[Leto Atreides II]

Just thought of something regarding the "view source" funciton.

view-source:file:///c:\windows\win.ini

is a perfectly legal string to put in, for instance,

<img src=view-source:file:///c:\windows\win.ini >

I can think of several evil uses for this.


EDIT

Just remembered where i read this, i didnt come up with it after all.

http://computerbytesman.com/security/notepadpopups.htm

 

[Snake]

There are a million things "stupid" in IE.

The worst offender for me is the "Backspace" key being interpreted, occassionally, as an "Alt / Left Arrow" 'Back History button' equivalent.

You're typing, exactly like I am right now for instance, inside a form text box, hit the "Backspace" key because you've make a mistake...and g!dd!@m IE kicks you back a page in History, completely wiping out all of your writing.

I have a bullet with Gates' name on it just for this one alone!

 

[minya]

This problem can be solved very easily.

Click here for the solution

- Chris

 

[TrevorNetwork]

I agree. I love FireFox. Only bug I've seen so far, is if you hover over a password protected site in your bookmarks, the bookmarks menu is closed, and the authentication prompt appears for the site.

 

[Stephonovich]

Firefox does this occasionally too; it depends if the mouse focus has moved outside of the form window. Sometimes other applications opening will steal mouse focus. However, Firefox remembers the form data so when you go forward, it's still there. Plus, of course, it renders pages much faster than IE, doesn't crash as often as IE, is open source, can be used on pretty much any platform...

(-:Stephonovich

 

[Snake]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephonovich However, Firefox remembers the form data so when you go forward, it's still there. Plus, of course, it renders pages much faster than IE, doesn't crash as often as IE...

WHAT??! Microsoft products crash???

Don't you know that Bill Gates is christ reincarnated? He's rich, after all!! He can't do anything wrong!

We must not be using Internet Exploder right, that's what it is! It's the user's fault!

Yes, the User's fault! How? Umm, you're using it.

 

[fewtch]

I'm no big defender of MS products, but can't ever remember MSIE crashing (after version 4.0 or something). Maybe I don't get around enough on the Web...

 

[Snake]

Quote:

Originally Posted by fewtch I'm no big defender of MS products, but can't ever remember MSIE crashing (after version 4.0 or something). Maybe I don't get around enough on the Web...

You must be! An Internet virgin, fresh and crash-free. Cherish it while it lasts!

 

[Prince]

My Mozilla was actually crashed today, for the first time ever.
I think the problem was the acrobat reader though, I was opening a pdf file :\

 

[gpalmer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prince My Mozilla was actually crashed today, for the first time ever. I think the problem was the acrobat reader though, I was opening a pdf file :\

Acrobat and Mozilla don't work quite right. If you get the latest version of Acrobat it's much better but not perfect.

 

[Prince]

Quote:

Originally Posted by gpalmer Acrobat and Mozilla don't work quite right. If you get the latest version of Acrobat it's much better but not perfect.

I actually using latest acrobat

 

[some1x]

FireFox is great, but Firebird was a better name

Tabbed browsing and search-as-you-type are very nice features.

 

[Wodgy]

If you'd like Acrobat files to open in a separate Acrobat window, rather than within the Firefox browser, choose Tools -> Options -> Downloads -> Plug-Ins and deselect "PDF".

Most people prefer this. Progressive loading of PDFs within the browser is lame, whether in IE or Firefox.

 

[Stoner]

Or don't install Acrobat Reader 6. It's trash. Install 5 instead. 6 loads a ton of crap plug-ins that have no reason to be there in the 1st place and aren't even associated w/ the pdf you're reading.

 

[Wodgy]

You can go into the components directory and delete most of the plugins if you want.