Comments on: Mozilla rebuts Firefox 2 bug reports

A pair of security flaw reports are "just noise" and don't present any real risk to Firefox users, Mozilla says.

[nrlz]

corporate spin?

> "This is one of the highest quality Firefox
> releases to date," said Mike Schroepfer, vice
> president of engineering at Mozilla. "We fixed
> more issues than we ever have before. All
> empirical and anecdotal evidence so far shows that
> this is one of the most solid and stable Firefox
> releases."

What a load of self-gratifying corporate spin. It reminds me of when Steve Ballmer said that Windows XP was the most stable release ever and that security was their top priority.

[KsprayDad]

You don't like spin?

Windows XP IS the most stable CONSUMER OS that MS has made.

YOU might not like its stability but it doesn't change the facts.

[Philips]

normal MR - incremental improvement

Firefox 2.0 is incremental release to 1.5 - there is nothing revolutionary here, just lots of little things done here and there.

More features for extensions, stability and speed improvements in many edge cases.

In the end, the main feature of Firefox - that it just works, easy/fast to install, easily extendable and has portable version.

P.S. That's funny thing called IE - even in incarnation 7 - takes *15* minutes and one reboot to install. Version 1 probably required to have computer turned off for a days. ;)

[Im-Not-TED]

Very secure - It locks my PC

Security flaws or not. My PC locked up 3 times and required 2 reboots in the first hour of trying to run the new code (v 2.0). I have been a Firefox fan for sometime and contributed to the foundation, but I reinstalled v 1.5.0.7 today and all is well. I hope the first patch makes v 2.0 a viable brower.

[Jim Hubbard]

Me too....

Although not as often, it has caused 3 system freezes that required a hard reboot.

[pjianwei]

Do pple put as much effort on e police

and armed forces' flaws? Is e bugs finding making things more secure?

[aqvarivs]

truth over hype

Some of these guys are looking for a name boost from with in their group as "this weeks super hack" rather than actual concern for any product or it's security flaws. It marginalizes the good work of the others in this regard. Accuracy in reporting is important in maintaining the integrity and value of such reports.

[rapier1]

Well sure but

Whatever the motives happn to be if they uncover valid flaws and problems *and* disclose them then that fine. Let them get their little ego boost - it keeps the rest of us safer.

As for security issue - there will be problems with FireFox2. Thats just a given - any sufficient complex piece of code will likely be riddled with flaws. Hell, even a 'hello world' program can be a security hole if the underlying language is a disaster. This is especially true with web stuff where you have multilayered and complex interactions between languages, OSes, applications, and protocols.

[theinstallguy]

A hole is a whole

How can they downplay any security flaw? I have used firefox enough to be assured most issues will be fixed, but in the todays world of anti-privacy from big corporations, the big question that should be asked is, How much of our information is being sent back to the browser provider? A hole is a hole, but maybe we should look whole picture.

[theinstallguy]

A hole is a whole

How can they downplay any security flaw? I have used firefox enough to be assured most issues will be fixed, but in the todays world of anti-privacy from big corporations, the big question that should be asked is, How much of our information is being sent back to the browser provider? A hole is a hole, but maybe we should look at the whole picture.