Comments on: Opera hiding security vulnerabilities ? http://www.pallab.net/2007/01/07/opera-hiding-security-vulnerabilities/ by Pallab Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:03:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: BooTCaT http://www.pallab.net/2007/01/07/opera-hiding-security-vulnerabilities/#comment-10977 BooTCaT Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:48:58 +0000 http://www.pallab.net/2007/01/07/opera-hiding-security-vulnerabilities/#comment-10977 This is what i have to say , i can feel somehow , opera is not good as it should be , http://www.frihost.com/forums/vt-65464.html This is what i have to say , i can feel somehow , opera is not good as it should be ,

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]]> By: Pallab http://www.pallab.net/2007/01/07/opera-hiding-security-vulnerabilities/#comment-9546 Pallab Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:00:24 +0000 http://www.pallab.net/2007/01/07/opera-hiding-security-vulnerabilities/#comment-9546 Thanks for the suggetion. I have changed the colour so that its much easier to read. Thanks for the suggetion. I have changed the colour so that its much easier to read.

]]> By: xxdesmus http://www.pallab.net/2007/01/07/opera-hiding-security-vulnerabilities/#comment-9299 xxdesmus Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:07:20 +0000 http://www.pallab.net/2007/01/07/opera-hiding-security-vulnerabilities/#comment-9299 If I might made a suggestion, everything on your blog looks great, but the color for the text in the block quotes is a bit difficult to read because it's such a light grey on the white background. Otherise, you have quite the interesting blog. I especially agree with you regarding Opera's questionable bug reporting activities...it really makes you wonder what else they aren't tell you. If I might made a suggestion,

everything on your blog looks great, but the color for the text in the block quotes is a bit difficult to read because it’s such a light grey on the white background.

Otherise, you have quite the interesting blog. I especially agree with you regarding Opera’s questionable bug reporting activities…it really makes you wonder what else they aren’t tell you.

]]> By: Pallab http://www.pallab.net/2007/01/07/opera-hiding-security-vulnerabilities/#comment-8931 Pallab Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:13:19 +0000 http://www.pallab.net/2007/01/07/opera-hiding-security-vulnerabilities/#comment-8931 I dont think Opera is trying to manipulate facts to gain marketshare. It's against their company's ideals. It was probably a mistake, but a bad one. You do make a valid point about Opera still being more secure thatn its counterparts. Secunia issued 2 advisories for O9 in 2006 and bith of them have been fixed. Firefox has also had 2 advisories issued against them, but they have dealt with only 50% of the issues. I dont think Opera is trying to manipulate facts to gain marketshare. It’s against their company’s ideals. It was probably a mistake, but a bad one.

You do make a valid point about Opera still being more secure thatn its counterparts.
Secunia issued 2 advisories for O9 in 2006 and bith of them have been fixed. Firefox has also had 2 advisories issued against them, but they have dealt with only 50% of the issues.

]]> By: Sourabh http://www.pallab.net/2007/01/07/opera-hiding-security-vulnerabilities/#comment-8925 Sourabh Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:21:57 +0000 http://www.pallab.net/2007/01/07/opera-hiding-security-vulnerabilities/#comment-8925 Cut them some slack. Opera is not an IE, or for that matter even Firefox. What is their market share? 1%? Everyone tries to manipulate the facts to make them sound good. What matters is they fixed it. If there is a new version, one should take the pains of updating it. I don't think there has ever been an updated version just for the cosmetic changes or just for the addition of some feature. I am happy with opera the way it is. You cannot ask them to offer everything what Firefox and IE do. Autoupdate, small update patch IMO only look good on paper. 4MB is not something big. If you just have a brief surfing session, use IE or the old version. it doesn't translate into a suicide. May be risky, but how many times have you been at a receiving end of a bad code which screws your system or put your privacy at risk? I feel Opera is in a class of its own, the users of which seek pleasure from it while using it to surf the web. Everything has some flaws, stop nitpicking. They may have their own reasons for doing what they have done. Cut them some slack. Opera is not an IE, or for that matter even Firefox. What is their market share? 1%? Everyone tries to manipulate the facts to make them sound good. What matters is they fixed it. If there is a new version, one should take the pains of updating it. I don’t think there has ever been an updated version just for the cosmetic changes or just for the addition of some feature. I am happy with opera the way it is. You cannot ask them to offer everything what Firefox and IE do. Autoupdate, small update patch IMO only look good on paper. 4MB is not something big. If you just have a brief surfing session, use IE or the old version. it doesn’t translate into a suicide. May be risky, but how many times have you been at a receiving end of a bad code which screws your system or put your privacy at risk? I feel Opera is in a class of its own, the users of which seek pleasure from it while using it to surf the web. Everything has some flaws, stop nitpicking. They may have their own reasons for doing what they have done.

]]> By: Pallab http://www.pallab.net/2007/01/07/opera-hiding-security-vulnerabilities/#comment-8884 Pallab Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:53:53 +0000 http://www.pallab.net/2007/01/07/opera-hiding-security-vulnerabilities/#comment-8884 I am a big Opera fan. In a nutshell I don’t think delaying notification about security fixes/not mentioning them in the changelog is a smart thing to do. I am a big Opera fan.
In a nutshell I don’t think delaying notification about security fixes/not mentioning them in the changelog is a smart thing to do.

]]> By: Santosh http://www.pallab.net/2007/01/07/opera-hiding-security-vulnerabilities/#comment-8878 Santosh Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:57:39 +0000 http://www.pallab.net/2007/01/07/opera-hiding-security-vulnerabilities/#comment-8878 And Indyan, aren't you a good Opera fan as well? I'd say this was shocking, but what would you say about this in a nutshell ? And Indyan, aren’t you a good Opera fan as well?

I’d say this was shocking, but what would you say about this in a nutshell ?

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