browsers

[davidfcooper]

Until Mozilla fixes Firefox's security flaws I'm using either Safari, Opera, or Camino (none of which run the new version of Yahoo Mail so it's back to Yahoo Mail Classic--IE is not supported for Macs), though since Camino is also a Mozilla product maybe I should avoid it too. The most recent versions of Safari won't run on Panther (which came installed on my 3 year old powerbook; I never upgraded to Tiger), so maybe I should use Opera.

Comments

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

The cross-site scripting security risk can be fixed if you install the "noscript" add-on for firefox. This add-on will allow you to permit or deny scripting on a per-site basis.

http://noscript.net/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722

[davidfcooper.livejournal.com]

I've had noscript installed for a while, and though it still appears when I click on addons otherwise it seems to have disappeared. I tried reinstalling it, but when I restart Firefox to complete the installation it crashes.

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

Weird. I've never seen that before. Have you tried uninstalling Noscript and then reinstalling it?

Remember that you have to close and restart your browser in between.

[davidfcooper.livejournal.com]

Yes, I tried that, and the result was the same as before. I'm thinking now I should try reinstalling Firefox.

[davidfcooper.livejournal.com]

The newest Firefox release is imminent (http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=857&tag=nl.rSINGLE). Until it arrives I'm using Flock w/Noscript.