Firefox update squashes 9 security bugs, 4 critical Mozilla has released a new version of its Firefox browser that plugs nine security holes, four of which are rated "critical," the foundation's highest vulnerability level. Version 3.0.11 squashes a javascript chrome privilege escalation bug, which Mozilla said allows attackers to execute malware on the computers of end users. …
Apparently this update fixes that bloody right-click bug in Firefox, where you right click, and the browser plays Russian roulette to see what the outcome will be. Will you get a context menu? Will you get the extensions panel? Will the browser inexplicably crash? Who knows!
Most. Annoying. Bug. Ever.
"As usual, the update will be pushed directly to Firefox users and requires only a simple restart of the browser to be installed".
And this browser remembers all the web pages you were browsing and re-opens them after you restart it. If you want it to, that is.
"If only all software updates were that easy"
Amen.
PS Free plug ... If you thought Firefox was one step away from perfection because the tabs were along the top rather than down the side ... get the Tab Kit plug-in.
Don't be facetious. Firefox as a whole isn't a massive download, and you know full well that profile folders are separate, so upgrading almost never affects your settings. I share the same Firefox profile folder across different operating systems, never mind different versions. Works just fine.
Anyone remember the AOL update procedure? You'd sign off because you needed to turn off the computer, get off-line or whatever, and it would decide to update itself at that point, whether it was convenient or not. Probably less of an issue to US users with free local phone calls, but very annoying over here if it was 7:59am and peak rate about to kick in.
This post has been deleted by its author
The Register 
Biting the hand that feeds IT
Copyright. All rights reserved © 1998–2024
