Comments on: Opera Widget Keeps You Up-to-Date on Browser Security http://browsersphere.com/2008/07/12/opera-widget-keeps-you-up-to-date-on-browser-security/ Tracking the continued evolution of web browsers. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:20:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Bernie Zimmermann http://browsersphere.com/2008/07/12/opera-widget-keeps-you-up-to-date-on-browser-security/comment-page-1/#comment-632 Bernie Zimmermann Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:45:36 +0000 http://browsersphere.com/?p=152#comment-632 Thanks for clarifying. Maybe we can just call it "opportune timing." ;) Thanks for clarifying. Maybe we can just call it “opportune timing.” ;)

]]> By: loligoth http://browsersphere.com/2008/07/12/opera-widget-keeps-you-up-to-date-on-browser-security/comment-page-1/#comment-631 loligoth Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:04:05 +0000 http://browsersphere.com/?p=152#comment-631 > I say the article reads a bit like a release from the Opera marketing department, because assuming Opera views Firefox as a competitor, the widget screenshot shown in the article and statements like “the test showed that Firefox 3 was [the] most vulnerable one and Opera the least” seem a little biased. actually, that statement was not biased, at that time at least. Take notice that the "security level" shown at any time depends on the most severe vulnerability at that time, not the total number of vulnerabilities of a browser. So Firefox at that time had one highly critical vulnerability, the (in)famous one discovered at the Firefox 3 launch day, while IE had 10 less severe vulnerabilities, thus Firefox was rated the least secure at that time. Now with the release of Firefox 3.01 and 2.0.0.16, that single (in)famous vulnerability is finally patched, so Firefox is now at the same level of Opera as one of the two most secure browsers in the world, for now at least. > I say the article reads a bit like a release from the Opera marketing department, because assuming Opera views Firefox as a competitor, the widget screenshot shown in the article and statements like “the test showed that Firefox 3 was [the] most vulnerable one and Opera the least” seem a little biased.

actually, that statement was not biased, at that time at least. Take notice that the “security level” shown at any time depends on the most severe vulnerability at that time, not the total number of vulnerabilities of a browser. So Firefox at that time had one highly critical vulnerability, the (in)famous one discovered at the Firefox 3 launch day, while IE had 10 less severe vulnerabilities, thus Firefox was rated the least secure at that time.

Now with the release of Firefox 3.01 and 2.0.0.16, that single (in)famous vulnerability is finally patched, so Firefox is now at the same level of Opera as one of the two most secure browsers in the world, for now at least.

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