Browser Bloat (1996)

Re:Browser Bloat (1996) by dcwca on Monday August 29, 2016 @09:51PM (#12386887)

I agree with you completely.

The web became an OS because there's a huge demand for cross-platform zero-install software applications that run in a sandbox without dangerous user level access to your machine.

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Re:Browser Bloat (1996) by jandrese on Monday August 29, 2016 @09:56PM (#12386911)

And if you do need dangerous user or system level access there is always Flash and its everpresent zero days.

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Re:Browser Bloat (1996) by zwetan on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:26PM (#12387299)

sure there are no browser exploits at all ...

Top 50 Products By Total Number Of "Distinct" Vulnerabilities http://www.cvedetails.com/top-50-products.php

#3 Firefox

#4 Chrome

#7 Internet Explorer

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Re:Browser Bloat (1996) by jcranmer on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @12:40AM (#12387572)

Given the context of the thread, it's remiss of you not to include some more context:

#1 OS X

#2 Linux

#5 iPhone OS

#6 Flash

#8 Debian Linux

#9 Windows XP

#10 Windows Server 2008

Which is to say that, except for Flash, all of the top 10 products are browsers or OSes.

On the other hand, looking at the full list, I'm not so sure I trust the data curation. The JRE and JDK are each listed twice (because Oracle bought out Sun), and Internet Explorer and IE are two separate listings.

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