Speed kills — ask any cop — and browser users are going to find that out very soon.
The browser wars heated up this week, with Microsoft’s launch of Internet Explorer 8,
Google’s release of a new beta version of Chrome, and the debut of Mozilla’s Fennec, the mobile version of Firefox. One of the main talking points for both Google and Mozilla has been JavaScript — how it makes their browsers faster and boosts Web 2.0 capabilities. Microsoft, on the other hand, is emphasizing security — which is where the other browsers may run into trouble.
First off,
"Speed kill -- ask any cop"
Speed doesn't kill you. It is the sudden deceleration that does.
(BTW. I find reports like "Speed was a factor in x % of accident" hilarious... in order for two objects to collide they cannot be a rest relative to each other, hence 'speed' is a necessary condition, hence _always_ a factor.
"Security has been the bane of Internet Explorer in the past -- and now, thanks to their penchant for Javascript, it may become the bane of Chrome and Firefox."
How fast you process a java-script has no correlation on the number of bug such implementation has. I.E. is proof of that. One can be slow AND buggy.
"ESET's Abrams said. "Going faster means you can get infected faster, and exploits will work faster."
Abrams is an idiot. Under the same retarded argument, one could suggest that faster CPU, bigger driver or any improvement in computing performance is dangerous because it would get you infected 'faster'.
One fallacy of this argument, is the unsubstantiated claim that such infection is inevitable, and that it is merely related to volume not quality.
"One of the new features in Internet Explorer 8 is a cross-site scripting filter, which will help protect users and systems, Microsoft says."
Firefox's NoScript plugin, for instance has been available for quite a while, beside Firefox 3, wich has been out a while now, include some protection against XSS already....
I love it when amateur journalist regurgitate Microsoft Cool-Aid whithout bothering with due diligence.
What's next ? an article about Microsoft newest invention: Tab-browsing!
WOW. What an truly unbelievable article. Did someone actually *approve* the publication of this crap?
Fact checking FAIL.
You know what? Faster processor speeds make it easier for malware writers too! Let's all buy slower processors so those mean hackers can't break into our computers!
There are so many incorrect facts in this article, it's not even worth trying to correct. The whole basis of the article is ridiculous.
Here's a more factual summary:
* Faster Javascript performance benefits everyone
* IE8 is way behind the competition with regards to Javascript speed improvements
* Microsoft wishes IE8's Javascript were faster
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This Week's Browser Fight: Will Security KO Speed?
Posted by: Richard Adhikari March 20, 2009 12:44 PMSpeed kills — ask any cop — and browser users are going to find that out very soon.
The browser wars heated up this week, with Microsoft’s launch of Internet Explorer 8,
Google’s release of a new beta version of Chrome, and the debut of Mozilla’s Fennec, the mobile version of Firefox. One of the main talking points for both Google and Mozilla has been JavaScript — how it makes their browsers faster and boosts Web 2.0 capabilities. Microsoft, on the other hand, is emphasizing security — which is where the other browsers may run into trouble.
"Speed kill -- ask any cop"
Speed doesn't kill you. It is the sudden deceleration that does.
(BTW. I find reports like "Speed was a factor in x % of accident" hilarious... in order for two objects to collide they cannot be a rest relative to each other, hence 'speed' is a necessary condition, hence _always_ a factor.
"Security has been the bane of Internet Explorer in the past -- and now, thanks to their penchant for Javascript, it may become the bane of Chrome and Firefox."
How fast you process a java-script has no correlation on the number of bug such implementation has. I.E. is proof of that. One can be slow AND buggy.
"ESET's Abrams said. "Going faster means you can get infected faster, and exploits will work faster."
Abrams is an idiot. Under the same retarded argument, one could suggest that faster CPU, bigger driver or any improvement in computing performance is dangerous because it would get you infected 'faster'.
One fallacy of this argument, is the unsubstantiated claim that such infection is inevitable, and that it is merely related to volume not quality.
"One of the new features in Internet Explorer 8 is a cross-site scripting filter, which will help protect users and systems, Microsoft says."
Firefox's NoScript plugin, for instance has been available for quite a while, beside Firefox 3, wich has been out a while now, include some protection against XSS already....
I love it when amateur journalist regurgitate Microsoft Cool-Aid whithout bothering with due diligence.
What's next ? an article about Microsoft newest invention: Tab-browsing!
Fact checking FAIL.
You know what? Faster processor speeds make it easier for malware writers too! Let's all buy slower processors so those mean hackers can't break into our computers!
There are so many incorrect facts in this article, it's not even worth trying to correct. The whole basis of the article is ridiculous.
Here's a more factual summary:
* Faster Javascript performance benefits everyone
* IE8 is way behind the competition with regards to Javascript speed improvements
* Microsoft wishes IE8's Javascript were faster
You clearly haven't got a clue what your writing about.
Your article has no basis in any technical facts whatsoever.
SHAME ON YOU for writing this. And SHAME ON YOUR PUBLICATION for publishing such nonsense.