Comments on: Opera goes free http://www.squarefree.com/2005/09/20/opera-goes-free/ Jesse Ruderman on Firefox, security, and more Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:28:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: o01i http://www.squarefree.com/2005/09/20/opera-goes-free/comment-page-1/#comment-1797 o01i Wed, 09 Nov 2005 01:40:59 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/2005/09/20/opera-goes-free/#comment-1797 wooo hooo!!!! wooo hooo!!!!

]]> By: James http://www.squarefree.com/2005/09/20/opera-goes-free/comment-page-1/#comment-1748 James Sat, 22 Oct 2005 02:36:33 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/2005/09/20/opera-goes-free/#comment-1748 IMHO this would be a good way to prod broken sites into *fixing* themselves, rather than the other way around. All you have to do is display a big fat warning when the broken sites are fixed, perhaps in the Information Bar or similar. It could say "This website is broken. [Browser] has fixed it for you. [more info]" Users wouldn't be too annoyed; the information bar is relatively unobtrusive and they might even be impressed "hey, [Browser] fixed this website for me automatically, cool!" OTOH, no self-respecting web designer would stand for every user to see that bar at the top of *his* pages, proclaiming how broken they are. And if they could examine what exactly the problem was and how it is fixed by simply clicking on the bar, then it would be a piece of cake for them to fix it (which of course would remove the bar immediately). This would in fact be a great way of sending a message to broken sites. IMHO this would be a good way to prod broken sites into *fixing* themselves, rather than the other way around. All you have to do is display a big fat warning when the broken sites are fixed, perhaps in the Information Bar or similar. It could say “This website is broken. [Browser] has fixed it for you. [more info]” Users wouldn’t be too annoyed; the information bar is relatively unobtrusive and they might even be impressed “hey, [Browser] fixed this website for me automatically, cool!” OTOH, no self-respecting web designer would stand for every user to see that bar at the top of *his* pages, proclaiming how broken they are. And if they could examine what exactly the problem was and how it is fixed by simply clicking on the bar, then it would be a piece of cake for them to fix it (which of course would remove the bar immediately). This would in fact be a great way of sending a message to broken sites.

]]> By: Jesse Ruderman http://www.squarefree.com/2005/09/20/opera-goes-free/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 Jesse Ruderman Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:26:59 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/2005/09/20/opera-goes-free/#comment-1746 foobaz, that's probably a false positive. See http://forums.spywareinfo.com/lofiversion/index.php/t14251.html. foobaz, that’s probably a false positive. See http://forums.spywareinfo.com/lofiversion/index.php/t14251.html.

]]> By: foobaz http://www.squarefree.com/2005/09/20/opera-goes-free/comment-page-1/#comment-1745 foobaz Wed, 19 Oct 2005 13:31:38 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/2005/09/20/opera-goes-free/#comment-1745 Hi Jesse, I think everyone should know that the latest Windows install program of Opera (8.50) will install the Ezula trojan as well. I attempted to install it yesterday (10/19/2005) and Pest Patrol immediately alerted me that the Ezula trojan had been detected. I now must scan the entire drive to be sure - not something I like to do. I have contacted Opera about it and will post their reply, if any, here. I can't believe they'd stoop that low, especially given the hype about no adware. Yeah, right! Hi Jesse,

I think everyone should know that the latest Windows install program of Opera (8.50) will install the Ezula trojan as well. I attempted to install it yesterday (10/19/2005) and Pest Patrol immediately alerted me that the Ezula trojan had been detected. I now must scan the entire drive to be sure – not something I like to do. I have contacted Opera about it and will post their reply, if any, here. I can’t believe they’d stoop that low, especially given the hype about no adware. Yeah, right!

]]> By: Amadeus http://www.squarefree.com/2005/09/20/opera-goes-free/comment-page-1/#comment-1740 Amadeus Fri, 14 Oct 2005 19:46:41 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/2005/09/20/opera-goes-free/#comment-1740 ahh oki, nevermind, misread ahh oki, nevermind, misread

]]> By: Jesse Ruderman http://www.squarefree.com/2005/09/20/opera-goes-free/comment-page-1/#comment-1739 Jesse Ruderman Fri, 14 Oct 2005 19:21:39 +0000 http://www.squarefree.com/2005/09/20/opera-goes-free/#comment-1739 I said "should not continue using Opera 8.0x because it contains known security holes" because http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/850/ mentions seveal security fixes. I said “should not continue using Opera 8.0x because it contains known security holes” because http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/850/ mentions seveal security fixes.

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