Firefox taken offline!

[karl]

The latest version of Mozilla's Firefox browser has been taken offline after a security vulnerability was discovered.

Users who had upgraded to version 16 were advised to downgrade to the previous safe release until Firefox developers released a fix.

The vulnerability allowed "a malicious site to potentially determine which websites users have visited", Mozilla said.



Full story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19909106

[Breakeven]

yay i didnt update my firefox browser :D

[Jupiter]

same as viv. woohoo for being behind :D

[Cognizant]

yay i didnt update my firefox browser :D

same as viv. woohoo for being behind :D

Yay for me using Safari :D

[Mirage]

Uh oh, good thing I'm a slacker when it comes to updates!

[justinglives]

Ther's something to be said for waiting a few weeks after a new release to upgrade.!!!

[Jess]

yay for me using Chrome

[xXoblivionXx]

Yay for me using Safari :D

same, hehe :D

[TheMatrix]

Haven't upgraded yet. My Windozer laptop is at 12.0, and my SUSE desktop is at 14.0(I think).

It happens. The developers in Firefox are getting sloppier and sloppier, alas. I still detest Chrome and all that, and I shan't be using anything else until Firefox does not work anymore.

[xChrisVx]

I still detest Chrome

Why do you detest Chrome, Thomas?? I find it the most useful web browser available.

Anyway, thank goodness for Google Chrome and if necessary IE

[Professional Russian]

Yay for chrome

[Foamy]

Yay for no computer anywhere I go not having Firefox! :) ill stick to my iPod for now.

[TheMatrix]

Why do you detest Chrome, Thomas?? I find it the most useful web browser available.

It is non-free software (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.en.html#ProprietarySoftware), which I avoid when possible. On most GNU/Linux distributions(with the exception of dreadful Ubuntu), you can avoid using all too much of it, so I do just that. I mistrust Google anyways, so if I can avoid using one of their products, I will do that too.

That's just me, though.

[justinglives]

Chrome is better anyway.

[xXJust Jump ItXx]

Crap I dont know if its updated... How do I tell what version Im using?

[West Coast Sheriff]

Good thing I just use m iPad. :D

[TheMatrix]

Crap I dont know if its updated... How do I tell what version Im using?

On Windoze, in the newer versions: "Firefox" menu > Help > About Firefox
On most other versions: Help > About Firefox

[The Mockingjay]

I haven't used Firefox for a while, Google Chrome is a lot better imo :D