IE 6 SP1 Released

MonsieurEvil

IE 6 SP1 released

<a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie6sp1/finrel/6_sp1/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/ie6setup.exe" target="_blank">Come and get it</a>

And the list of <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/common/canned.aspx?R=d&H=List%20of%20Fixes%20in%20Microsoft%20Internet%20Explorer%206%20SP1&LL=support&Sz=kbIE600sp1fix&Fr=&DU=&SD=GN&LN=EN-US&CND=1&VR=&CAT=&VRL=&SG=&MaxResults=150" target="_blank">updates and fixes</a>



<!--EDIT|MonsieurEvil|Sep. 10 2002,10:24-->

TychoCelchuuu

WAHOO! Whuzzit do? Well, the list of fixes is pretty long, so I had better get it. Thanks MonsMan.

Spyder_Monkey

I love when the list of "fixes" includes mostly things you've never seen before. Am I not using my browser to it's full potential?

TychoCelchuuu

Er, the answer would be "No you aren't" if you don't have this thingay.

pielemuis

thx for the link monsE installing this baby right away s:)

Novakoala

Heck. I'm not even sure what half of the fixes mean. There seems to be an awful lot of them, though.

Better get it anyway...

/me heads off towards Windows Update

CollateralDamage

I wonder how many of of their trademark security holes M$ introduced with <i>this</i> update...

/me continues to browse fast&secure with Opera.

MonsieurEvil

That's right, Opera is perfect. Let's take a quick look at their change logs for their last five updates to Opera 6.

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Applied OpenSSL ASN.1 patch
Fixed an issue where HTML content could be inserted into directory listings
Added new certificate authority roots
Fixed security issue with file upload, as reported by GreyMagic Software
Not possible to invoke "meta refresh" in an e-mail
Fix for Java-related slow navigation
Fix for handling of initial Byte Order Mark (BOM signature) in *.ini files
Memory optimizations
Opera checks for both HTTP and HTML when checking if it is default browser
Uninstall key changed to "Opera", which means there will only be one uninstall item in "Add/Remove Programs"
Minor updates to default bookmarks
Improved handling of windows with a lot of Flash content
Improved display when playing Windows Media Player files
Improved handling of missing character set in e-mail attachments
Fix for Japanese, Chinese, and Korean legacy encodings
Fix to allow bookmarklets (generally JavaScript URLs) to be used with special buttons
Fix for JavaScript URL handling
Fix for Java still processing after Window with applet closed
Fix for occasional loss of bookmarks (after an involuntary exit)
Fix for printing of headers and footers
Fix for saving pages and suggesting filenames
Fixed problem with bookmarklets
When Opera is set as default browser, it will be registered as an Internet application on the start menu (XP systems only)
"Super search", "Amazon", "Ebay", and "Find in page" are now default searches on the Personal bar
Some issues with cookies have been fixed
Improved adherence to Reuse existing window
Opening Opera with no windows in SDI mode, or clicking the Opera desktop icon, will open a blank page instead of the home page
Some focus and tooltip fixes
Fix for proxy authentication
Automatic proxy configuration works better for large scripts
A few other issues fixed
Fixes to import of e-mail
Other minor fixes to bookmarks handling
Improved memory handling
Authenticated URLs are no longer saved in global history
Better support for certain printer drivers
Clear history of visited links in the Delete private data dialog will now also clear the visited date in bookmarks
Some display fixes
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It's software. Software is not perfect, and needs to be updated, as you are dealing with an ultra complex environment with (in Microsoft's case, not Opera's) hundreds of millions of users. Would you rather they did not fix security holes? Do you think that Opera does not introduce security holes?

Nobody likes a zealot except other zealots. Every time you oversimplify things like this, or use questionable logic, you look silly.



<!--EDIT|MonsieurEvil|Sep. 10 2002,13:33-->

CollateralDamage

Normal software has bugs. M$ software has safety issues in the dimension of black holes. Come on, we're talking about the company that puts an executable scripting language with hard-drive access into word-processors and email clients (!). That opens network ports by default in their OSs (netbios + UnPnP). I could never trust this company enough to use their browser, even if I didn't despise their business strategy.

MonsieurEvil

Jeez, whatever. MonsE brought up a valid point with some clear backing, so I will just change the subject and brush it under the rug rather than admit that I could be offering my opinions rather than facts.