From: Mike N. 

On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 08:34:10 -0400, Mike '/m'  wrote:

>>>I don't know if you should be so absolute.
>>
>>  ... with qualifiers of course: same level with Javascript enabled, etc.
>
>I still you are too absolute.   For example, in my quick reading of the
>article, one of the exploits was to place a nicely formed windows over
>the address bar of the browser, blocking out the address.  Opera would
>open that window in a new tab.  There is also a checkbox in Opera's
>config that says to always show the source URL of Javascript boxes, even
>when the Javascript says otherwise.

 I was mostly thinking of older versions of IE such as on W2K and W98.
Opera is probably gaining a small advantage just because hackers are
developing attacks for Firefox and IE.

   The latest Opera 8 occasionally ceases to function for me (hangs on
reading site, doesn't even open a network connection.   Very hard to
reproduce.)   But with Javascript enabled, Opera does repel invasive sites
better than IE or Firefox.

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