web standards - what new ways will exploder 8 break them
Is ie8 going to break web standards in any new and interesting ways or just the usual ones
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Why are AV programs so crap? Why are they based on a blacklist of evil programs when they could instead base their operation on a whitelist of permitted programs? Is that so hard to arrange,as that is how the decent personal firewall programs operate? Are there any AV programs that are based on a whitelist? Am I wrong or misunderstanding things here?If anybody can enlighten me I would be grateful.
Old Location Bar 1.3 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7637
not quite a full solution yet-but I am not the only person who thinks the awesome bar is not awesome at all.
Another useful webpage "How to disable the Smart Location Bar"
http://bbayles.googlepages.com/disable_slb.html
I googled on turning off firefox3 urlbar -tried about config -discovered that it cannot be reverted to ff2 behaviour (ie turned off) only slightly crippled and even more useless to me,so I uninstalled it.
You may call me a fool,I do not mind.I have an opinion of you too.
When someone comes up with a working plugin to disable this unwanted feature I may install ff3. Yes i know theres a plugin called 'oldbar' - oldbar only affects the presentation of the results. The underlying autocomplete algorithm is still the Firefox 3 algorithm, not the Firefox 2 algorithm.
I downloaded Firefox 3 and uninstalled it after 15minutes
The url bar no longer autocompletes urls as you type it searches every thing the browser has ever read in a crappy fashion ( in the middle of words in page titles)-cant be switched off
FAIL
i am back on v2 because i cannot do without firebug
Some of the things that phorm will be intercepting and harvesting,whether or not they do not retain them in the long term :
Webmail,
usernames and passwords,
forum posts and website comments that you make.
I write web applications for small businesses.They often contain confidential information of various sorts that is not available to those without login credentials.
We need some informed legal opinions about the applicability of Data Protection Laws.
A reply from virginmedia customer support( edited to reduce tedium)
I am sorry that the information that we are going to start using phorm
has worried you, here is some information to help give you a better
understading in regards to what this is.
A safer experience
Webwise will help customers avoid scams, such as 'phishing' - this is
where someone pretends to be a well known brand, like a bank, but is
looking to steal confidential information. [SNIP..]...identity theft. In this way Webwise helps to secure our customers' privacy.
A more relevant browsing experience
Another great thing about Webwise is that it can help reduce irrelevant
advertising. As customers browse web pages, Webwise looks at things like
search terms, and learns what topics might be of interest. This is done
without collecting any personal information, so once again their privacy
is protected. These topics are then used to help filter out adverts that
might be irrelevant - instead they'll simply see an advert that will
match a topic they're are more interested in.
Don't worry, they won't see any more adverts than they currently do,
they'll just be more relevant. [SNIP...]
Protecting customers' privacy
Webwise has been designed from the ground up to protect our customers'
privacy and anonymity. As the system only learns about topics of
interest, it does this anonymously, ensuring their privacy is completely
protected.
Neither the web addresses, nor search terms they use are stored. They
are purely matched to an advertising topic and then discarded.
Webwise doesn't store their internet (IP) address or keep track of their
browsing. The system or advertisers won't know who you are or the
websites they've visited.
No personally identifiable information such as email addresses,
surnames, street addresses, or phone numbers are ever gathered.
No sensitive or personal financial information, such as credit card
numbers, login IDs, passwords or bank account numbers are ever gathered.
We found that this system met our high standards for simplicity and
privacy - so customers' privacy is assured. These privacy standards were
also verified independently by Ernst & Young who conducted a detailed
audit of the whole process and Webwise solution.
Customers won't be forced to take up Webwise, so they'll be able to keep
their internet experience as it is now...
[END...]
That last phrase leaves it deliberately ambiguous as to whether or not users will be required to Opt In or Opt Out -I wrote back to Virgin Media to request clarification on this point.