blog.washingtonpost.com — Firefox 3 users, who also have jacked up the security settings on Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 to their most paranoid level, may find it trickier to download files with Firefox due to key changes recently made by Mozilla.
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reallybignameJul 23, 2008
If you have adware installed, then IE settings are the least of your worries!!!btw, I am a Windows user, uninfected, and fancy free...
burnJul 23, 2008
There is, it's called 'Internet Options'. Previously only used by Internet Explorer, now Firefox for Windows also honours some of the global 'Internet Options' settings.I can't work out why this is a big deal...I think it's a GOOD thing and that all applications should honour global settings rather than all needing their own separate configurations.
ilgazJul 24, 2008
If I were you, I would keep getting IE updates even you won't run it one time in your life. Applications use IE rendering engine automatically becomes vulnerable when there is something wrong with it.You can't forget IE on Windows, that makes people hate it more.(same goes for Safari updates on OS X)
esc27Jul 28, 2008
This is awesome, another great feature of FF3. As someone who is actually responsible for a small Windows domain, my one concern with Firefox has always been the lack of enterprise features. This should definitely help competition with IE.
tyreejacksonJul 30, 2008
Following Internet Explorer's security settings is a stupid idea. And don't give me that "its a Window's security settings" nonsense, since Microsoft has repeatedly stated that IE is integrated into windows. That makes the security zones part of the Internet Explorer security settings. If you are going to make this argument, then please give us another way to prevent Internet Explorer and its embeddable rendering engine from even trying to download files while changing this Internet Explorer security setting to allow Firefox to download files. Too many applications out there have Internet Explorer embedded which is why I need to have this Internet Explorer security setting set to disabled. What Mozilla in effect has done is embed part of Internet Explorer's options into Firefox. As such, I am forced to treat Firefox 3 with the same distrust, restrictions, contempt and disgust as I treat Internet Explorer.This setting IS an Internet Explorer setting and Firefox has no business using it. The longer Mozilla continues to use it, the more security minded users will stray away to another browser.Tyree
guyalsfereMay 28, 2009
What were they thinking of, to start making Firefox use Internet Explorer's settings? Perhaps Mozilla would prefer me just to use IE and cut out the middleman?
digeenJul 6, 2009
I don't see how people can maintain that it's an OS-level setting when it's accessed through IE and appears on the IE options menu as Internet Options. There needs to be a way to keep IE unusable by rogue apps without contaminating Firefox's settings.