Re: you want to change user expectations
Asa Dotzler <[email protected]>
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Steve wrote: > The argument is not about innovation. It is about usability. I > refused the update today for very good reasons... You refused the update from Firefox 4 or 5 to Firefox 6 today? If so, you are now running insecure software. The chances of you being compromised increase with every day that you continue to use that insecure software. You may be special and know how to take extra precautions especially knowing that you're running a Firefox version which has known vulnerabilities in it (and vulnerabilities for which the testcases, AKA, attack code, will be released to the public in the near future.) Most people, however, are not as advanced as you and were they to follow your example, would sooner or later have their systems compromised. Each Firefox release is the security update for the previous. Not taking those security updates is highly risky behavior and not recommended. - A