Mozilla To Protect Adobe Flash Users 132
juct writes "Beginning with versions 3.5.3 and 3.0.14 of Firefox, Mozilla is going to check the version of installed Adobe Flash plug-ins and warn users if it discovers an outdated version with potential security holes. Mozilla confirmed this new security feature and said that the Flash version check was part of a wider commitment to 'protect users from emerging threats online.' Just recently, a study confirmed that 80 per cent of users surf with a vulnerable version of Adobe's plug-in."
Re:Guaranteed to work (Score:1, Funny)
I got my parents to use Firefox. (of course, for some reason, they call it "Mozilla" and not "Firefox")
They're mostly happy, except you can clearly see the porn my dad goes to thanks to the smart location bar.
See, it's not impossible.
Presumably (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Guaranteed to work (Score:5, Funny)
ctrl+shift+P FTW, that way nobody has every found out that i like gay midget donkey porn!
Re:Guaranteed to work (Score:2, Funny)
Oh dear, I don't understand what this means. Luckily my son, who got sick of me ringing him for computer help, told me what to do whenever I encounter a box I don't understand; click the X, or click cancel, or ignore. Now back to clicking on every ad I see.
How the fuck does a post that consists of incoherent rambling get modded up?
The above pseudo anecdote may have been funny if the fine article involved Firefox opening dialog boxes, but that's not the case. Either the OP either didn't read the article, or notice bit about the "landing page".
I'd add that the unrelated comment about IE (a non sequitor, actually) is even less funny, but I can't figure out WTF he was trying to say. Or what any of it has to do with ... anything.
Next up, an excerpt from a Beavis and Butthead script that gets modded both insightful and funny:
Popup windows.
You said popup.
Ha ha ha.
Just click the X stupid.
Ha ha ha.
Internet Explorer is teh suck.
Ha ha ha.
Re:Guaranteed to work (Score:5, Funny)
"Warning: You are using Adobe Flash, are you sure this such as good idea? How about some nice Dynamic SVG?"
That'd be great! Do you have any? This, ummm, isn't my website, you know. =P
Re:Drunk the Kool-Aide (Score:4, Funny)
I'm sorry in future we will try and make all releases of software perfect and not release until we are 100% sure no vulnerability will ever be found
~the hurd team
Re:Does flash not already do this? (Score:3, Funny)
We are sorry, this page is designed to work with version 8 or greater. You are using version 10.
Re:Guaranteed to work (Score:5, Funny)
How the fuck does a post that consists of incoherent rambling get modded up?
Um, this is Slashdot. You have been here before, right?