Has anyone here used IE9 yet? Is it better than IE8 which i'm using at the moment. I'm wondering whether to upgrade my internet browser or wait till they iron out most of the bugs.
Speaking of Chrome, I saw this on the news yesterday:
All users of Chrome should be aware now that this browser can be fully hacked despite its famous sandbox and despite all the marketing that Google has been doing around its security
I upgraded to IE9, took an instant dislike to it (after using all windows versions of Internet Explorer pretty-much exclusively other than for testing in the past), and promptly switched to chrome, which I've been using ever since.
The only downside is that I use a couple of things that use browser-based ActiveX controls, but that is easily worked around by using the "IE Tab" plug-in (which you can get for both Chrome and FF).
Main advantage for me of switching to Chrome is that it supports WebGL which is used by cool sites like this. <- That won't work in IE9. :)
I upgraded to IE9, took an instant dislike to it (after using all windows versions of Internet Explorer pretty-much exclusively other than for testing in the past), and promptly switched to chrome, which I've been using ever since.
The only downside is that I use a couple of things that use browser-based ActiveX controls, but that is easily worked around by using the "IE Tab" plug-in (which you can get for both Chrome and FF).
Main advantage for me of switching to Chrome is that it supports WebGL which is used by cool sites like this. <- That won't work in IE9. :)
Hmmm...can't say that I have ever needed 'Google Body' :-P
Hmmm...can't say that I have ever needed 'Google Body' :-P
Seriously, you should take a look. It is absolutely fascinating the way you can peel away anatomical layers and look at the routing of blood vessels and the structure of the nervous system and stuff.
All users of Chrome should be aware now that this browser can be fully hacked despite its famous sandbox and despite all the marketing that Google has been doing around its security
In fact it seems that it is only Windows users who use Chrome who are potentially at risk from this potential exploit. And you are still safer using Chrome than browsers that don't use sandboxing.
In fact it seems that it is only Windows users who use Chrome who are potentially at risk from this potential exploit. And you are still safer using Chrome than browsers that don't use sandboxing.
IE9 runs in a lower than user privilege level (called Protected Mode) which offers the same benefits as Chrome. I think it's only Firefox that still fails to do any form of sandboxing on Windows these days.
IE9 runs in a lower than user privilege level (called Protected Mode) which offers the same benefits as Chrome. I think it's only Firefox that still fails to do any form of sandboxing on Windows these days.
As a professional web developer I can honestly say this doesn't stop IE9 from being ****.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/229500086
http://www.itpro.in/625858/webgl-security-flaw-attacks-chrome-and-firefox
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But this type of thing happens to all browsers once in a while. : )
The only downside is that I use a couple of things that use browser-based ActiveX controls, but that is easily worked around by using the "IE Tab" plug-in (which you can get for both Chrome and FF).
Main advantage for me of switching to Chrome is that it supports WebGL which is used by cool sites like this. <- That won't work in IE9. :)
Hmmm...can't say that I have ever needed 'Google Body' :-P
works in firefox also , maybe it's the plugin only that you need ?
In fact it seems that it is only Windows users who use Chrome who are potentially at risk from this potential exploit. And you are still safer using Chrome than browsers that don't use sandboxing.
Hmm, think i'll stick to IE8 for a while longer, i was considering using Google Chrome but think i'll give it a miss (for now).
IE9 runs in a lower than user privilege level (called Protected Mode) which offers the same benefits as Chrome. I think it's only Firefox that still fails to do any form of sandboxing on Windows these days.
As a professional web developer I can honestly say this doesn't stop IE9 from being ****.