Posts by SilverWave

You Fail.

Its you not the browser.

Its Page load time thats important!

I have Firefox set browser.sessionstore.max_concurrent_tabs = 0

So just like Bartab you get an instantaneous start-up.

It load Page load time that I notice.

Err Its Free and they have lots of backups... that's better than most

And I trust the to do the right thing.

This is a good deal.

TBH keeping huge amounts of old mail is a bad idea... best delete most of the old stuff and if its important save an off line copy to your PC.

But its a pain checking and deleting old email :-)

Firefox/4.0b12pre is pretty nice - None of your problems.... odd that

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0b12pre) Gecko/20110218 Firefox/4.0b12pre Firefox/4.0b12pre

Loads of extensions as well

Respective number of users perchance?

Well it could be a conspiracy it you really squint I suppose...

user numbers? les the 1% so they dont count?

just saying

Android doesn't have this issue.

FUD

Windows Mobile device for the past 10 years: So you are a masochist?

That was painful just to read... OMG the suffering the tears.

>it's interesting to sit here and watch Google and handset manufacturers make the same mistakes with Android

hmm 300,000 activations a day... yes I can see that they have got it so wrong. heh.

>chastising operators for not releasing those patches

Well its survival of the fittest - if you don't do your homework re which manufacturers are good at updating - before getting an Android and get no updates... well you will the next time :-)

It certainly put HTC top of my list as they looked to be pretty good at pushing updates for the newer phones...

Got a HTC Desire (on Orange) 6 months ago and love it... and I got the updates from 2.1 to 2.2 and just got 2.2 build 2.29.405.5 and the updates to the Android Market.

Looking like a good choice so far, don't you think?

I also fully expect to get at least 1 more update out of them as the Desire is so popular.

Saying which I don't really expect many upgrades after the first year, if any at all really... and with how far the target hardware will have moved it wouldn't make a great deal of sense, no?

So in short, if your phone doesn't get updated, remember the next time you are renewing your contract, no?

Sync and Security: A big problem.

Any one interested in Sync and Security may wish to watch this bug:

Bug 592772 - Fennec should offer to use master password

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=592772

This comment sums things up nicely:

Quote: Michael Coates 2010-11-10 14:05:18 PST

I'd like to reopen the discussion on this issue. I understand we may not be

willing to block fennec for the master password. However, I think we do need to

carefully make a few design decisions in the interest of security.

Current Sync Deployment:

1. Any sync'ed passwords (from desktops/other devices) will be sync'ed to the

mobile

2. Passwords on the mobile are stored in clear text

3. A phone without builtin encryption (e.g. most of them) provides zero defense

from an attacker inspecting and removing the passwords (either via running

script or forensic inspection)

4. Mobile phones are much more likely to be lost or stolen then laptop/desktop

computers which increases the risk of unencrypted stored passwords.

Possible Solutions

1. Master password (as discussed)

2. Default to not sync passwords to mobile devices at all

3. Idea #2 by default plus user option to enable password sync with a huge

warning message on the risk they're about to accept

We need to adopt some sort of solution to mitigate this risk before we launch

fennec with sync. Otherwise our users will be caught of guard by the large

security risk they've unknowingly assumed.I also fear we will receive

significant backlash from media/security/privacy groups. Mobile banking apps

are already receiving bad press for poor security practices on mobile devices

and hackers are definitely targeting mobile devices.

Depends on a number of factors, its a big undertaking you need the whole think to be seamless.

First impressions are important.

Saying that the 100mb data plan free is a game changer.

Instant startup.

No set-up.

Auto Security.

Remote PC app access....

Looking good.