Hi Nelson!
1. The reason there is a strong dominating player at
the moment is because there is no way to compete.
But the reason there's no way to compete is due to whose root certs are
in the main browsers, not any other reason like branding or lack of it.
What are you guys smoking?
Ian Grigg wrote:
1. The reason there is a strong dominating player at
the moment is because there is no way to compete.
But the reason there's no way to compete is due to whose root certs are
in the main browsers, not any other reason like branding or lack of it.
3. Incumbents don't
Tyler Close wrote:
Wandering through the about:config page, I made the following settings:
browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped true
browser.fixup.alternate.enabled false
keyword.enabled false
Will Firefox now only recognize absolute URLs and my chosen keywords?
Ian Grigg wrote:
1. The reason there is a strong dominating player at
the moment is because there is no way to compete.
But the reason there's no way to compete is due to whose root certs are
in the main browsers, not any other reason like branding or lack of it.
Yes, the reason there is
Ian Grigg wrote:
Good question. The answer: Branding. VeriSign
and other CAs would need to establish their brand
with the public. Verisign would need to act like
Intel or Coke or Ford and establish a brand that
speaks of trust.
Isn't that just reinforcing the monopoly they currently have on
Tyler Close wrote:
I use Firefox keywords to keep links to my online bank account, and
other important accounts. This way, I can be sure I am using the correct
URL each time I access the account. Unfortunately, if I mistype the
keyword, Firefox does not notify me of my error, but instead
On Dec 7, 2004, at 4:39 AM, Gervase Markham wrote:
Tyler Close wrote:
I use Firefox keywords to keep links to my online bank account, and
other important accounts. This way, I can be sure I am using the
correct URL each time I access the account. Unfortunately, if I
mistype the keyword, Firefox
On Dec 3, 2004, at 9:50 AM, Gervase Markham wrote:
while Tyler has suggested the use of petnames for the user's idea of
what each site is.
We have that - it's called bookmark keywords.
Bookmark keywords and petnames are similar concepts, but with some
crucial differences. These differences are
Ian Grigg wrote:
(Just briefly, the Certificate Authority needs to be shown.
How exactly does this help the average user, who has no idea who
Verisign are, and whether they should be trusted any more than
VirtuaRoot (a name I just invented)?
Further,
the cert needs to tracked by the browser,
Ian Grigg wrote:
(Just briefly, the Certificate Authority needs to be shown.
How exactly does this help the average user, who has no idea who
Verisign are, and whether they should be trusted any more than
VirtuaRoot (a name I just invented)?
Good question. The answer: Branding. VeriSign
FTR (1)! iang
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