The suggest feature is a different thing though. I’d suggest (couldn’t resist) you leave it turned off until we all know better.
]]>Well to make it short: Firefox 3 sends (by default) private things (in my opinion) to Mozilla and it’s Partners (which the biggest one is Google). I dunno really if what i’m telling you now is all you need to do, there might be some other hidden things, but it seems that by typing the almighty „about:config“ into the „awesomebar“, and then searching for „browser.safebrowsing.enabled“ and simply click the line (should be false now) stops this behaviour.
There are several other interesting things under the „browser.safebrowsing“ branch, but that’s another story written on another day.
]]>As you may know, all browsers have a set of CSS features that are either considered a vendor extension (e.g. -ms-interpolation-mode), are partial implementations of properties that are fully defined in the CSS specifications, or are implementation of properties that exist in the CSS specifications, but aren’t completely defined. According to the CSS 2.1 Specification, any of the properties that fall under the categories listed previously must have a vendor specific prefix, such as ‘-ms-’ for Microsoft, ‘-moz-’ for Mozilla, ‘-o-’ for Opera, and so on.
As part of our plan to reach full CSS 2.1 compliance with Internet Explorer 8, we have decided to place all properties that fulfill one of the following conditions behind the ‘-ms-’ prefix
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/09/08/microsoft-css-vendor-extensions.aspx
]]>Something to play with on my free time.
Not.
]]>Your copy of Google Chrome includes one or more unique application numbers. These numbers and information about your installation of the browser (e.g., version number, language) will be sent to Google when you first install and use it and when Google Chrome automatically checks for updates. If you choose to send usage statistics and crash reports to Google, the browser will send us this information along with a unique application number as well. Crash reports can contain information from files, applications and services that were running at the time of a malfunction. We use crash reports to diagnose and try to fix any problems with the browser.
Taken from Mozilla Firefox Privacy Policy
Automated Update Service. Firefox’s automatic update feature periodically checks to see if an updated version of Firefox is available from Mozilla. This feature sends Non-Personal Information to Mozilla, including the version of Firefox you are using, a list of the add-ons you have installed, and your language preference. This feature also sends Potentially Personal Information to Mozilla in the form of a cookie named “aus” that contains a unique numeric value to distinguish individual Firefox installs. Mozilla uses this information to provide you with updated versions of Firefox and to understand the usage patterns of Firefox users. We use this information to improve our products and services and to support decision making regarding feature and capacity planning. We do not collect or track any Personal Information or any information about the Web sites you visit, and we do not release the raw information we obtain from this feature to the public. We may release reports containing Aggregate Data so that our global community can make better product and design decisions. To prevent Mozilla from obtaining this information, you can turn this feature off in Firefox’s preferences. For information about changing your preferences, go to our help page.
Spot the difference.
]]>Wil try that when i’m home.
]]>I can’t remember completely but when FF entered the arena of webbrowsers all went a little bit slower … times have changed a lot since then, and that’s just 4 years ago (remember 9. November 2004 ?) …
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