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23-Jul-2008, 12:30 PM #1
Firefox 3 Follows IE7's Security Settings
Firefox 3 Follows IE7's Security Settings.

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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24-Jul-2008, 06:40 PM #2
Interesting. It sounds like with version 3, the Firefox developers are wanting to better integrate with the OSes on which it runs.

On Windows (XP and later, at least), Firefox 3 honors the Windows Internet Options security settings.

On Linux, Firefox 3 now uses D-Bus messages (our Network Manager on Ubuntu discussion).

I wonder what integration oriented changes were made for OS X.

Thanks for the link to the article!

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24-Jul-2008, 08:31 PM #3
What if you remove Internet Explorer 7? I don't see why it has too be there at all...
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24-Jul-2008, 09:57 PM #4
Since those security settings are in the "Internet Options" control panel, I believe the issue will still exist even if IE7 has been removed.

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