Comments on: Browsers and Security http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2005/05/30/browsers-and-security/ Robert Accettura's Personal Blog on Web Development and Tech Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:36:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Adam Sacarny http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2005/05/30/browsers-and-security/#comment-3741 Adam Sacarny Wed, 01 Jun 2005 05:47:07 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2005/05/30/browsers-and-security/#comment-3741 I want to agree with you, but I can't. An installation of Windows XP SP2 will, without any user intervention, automatically download and install updates for IE. It will then nag the user to reboot until he/she does. The default install of Firefox, upon realizing that an update is available, will show a tiny circle with an upwards pointing arrow. The user must then click on the arrow and install the update herself. Mozilla.org can release patches as quickly as it wants, but smart users will only be up-to-date at their convenience, and stupid users will never be up-to-date at all. For this reason I still hesitate as I install Firefox on the computers of clients. Adam I want to agree with you, but I can’t. An installation of Windows XP SP2 will, without any user intervention, automatically download and install updates for IE. It will then nag the user to reboot until he/she does.

The default install of Firefox, upon realizing that an update is available, will show a tiny circle with an upwards pointing arrow. The user must then click on the arrow and install the update herself.

Mozilla.org can release patches as quickly as it wants, but smart users will only be up-to-date at their convenience, and stupid users will never be up-to-date at all. For this reason I still hesitate as I install Firefox on the computers of clients.

Adam

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