence D. wrote: Andrew, Check which version of Firefox you downloaded. If you are using an OS 9x version that requires a reboot, you would do well to download the OSX

Re: [Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-05-15 Thread David W. Fenton
On 15 May 2005 at 10:35, Andrew Stiller wrote: On May 14, 2005, at 10:55 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: Andrew, what was the problem with the Buy.com site? Were windows just slow to load? Or did something not work? Firefox is so small and efficient that I have trouble believing it could have

Re: [Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-05-15 Thread David W. Fenton
On 15 May 2005 at 11:11, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: At 10:35 AM 5/15/05 -0400, Andrew Stiller wrote: Windows were *glacially* slow to load. As for the possibility that these problems might have been remotely based--well, let's just say I don't believe in coincidences. I get a new browser,

Re: [Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-05-14 Thread Jari Williamsson
Phil Daley wrote: Firefox suffers 'extremely critical' security hole Security researchers say exploit code is already circulating online News Story by Matthew Broersma MAY 09, 2005 (TECHWORLD.COM) - Firefox has two unpatched security holes that could allow an attacker to take control of a

Re: [Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-05-14 Thread Andrew Stiller
On the strength of recommendations from this list, I recently downloaded Firefox because I have been so aggravated by the slowness of other browsers (IE, Safari) in OSX. Firefox, however, turned out to be the worst of all: it took me *40 minutes* to do a simple toner-cartridge order via

Re: [Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-05-14 Thread Carlberg Jones
At 8:42 PM -0400 5/14/05, Andrew Stiller wrote: Can anyone recommend a browser that performs w. similar speed and reliability under OSX, or is this yet another area where OSX is demonstrably inferior to its predecessor? Netscape 7.2 works fine in OS 10.3.7. I must use it to access two of my

Re: [Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-05-14 Thread Richard Yates
I am not a Maciac, but it seems very unlikely that a browser would be the limiting factor in making an order from a website. Far more likely to affect speed are intervening web traffic or server loads. Richard Yates On the strength of recommendations from this list, I recently downloaded

Re: [Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-05-14 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Richard Yates / 2005/05/14 / 08:51 PM wrote: I am not a Maciac, but it seems very unlikely that a browser would be the limiting factor in making an order from a website. Far more likely to affect speed are intervening web traffic or server loads. Ordering at BH Photo, Check Out button doesn't

Re: [Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-05-14 Thread Christopher Smith
On May 14, 2005, at 8:46 PM, Carlberg Jones wrote: At 8:42 PM -0400 5/14/05, Andrew Stiller wrote: Can anyone recommend a browser that performs w. similar speed and reliability under OSX, or is this yet another area where OSX is demonstrably inferior to its predecessor? Netscape 7.2 works fine in

[Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-05-09 Thread Phil Daley
Firefox suffers 'extremely critical' security hole Security researchers say exploit code is already circulating online News Story by Matthew Broersma MAY 09, 2005 (TECHWORLD.COM) - Firefox has two unpatched security holes that could allow an attacker to take control of a user's computer system,

Re: [Finale] OT: Firefox

2005-05-09 Thread David W. Fenton
On 9 May 2005 at 12:53, Phil Daley wrote: Firefox suffers 'extremely critical' security hole Security researchers say exploit code is already circulating online News Story by Matthew Broersma MAY 09, 2005 (TECHWORLD.COM) - Firefox has two unpatched security holes that could allow an