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Firefox 3.6 has been released.

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Kuroshima:
Well since I don't really know much about different web browsers I'm not really sure how the security levels differ between browsers..... I'm just gonna assume that as mote people start using firefox there will very likely be more security holes to patch up....kinda like Microsoft.

Right?

Yeah i've been using the new firefox... I don't notice any speedups really....
2.2 ghz single core amd 3500+
512 mB ram
runs fine....on Linux....

ilk3000:
The CSS gradient feature is awesome, but it's not really worth making an alt stylesheet just for FF 3.6+ right now.

Xiong Chiamiov:

--- Quote from: Kuroshima on January 24, 2010, 07:59:21 AM ---Well since I don't really know much about different web browsers I'm not really sure how the security levels differ between browsers..... I'm just gonna assume that as mote people start using firefox there will very likely be more security holes to patch up....kinda like Microsoft.

Right?

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Yes, and no.  Mozilla is generally pretty decent at patching known vulnerabilities, although iirc they aren't as good as they could be.

Whether or not the codebase itself is more prone to vulns I leave to someone more qualified to discuss.

iindigo:
Just the fact that it's not a vital system process gives Firefox (and any other browser, for that matter) quite a bit of an advantage as far as security goes. Whoever at Microsoft decided that the desktop, file manager, and taskbar should be handled by Explorer should be shot.

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