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  • P Perspx

    I think it imports IE <Edit>and Firefox</Edit> history and other data when you install it :) pretty handy feature I have to say.. But if that data is readily available from IE then surely that's some kind of security risk..? :sigh: Regards, --Perspx

    "The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript

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    Joe Woodbury
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    It imports Firefox stuff too.

    Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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    • P Pete OHanlon

      I feel that they could have made the address bar a bit smaller, but apart from that it's frightening how many of the developers here are already warming to it. I do like the lack of status bar, but this might be a step too far for some users. Okay - holy crap, it's opened up the MSDN homepage in record time (and I do like the Most Visited bar).

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      leppie
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      Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

      I do like the lack of status bar

      It shows when needed, I like it :) And boy it is fast! I like to dev tools too. Right click, Inspect Element, Resources (doesnt seem to work on CP).

      xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
      IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)

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      • P Perspx

        I think it imports IE <Edit>and Firefox</Edit> history and other data when you install it :) pretty handy feature I have to say.. But if that data is readily available from IE then surely that's some kind of security risk..? :sigh: Regards, --Perspx

        "The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript

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        TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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        Perspx wrote:

        some kind of security risk

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        • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

          Perspx wrote:

          some kind of security risk

          no. 1

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          Perspx
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          Well if a running application can access passwords from IE without even prompting the user, then surely that could cause problems. Regards, --Perspx

          "The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript

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          • L leppie

            Not only does it prepopulate my username/password fields with correct values, but as I typed in the CP url, it prompted me to a Lounge url with a msg id, so I clicked on it. Lo and behold it was something I wrote on 30 Aug, my post! Freeky stuff :~ Otherwise, it does look like a nice browser.

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            IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)

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            tufkap
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            I am loving it so far, apart from the fact that I can't use CPHog and I am seeing ads again. And it already crashed on me once when I opened Yahoo mail. But then FF3 does that on me all the time. I can see the emoticons on CP, but voting doesn't seem to work. I get a "Message or score information was missing" error. Voting seems to be working now. BTW, I am posting this from Chrome.

            The user formerly known as pkam.

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            • P Perspx

              Well if a running application can access passwords from IE without even prompting the user, then surely that could cause problems. Regards, --Perspx

              "The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript

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              TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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              history is not passwords. and I don't think it imports passwords.

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              • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

                history is not passwords. and I don't think it imports passwords.

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                Perspx
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                leppie wrote:

                Not only does it prepopulate my username/password fields

                :) Regards, --Perspx

                "The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript

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                • T tufkap

                  I am loving it so far, apart from the fact that I can't use CPHog and I am seeing ads again. And it already crashed on me once when I opened Yahoo mail. But then FF3 does that on me all the time. I can see the emoticons on CP, but voting doesn't seem to work. I get a "Message or score information was missing" error. Voting seems to be working now. BTW, I am posting this from Chrome.

                  The user formerly known as pkam.

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                  Lost User
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                  I just voted a post 5 with no problems using Chrome.

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                  • L leppie

                    Not only does it prepopulate my username/password fields with correct values, but as I typed in the CP url, it prompted me to a Lounge url with a msg id, so I clicked on it. Lo and behold it was something I wrote on 30 Aug, my post! Freeky stuff :~ Otherwise, it does look like a nice browser.

                    xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
                    IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)

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                    Richard Andrew x64
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                    Can't Google ever release a finished product? Does everything have to be beta?

                    “Cannot find REALITY.SYS...Universe Halted.” ~ God on phone with Microsoft Customer Support

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                    • P Perspx

                      leppie wrote:

                      Not only does it prepopulate my username/password fields

                      :) Regards, --Perspx

                      "The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript

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                      TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                      yes, for usernames/passwords that were entered in chrome ;P

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                      • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                        Can't Google ever release a finished product? Does everything have to be beta?

                        “Cannot find REALITY.SYS...Universe Halted.” ~ God on phone with Microsoft Customer Support

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                        TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                        Richard Andrew x64 wrote:

                        finished product

                        I agree. But the same goes for other companies, including M$ and Apple. Just take a look at the most recent flubs with the newest iPhone.

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                        • P Pete OHanlon

                          It's a bit of a kicker for MS, when Google can open their webpages faster than IE can. Oooh - I'm getting wavy line goodness under Google, so it thinks Google is a typo. Excellent.

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                          Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                          IE cannot support large DOM trees efficiently, never could. Try creating a dynamic, large, js based tree in HTML and you will see what I mean. FF has always worked nicely with them however.

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                          • L leppie

                            Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                            I do like the lack of status bar

                            It shows when needed, I like it :) And boy it is fast! I like to dev tools too. Right click, Inspect Element, Resources (doesnt seem to work on CP).

                            xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
                            IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)

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                            Pete OHanlon
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                            Oh that element inspector is nice. Very, very nice.

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                            • L leppie

                              Not only does it prepopulate my username/password fields with correct values, but as I typed in the CP url, it prompted me to a Lounge url with a msg id, so I clicked on it. Lo and behold it was something I wrote on 30 Aug, my post! Freeky stuff :~ Otherwise, it does look like a nice browser.

                              xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
                              IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)

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                              Chris Maunder
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                              I was using chrome and it pre-populated some fields with my name, email, work address, the name of my favourite cafe which I've told no one about and then the recipe of a delicious Butter Chicken that I didn't even realise, until just now, that I would be cooking tonight. Wow. What a browser!

                              cheers, Chris Maunder

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                              • C Chris Maunder

                                I was using chrome and it pre-populated some fields with my name, email, work address, the name of my favourite cafe which I've told no one about and then the recipe of a delicious Butter Chicken that I didn't even realise, until just now, that I would be cooking tonight. Wow. What a browser!

                                cheers, Chris Maunder

                                CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                                Roger Wright
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                                Dang! All I got was a recipe for scotch & water. :(

                                "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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                                • C Chris Maunder

                                  I was using chrome and it pre-populated some fields with my name, email, work address, the name of my favourite cafe which I've told no one about and then the recipe of a delicious Butter Chicken that I didn't even realise, until just now, that I would be cooking tonight. Wow. What a browser!

                                  cheers, Chris Maunder

                                  CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                                  Pete OHanlon
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                                  Apparently it's also going to pick the next six weeks winning lottery numbers - in each country.

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                                  • P Pete OHanlon

                                    I feel that they could have made the address bar a bit smaller, but apart from that it's frightening how many of the developers here are already warming to it. I do like the lack of status bar, but this might be a step too far for some users. Okay - holy crap, it's opened up the MSDN homepage in record time (and I do like the Most Visited bar).

                                    Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

                                    My blog | My articles

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                                    Member 96
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                                    Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                                    it's frightening how many of the developers here are already warming to it

                                    Maybe something to end the eternal FireFox versus everyone else debate. :) I'm finding it blindingly fast, better than Opera fast.


                                    "It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson

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                                    • L leppie

                                      Not only does it prepopulate my username/password fields with correct values, but as I typed in the CP url, it prompted me to a Lounge url with a msg id, so I clicked on it. Lo and behold it was something I wrote on 30 Aug, my post! Freeky stuff :~ Otherwise, it does look like a nice browser.

                                      xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
                                      IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)

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                                      thrakazog
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                                      "It knows if you've been bad or good".........

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                                      • L leppie

                                        Not only does it prepopulate my username/password fields with correct values, but as I typed in the CP url, it prompted me to a Lounge url with a msg id, so I clicked on it. Lo and behold it was something I wrote on 30 Aug, my post! Freeky stuff :~ Otherwise, it does look like a nice browser.

                                        xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
                                        IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)

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                                        Ribose
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                                        I'm just happy that I don't have to redesign any webpages to work with it; Chrome renders almost exactly like Firefox and Opera. :)

                                        ~Ribose

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