Firesuck myths

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RGreen said:
Which needs to be critically analyzed to be of any use. From checking
Secunia Secunia - lists 97 security vulnerabilities in Firefox, 63 of
which are rated as Highly Critical and 1 Extremely Critical. - Source
If you click on the "source" (http://secunia.com/product/4227/) you get:
Currently, 4 out of 30 Secunia advisories, are marked as "Unpatched"
in the Secunia database.

In contrast, if you do the same for MS IE 6.x
(http://secunia.com/product/11/), you get:
Currently, 21 out of 101 Secunia advisories, are marked as
"Unpatched" in the Secunia database.

fwiw,
-Craig

"There are 3 kinds of lies; Lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli: PM, author, raconteur, rogue
 
elaich said:
Another pile of excrement dropped by a Microsoft shill.

Why? I though it was a very well ********* argumented ******** discussion
about Firesux. Long from the apologistic fan boys that claims that Firesux
is heaven.
 
RGreen said:
Why? I though it was a very well ********* argumented ******** discussion
about Firesux. Long from the apologistic fan boys that claims that Firesux
is heaven.
I'll assume the question is genuine.

The "argumented discussion" is fine on the surface. It's only when one
bothers to check the "source" listings that the problems arise. Whether
this piece is purposefully misleading or, somehow, repeatedly errant
is up to the reader. But, the problems are factual and repeated.

fwiw,
-Craig

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RGreen said:
Good reading

Which needs to be critically analyzed to be of any use. From checking
Secunia Secunia - lists 97 security vulnerabilities in Firefox, 63 of
which are rated as Highly Critical and 1 Extremely Critical. - Source

If you click on the "source" (http://secunia.com/product/4227/) you get:
Currently, 4 out of 30 Secunia advisories, are marked as "Unpatched"
in the Secunia database.

In contrast, if you do the same for MS IE 6.x
(http://secunia.com/product/11/), you get:
Currently, 21 out of 101 Secunia advisories, are marked as
"Unpatched" in the Secunia database.

fwiw,
-Craig

"There are 3 kinds of lies; Lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli: PM, author, raconteur, rogue
 
Why? I though it was a very well ********* argumented ********
discussion about Firesux. Long from the apologistic fan boys that
claims that Firesux is heaven.

Well, for one thing, the particular one you linked to is a straw man.
the only "example" of that "myth" they could link to wasn't an example
of someone making the claim at all; rather, it's a blog discussion
about whether the claim should be made or not, and the consensus was
that it shouldn't.
 
Chris Dubea said:
Good for a laugh maybe. Firefox may be perfect, but I have
experienced far fewer browser related problems since I began using it
about a year ago.


Firefox is FAR from perfect my friend. It is a very mediocre browser in
comparation with Opera and IE7. But repeat a lie and it can become true.
 
Hansen said:
Firefox is FAR from perfect my friend. It is a very mediocre browser in
comparation with Opera and IE7. But repeat a lie and it can become true.

Given the rest of the sentence, I think the original author meant to say
"Firefox is NOT perfect." Read it in context -- you'll see it.
 
Firefox is FAR from perfect my friend. It is a very mediocre browser in
comparation with Opera and IE7. But repeat a lie and it can become true.

Firstly, I don't believe we a friends. Secondly, all I have to go on
is personal experience, and thus far I've had significantly fewer
problems with FF than IE. This may not always be the case and I will
re-evaluate as appropriate.

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Chris
 
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