Address Bar Security Issue Found in iOS 5.1 Safari

[faroZ06]

And just like that, the 5.1 Jailbreak was delayed another month.

Jailbreak versions of iOS are the best. They're all bug-free and open

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Nothing but Flaming Apple News, and it seems that today's been the worse.
Apple stock closed slightly under $600/share today, undoubtedly due to all the negative news about Apple and the new iPad.

Nope. It closed lower due to problems in Europe AND China. I also watched AAPL during the antenna "problems" on the iPhone 4. It went up the whole time, unphased.

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Who the heck uses Safari, the world's worst browser anyways?

Approximately 100% of iOS users use Safari.

And how is it the worst? It's the best for Mac (idk about Windows). Even if you were going to say it was worse than FireFox or something, Internet Explorer is undoubtedly the worst on any OS.

 

[mijail]

Who the heck uses Safari, the world's worst browser anyways?

Anyone who wants a well-perfoming browser (in OS X at least), with extensions and not too problematic.

But the article is about Mobile Safari, in case you cared.

 

[Hyper-X]

Approximately 100% of iOS users use Safari.

And how is it the worst? It's the best for Mac (idk about Windows). Even if you were going to say it was worse than FireFox or something, Internet Explorer is undoubtedly the worst on any OS.

I typed that comment on iOS and it wasn't on Safari but rather iCab. In fact my MacBook doesn't use Safari by default. I understand why iOS and Mac users use Safari because it comes with it by default, the same reason why there's so many IE users on Windows. My Windows computers have never seen Safari installed in a very long time.

For a Mac I'd argue that Chrome is superior but that's not to say it's the perfect browser either. Firefox is too intrusive with all the warning messages like Vista and really relies on 100% user input to make decisions. IE9 has come a long way, it's actually one of the fastest and safest browsers to be used on Windows machines.

For mijail, yes I'm aware of that it's about Mobile Safari however Safari in itself is very late to the game, they introduced sandboxing years after Google's been doing it with Chrome. There's a lot of great extensions and plugins for Chrome and Firefox but Safari's seriously lacking compared to the other 2.

 

[adrian.oconnor]

Public Announcement:

ALWAYS enter the URL manually or use your own bookmark for ANYTHING remotely important. This also means DO NOT click on the links in your email from financial institutions, PayPal, etc.

Yes, enter it manually... And hope that your DNS is safe...

/tips tin-foil hat

 

[locust76]

Maybe they meant "address bar"?

If you are going to put out an exploit that is going to get worldwide media attention, at least use spell check.

Pro tip: Not everyone speaks english as a native language.

 

[Mac365]

I want Chrome browser for iOS, and not because of this issue..

/agree

 

[faroZ06]

I typed that comment on iOS and it wasn't on Safari but rather iCab. In fact my MacBook doesn't use Safari by default. I understand why iOS and Mac users use Safari because it comes with it by default, the same reason why there's so many IE users on Windows. My Windows computers have never seen Safari installed in a very long time.

For a Mac I'd argue that Chrome is superior but that's not to say it's the perfect browser either. Firefox is too intrusive with all the warning messages like Vista and really relies on 100% user input to make decisions. IE9 has come a long way, it's actually one of the fastest and safest browsers to be used on Windows machines.

For mijail, yes I'm aware of that it's about Mobile Safari however Safari in itself is very late to the game, they introduced sandboxing years after Google's been doing it with Chrome. There's a lot of great extensions and plugins for Chrome and Firefox but Safari's seriously lacking compared to the other 2.

I'm pretty sure most people just use Safari on iOS rather than dealing with some 3rd party browser that doesn't integrate as well with the device. Also, I use Safari for Mac, and I have ALWAYS been able to get the extensions I wanted. Click2Plugin, CussOff, Adfly Skipper, LA Times News, Adblock, Translator, etc. Actually, Chrome didn't even have a user agent switcher last time I checked (it's built-in on Safari).

I think Chrome is second-best on Mac. I've used it and found that it uses more CPU and RAM while idle on the same page than Safari. It doesn't have a menu bar, which I find frustrating, and instead has an annoying gear button for basically everything besides browsing. It's better than annoying and slow FireFox, though. Also, the fact that Safari is made by Apple makes it a safer bet on an Apple computer (this is not the case with IE and Windows, though).

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Pro tip: Not everyone speaks english as a native language.

Pro tip: Even if you don't speak English, you can still use the spell checker.

 

[morespce54]

Settings> Safari> Javascript > Off

is my default position.

Great. Happy for you.
Now, I guess what it means for you is: Safari > Browsing > Useless Web browsing

 

[Hyper-X]

I'm pretty sure most people just use Safari on iOS rather than dealing with some 3rd party browser that doesn't integrate as well with the device. Also, I use Safari for Mac, and I have ALWAYS been able to get the extensions I wanted. Click2Plugin, CussOff, Adfly Skipper, LA Times News, Adblock, Translator, etc. Actually, Chrome didn't even have a user agent switcher last time I checked (it's built-in on Safari).

I think Chrome is second-best on Mac. I've used it and found that it uses more CPU and RAM while idle on the same page than Safari. It doesn't have a menu bar, which I find frustrating, and instead has an annoying gear button for basically everything besides browsing. It's better than annoying and slow FireFox, though. Also, the fact that Safari is made by Apple makes it a safer bet on an Apple computer (this is not the case with IE and Windows, though).

I'm okay with your comments since Safari has the extensions you need, that's really what's important to you. However looking at it from a business/Gov't perspective, we also use unique extensions found in every browser but not in Safari and most of the ones that are supposed to work, doesn't.

I will disagree about the reasoning behind why folks prefer to use mobile Safari. I'd argue that people tend to stay with default browsers because they're unaware of what's out there. If you go around just asking folks which browser they use and ask them why they use it, they'll likely tell you "what else should I be using?" If you tried iCab or Atomic, you can clearly see by the options alone that it offers much more useful features people didn't know existed. Something simple like Fullscreen, gestures or access Settings without having to leave the browser are all really useful. I haven't had anyone I know of who tried these browsers and went back to Safari.

Desktop Chrome is a great browser but if a Menu Bar within the browser is important to you I'll concede. I don't find it all that useful since it's on the Mac Menu Bar. If you wanted a Bookmarks drop-down folder within the bookmarks bar, you could create a "Bookmarks" folder in the bar, then populate that folder with all your favorite sites and go from there.

CPU usage is over-stated and often times misunderstood. The one with the lowest CPU usage doesn't necessarily make it a better browser, what's important is what's going on during those processes. Chrome is the faster browser, it's more HTML5 compliant (tested through HTML5TEST.COM), and nearly every plugin made for Firefox (the plugin champ) has an equivalent for Chrome.