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Tag: IE8

Web Browsers Suck

Posted on March 26, 2010March 26, 2010 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Web Browsers Suck

Coming off the heels of IE, Firefox and Safari getting hacked at the recent Pwn conference this week, I have to sit back and wonder what has happened to the browsers out there. Why must they all be hunks of junk? IE has more security holes than swiss cheese, we all know that. Even IE8…

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And the pain of Automagical Updates

Posted on June 18, 2009 By Michael Kavka 1 Comment on And the pain of Automagical Updates

Before I get started let me say this, I believe in patching, and updating systems and software. It is essential to security fo a system. That being said, there is something to be said about forcing updated software by calling it a high priority update. Yep, I’m talking about IE8 yet again. Don’t get me…

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Beta Testing practices

Posted on March 25, 2009January 30, 2010 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Beta Testing practices

So here is a question for everyone, When you beta test software such as IE8 or Firefox 3.5, do you have a special machine to load them on, how long to you test them for, and what do you feel the best practices are? I have been remiss in doing a lot of beta testing…

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