Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Preview Release

[Yoh Asakura]

Why do I get an illigal program operation every now an dagain then a netscape box? It's pissing annoying when it happens =\

[kainashi]

Why do I get an illigal program operation every now an dagain then a netscape box? It's pissing annoying when it happens =\

tried an uninstall then reinstall yet? if that doesn't work, you could try a fresh start. backup your bookmarks, etc. then delete the profile directory. located at CWINDOWS\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\default.xxx\ in windows 98, which is what you use, if i remember correctly.

[Yoh Asakura]

It's not a common thing, it just happens now and again. I'll be fine for hours and then it'll just pop =\

Tried everything you've said before =|

[kainashi]

seems to be something with your computer then and not firefox. h:

[Yoh Asakura]

Usually happens when I pop open too many tabs.

[kainashi]

Usually happens when I pop open too many tabs.

how many is too many?

[Yoh Asakura]

Oh pfft 7 or so.

[kainashi]

Oh pfft 7 or so.

hmm. that shouldn't be a problem, unless you barely have any memory.

[youdontknowme]

That happens to my mom's computer but it's just because I overheated her computer and completely screwed up the computer

Metallix's Girl:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2103152/
Make your dad read that, and make sure to tell him that it's an online magazine owned by Microsoft that says that FF is safer than IE. Also, if he doesn't know that MSN is owned by Microsoft, tell him that it stands for Microsoft Network.
One last thing... tell him to consider the fact that Microsoft comes out with a lot of patches for Windows. What does this mean? It means that Microsoft released Windows without finding all of the bugs and security holes, which means that Micro$oft just want their money, etc, etc.
Anybody want to contribute anything that I don't know about?

[Metallixs Girl]

Chris: He's very strict on security. If we get viruses it's our falt cause we know better. He would never blame IE for something we did.

YDKM: That's the MSN magizine I mentioned...

Oh and he knows all that and he always has us update. He thinks that the updates are good and MS is always doing their best to make windows better.

>_<

[kainashi]

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=node/view/1982

new campaign is up. first one did really nice. instead of 1 million downloads in 10 days, they got over 2 million. this new one should be easier. 10,000 new users in 10 days. so if you haven't registered there already, you should.

edit: if you register, please use this link: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=user/register&r=488. i'll get user referral points.

[youdontknowme]

Heh. Kainashi: I signed up

Metallix's Girl: Wow, I don't want to offend your dad or anything but he doesn't know anything about computers... Companies are supposed to create products with no/minimal bugs and what not. Microsoft releases their product(s) with a heck load of problems (and not to mention the inefficiency).
If he thinks that updates are good then he must like wasting time and using up disk space... I dunno what else to say. I guess your dad'll stay as a fan of Microsoft forever. :-/

BTW, since your family uses IE, don't you get stuff installed that you don't want?

[RedStarWarrior]

It's not a common thing, it just happens now and again. I'll be fine for hours and then it'll just pop =\

Tried everything you've said before =|

Actually, the Netscape thing has caused Firefox to crash for me as well. Of course, when I actually went and did the feedback thing, I didn't get anymore problems.

[kainashi]

Actually, the Netscape thing has caused Firefox to crash for me as well. Of course, when I actually went and did the feedback thing, I didn't get anymore problems.

the netscape thing is just for feedback and it only shows up when firefox crashes.

[homeofmew]

i finally got firefox i like it a lot I am now redoing my site
so it looks nice on firefox.

[RedStarWarrior]

Ah, for a while there I thought it was crashing it. Anyway, Firefox hasn't crashed since.

[youdontknowme]

i finally got firefox i like it a lot I am now redoing my site
so it looks nice on firefox.

You should also check how your site looks like in IE because if it looks good in Firefox, then it most likely will look messed up in IE.

[RedStarWarrior]

Why would it look messed up in IE?

[kainashi]

if anything, it would look messed up in firefox since she coded it using internet explorer in the first place.

[youdontknowme]

Oh woops. I thought she was completely redoing her site from scratch or something. Sorry for the misunderstanding then.

Why would it look messed up in IE?

IE doesn't work too well with CSS.
Of course, if you're using tables for the layout, then there wouldn't be a problem (except for the fact that tables aren't meant for layouts)

[kainashi]

Important Security Update for Firefox Available
October 1, 2004. The Mozilla Foundation releases an important security update for Firefox. All users should upgrade to the latest version of the Firefox Preview Release. A patch is available for current Preview Release users.

Download information:

* Visit the Firefox homepage to download the latest version of Firefox Preview Release (Firefox 0.10.1)
* Current Firefox Preview Release users: when the update icon () appears in the upper right corner of your screen, just click on it to install the patch, or click here to install it.

Questions & Answers:

* How does this security vulnerability expose the user?

A malicious hacker who could trick a user into saving a file could delete files from of a user's download directory.

* How serious is this vulnerability?

While this is a potentially severe security vulnerability, user interaction is required to trigger potential harm. This security update is also another example of the Mozilla Foundation identifying and fixing security vulnerabilities before they are exploited by malicious hackers. This type of security vulnerability is very different from cases where a hacker could take advantage of a vulnerability to obtain valuable information from a user's computer.

* Doesn't this case illustrate that all browsers are equally insecure?

The Mozilla Foundation continues to have a very strong track record on security. According to Secunia, an independent security monitoring organization, Firefox currently has 1 open security issue, out of a total of 13 security advisories filed in 2003 and 2004. 0% of these are labeled "extremely critical", 15% are labeled "highly critical". For the same period, Secunia lists 16 open security issues out of 44 advisories for Internet Explorer 6.0, 14% of which are labeled "extremely critical", 34% are "highly critical".

source: mozilla.org

nothing to be said about internet explorer's vulnerabilitie's that hasn't already been said.

[Trainer_Sophia]

And if you have the 1.0 preview, you can simply get the updates by clicking the little bar beside the icon over the google search bar. Just in case you're lazy like yours truly.

[youdontknowme]

by clicking the little bar

swirly button thing*
Thanks for the update, kainashi. Gotta download

[kainashi]

also. if you haven't already, please register at spread firefox. it would be really helpful, plus it's a nice little community. i don't want them falling short of 10,000 new members either.