I've been reading alot in the last year or so about how Firefox is such a great browser and so much better than IE. And while I would have to agree with the statements about how it supports the standards like CSS and PNG files better than IE, I've recently started to question the claims that it is more secure than IE...
Netscape 8.0 Beta was released recently. When you go that link, there is a nice big "RELEASE NOTES - READ THIS, IT'S IMPORTANT!" link. I was curious as to why this was so important, so I clicked. What I found was this:
Known Issues
1. Usernames and passwords are stored in clear text when using the Passcard option to save your login info IF "Protect this Passcard using my Master Password" is not used. This is functionality inherited from Firefox. Use CAUTION when storing passwords on a shared computer.
So... according to Netscape, Firefox stores usernames and passwords in clear text when not using that option?! I fail to see how storing usernames and passwords in plain text is a security feature I want.
(p.s. I understand that Firefox does eliminate many of the security concerns around ActiveX controls, etc. I also do wish that Microsoft would
update IE 7 with more standards support, to compete with Firefox in that arena.)