__/ [ Tom Shelton ] on Wednesday 30 August 2006 02:46 \__
>
> Darth Chaos wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> > __/ [ arachnid ] on Wednesday 30 August 2006 02:26 \__
>> >
>> > > On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:41:43 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> __/ [ Peter Hayes ] on Tuesday 29 August 2006 17:33 \__
>> > >>
>> > >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5294750.stm
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Mark Mulligan, an analyst from Jupiter Research, said: "I think
>> > >>> Microsoft will be putting tools into place to close the hole - they
>> > >>> are the big gorilla of the digital media space - whenever they
>> > >>> develop a piece of technology people try to hack it and crack it.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> "They have good systems in place to dynamically update their system
>> > >>> to make sure holes are filled."
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Uh huh.
>> > >>
>> > >> They have just 'fixed' it. I saw it somewhere among the feeds.
>> >
>> >
>> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5294750.stm
>> >
>> > Microsoft tackles anti-copy hole
>> >
>> >
>> > > You can be sure it'll be in the next MS "Critical Security" update.
>> >
>> > More critical than Internet Explorer7 I doubt it, Killing Firefox is a
>> > higher priority than stopping copyright infringement. And let's not
>> > forget WGA. The notion of important system updates is being misued.
>>
>> You know, I've been wondering...does Mozilla hold the patent for
>> "tabbed browsing"? If not, they better patent it before MS does and
>> forces Mozilla to pull Mozilla Suite and FIrefox...of course Opera
>> would have to pull theirs as well.
>
> Opera had tabbed browsing long before anything Mozilla - IIRC.
I think you're right. I saw them in Opera back in 2002/3. Not sure when
Konqueror got them (also as a file manager), but probably as early 2002-3 (I
still use KDE 3.1). Mozilla had it too. I have 1.2 and 1.7 installed and
they has tab support. Netscape 7 too...?
Best wishes,
Roy
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