Security on the Internet: MS Explorer vs Mozilla Firefox
Date: December 19, 2005Source: Washington Post
This new release (Win 98 or newer, Mac OS X 10.3 or newer, Linux, free at http://www.mozilla.com/ ) looks almost like its predecessor, but it's worth downloading for that very reason. It incorporates useful improvements without forcing users to learn anything new.
Most important among them is a security update mechanism that should solve a common dilemma. The users more likely to stumble across a malicious site are often least likely to remember to install security updates that would protect them from the bad site's break-in attempts.
Earlier Firefox releases would notify users of new updates, but in a manner too easy to overlook. And users who did think to click on that cryptic red-arrow icon would then have to download a fresh copy of the browser and sit through the same setup experience as a user installing the program for the first time. Now, when a new version is available, Firefox 1.5 will notify you prominently, download just a small updater file and use that to patch itself.
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