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(Unverified)Jul 22nd 2010 4:37PM
I've been a Firefox user for as long as I've had a choice, so your last line made me curious. It's a nice, edgy sting to end on, I'll give you that, but it's hardly an accurate representation of the facts. From the very document you linked:
"The number of vulnerabilities in a given product is not necessarily equal to the overall security of the product. It is important to consider that vendors have different policies for assigning CVEs and that the numbers doesn’t reflect the rating of the vulnerabilities, the type of vulnerabilities, type of coding errors, ability to respond to the reports, and may other factors which may be relevant in a proper comparison."
Also, as for "anything except Firefox", you fail to mention that, while Firefox is first on the list with 96 vulnerabilities identified over the period of the study, Safari is right behind it with 84, and Google Chrome is fourth on the list with 70.
Looks like Howard is right - if you want to base your browser choice on the unweighted results of this study, then Opera is your option.
(Unverified)Jul 22nd 2010 4:40PM
Dan, I agree with everything you're saying. I probably could have used a little more nuance there. Also, thanks for the comment! I feel good about linking a study when people actually click through and analyze it for themselves.
(Unverified)Jul 22nd 2010 6:34PM
I've had quite a day, and upon re-reading my comment, I think my tone may have come across a bit more harshly than I had planned. For that I apologize. This is, after all, a blog, so I certainly don't begrudge you the occasional stinger.
I realize you have a more tech-y audience, but I don't know how many readers here haven't already made their own browser choice. My only concern was that you may have been affecting someone's choice with a cleverly packaged fraction of the information. Since it was levied against my particular browser, I was inclined to defend it.