Jay Garcia wrote:
On 03.06.2011 20:08, PhillipJones wrote:
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Chris Ilias wrote:
On 11-06-03 4:48 AM, Ray_Net wrote:
Neil Winchurst wrote:
Although not new to computers I am fairly new to SeaMonkey. I am using
version 2.0.14. There has been a lot of chat about the new version 2.1.
Since my version works just fine for me is there any real reason or
advantage to moving up?
I feel that I would be quite happy to stay where I am. If it ain't
broke
.....
If you have decide to use SM instead of IE, you should know that with SM
you always must change,upgrade, etc .... there is no "stable release"
IE updates are distributed via Windows Update.
And every SeaMonkey version is stable. :-)
Your post is a good example of why some developers want to do automatic
updates in the background and not market every update with a version
number.
That thought about doing updates in the Background. Is dangerous. If
You are a PC User you may not aware of the Mac scare-ware deal on the
internet where some virus developers have found away bypass Apple's
security system where you Must provide a User name and password before
your allowed to install software.
Your going back to the days of turning on a PC and AOL automatically
taking over the computer not allowing any other activity while
installing software. Your going to allow The bad guess the ability to
use techniques used 10 years ago or more to add virus, and malware steal
passwords, and such. The Mac OS will end up not allowing SM or FF or TB
updates because they are doing not what they are supposed to Bypassing
install safeguards.
So if they don't want Apple to Ban Mozilla Products they had better not
go there.
If Mozilla is the only one supplying the updates then how do you figure
that's a dangerous move,ie., How is malware,etc. going to get injected
into a Mozilla-0nly supplied update? By your thinking, Microsoft
automatic updates are also "dangerous".
On a Mac MS Updates have to go throug the asking for username and
password in fact all applications. Even Ms, and Mozilla to this point
especially when and Updater is downloaded.
the auto updaters in MS notify you of updates then ask to update Then
you fill out user name and password before the updater runs.
Suppose the code is high-jacked and you designed a silent updater.
In Software you can trust no one. There is always the risk code can be
high-jacked or a disgruntled developer can poison code from trusted
Source.
That's the reason Mac has such a strict method of dowloading software
that has worked up to recently. And since the last security upgrades
work again. I am sure when Lion comes out it will be even tighter.
Developers can be our friends one second and angry, upset, pixxed off
the next second. So you can really trust no one.
--
Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. "If it's Fixed, Don't Break it"
http://www.phillipmjones.net mailto:[email protected]
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