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August 28th, 2009, 07:15 AM
#1
"Location Bar" exposes hidden bookmarks, puts users off upgrading to Firefox 3.x
"Location Bar" exposes hidden bookmarks, puts users off upgrading to Firefox 3.x
It’s a good idea from a security standpoint to upgrade your browser, but what increases your security in one area might make you vulnerable in another!
According to research carried out by Mozilla’s security team, 25% of people who weren’t prepared to upgrade from Firefox 2.x to 3.x cited the inability to clear the Location Bar history as a reason for sticking with the old browser.
I noticed when they 1st rolled out the 3.** series of FF that there was some difficulty deleting/clearing all your browsing history, cache etc.
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August 28th, 2009, 09:26 AM
#2
** Haw-Haw! (Nelson - Simpson's character) laughter here **
Parth Maniar,
CISSP, CISM, CISA, SSCP
*Thank you GOD*
Greater the Difficulty, SWEETER the Victory.
Believe in yourself.
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August 31st, 2009, 09:02 AM
#3
In 3.5.x you can alter the settings to get rid of this. With 3.0.x there is a plug-in that does it called "Hide Unvisited".
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/...on+bar+history
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August 31st, 2009, 06:49 PM
#4
Let me *laugh* again..
** Haw-Haw! (Nelson - Simpson's character) laughter here **
Parth Maniar,
CISSP, CISM, CISA, SSCP
*Thank you GOD*
Greater the Difficulty, SWEETER the Victory.
Believe in yourself.
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September 1st, 2009, 05:54 PM
#5
According to research carried out by Mozilla’s security team, 25% of people who weren’t prepared to upgrade from Firefox 2.x to 3.x cited the inability to clear the Location Bar history as a reason for sticking with the old browser.
I wonder what they were browsing then?
It is quite easy to achieve so I don't see the problem.
The only problem I have with FF3.5.2 is it won't start, and trashes all my other browsers apart from Opera 10.
I will give them 'till Christmas to fix it or FF will have a whole new meaning
Last edited by nihil; September 1st, 2009 at 06:10 PM.
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