It shows the security status of IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari and Konqueror.
Keep your eye on the security of browsers! This widget shows the security status of IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari and Konqueror. The bars represent how dangerous is the worst unfixed hole (not the number of holes) - the lower a bar, the better security. The data about the vulnerabilities is loaded from Secunia site. It's refreshed once per hour.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The information is accurate only for the latest versions of the browsers. Always use the most current version of your browser!
HighFrictionZone> Actually, I'm checking this wigdet quite regularly. It's awful to having to check Secunia for the different security issues in different browsers. The links to the corresponding Secunia page makes this small widget really usefull.
LOL stedawa, did you know that Maxthon is nothing more than a pimped up version of IE? Yeah.. Maxthon = IE. They only built a new interface with lots of features (that IE doesn't have) around the IE engine. It uses the IE engine to render the pages, this means that it suffers from the same incompatibility problems, shitty CSS support and it's also subject to all security issues that the IE engine might have.
Well, I'm torn. I like Firefox. I simply need to use Opera. Simple as that. I would only use Firefox, but Firefox on Linux is just god-awful lag. I don't know perhaps it is because I just copied over my Firefox Windows profile? Oddly enough, Opera on Windows doesn't run within any tolerable constraints for me (lag!), yet firefox works. Firefox on linux is nothing but lagging and crashes. So on my linux install I use opera. I wouldn't mind this so much were it not for the fact that I can't seem to find something similar to NoScript for Opera. I know, disable globally in preferences than enable it on a site-by-site basis, but this doesn't quite give me the ease of use/control that I seek. Meh, I'll have to survive.
A bit more ontopic:
This widget doesn't actually seem useful. Perhaps as an example of how to make a widget that can scrape data off of a website, but the actual usefulness is limited. Since it is an opera widget, the only people who would use it are opera users. And nobody who is not a security research is really going to care all too much about the security of other browsers. And security researchers probably already reference Secunia.
chaosblade77, you might want to look at the dates of Secunia advosories. I doubt Firefox hadn't time to fix security holes exposed in 2006-06-06, 2006-11-22, 2007-02-19, ... etc. because it's open source. There were new releases of both the browsers (Firefox and IE) with holes remaining unpatched.
chaosblade77, I don't think Secunia is biased. AFAIK Secunia releases vulnerability info to the public only if it was released by someone already (so it doesn't make sense to keep it secret). I think it's up to browser makers to have good relations with people who are looking for holes (and to ask them to wait until it's fixed).
I agree that your source is definitely one of the most reliable, that does not mean it is not biased. Secunia updates their site after Opera has had time to fix any issues that they have found. Firefox and IE both get informed, but because one is virtually never updated and the other is open source and it has to go through a few more steps to get a full release out the door for the update, Opera has a clear advantage when it comes to Secunia and this widgit.
Basically what it comes down to is that this is accurate, but not unbiased. If Secunia were to release it's updates before Opera was updated rather than after, I am sure everyone's results would be different.
Edit: I don't mean that Opera wouldn't be the most secure, but it would definitely have some holes that don't show up now.
Grafio, that would be cool, but it would be even better if you could check which version the user is running and have your widget report on the security of that version.
There is a warning in the widget description (I added it about 2 weeks ago). Maybe in the next version I will add automatic check if you use the latest version of Opera.
The problem with this widget is that it seems to always report on the latest version of Opera, not on the one you have installed.
It happened to me that I hadn't installed the very latest Opera version. As it turned out, my installed version had a security hole, but this widget wouldn't report it because it referred to the newer Opera release, where the hole was fixed.
mike9k: Opera is the most secure web browser, period. This excellent widget shows it to you. Now, maybe you wish the world was different, but this is hardly the widget's fault. You can find fault with the widget by reading Secunia's advisories or simply searching Secunia and proving that the widget is showing false information (you will most likely fail). But criticizing the widget because you like Firefox more is just silly. This is a widget for Opera fans, as it keeps on showing you another way Opera is better. I am one of them and I like it. If you don't like Opera, you will most likely not enjoy this widget either. I don't want to get into an argument as to why Opera is better than Firefox, but if you still like Firefox more, keep using it. There will always be people who prefer American cars to Japanese or German cars, no matter what, and that's quite alright.
There's a typo in the code that invokes an error message:
CSS - file://localhost/home/username/.opera/widgets/stay_secure-1_73.zip/index.html HTML style attribute padding-rigth is an unknown property Line 1: padding-rigth: 3px;
cjow88: almost all Widgets are resizable ; just click on them and use the Num Lock + (Plus) key to zoom and the - (Minus) key to shrink. Note these are the numlock keys : the + and - on the ordinary keyboard won't work.
I think it's a nice widget - kind of tells us what we already know but still.
PS Isn't it amazing how many post without reading earlier comments.
発言 Anhkotinz, # Dec 26, 2007 6:14:56 AM
発言 Bond0079, # Nov 25, 2007 8:09:11 AM
発言 hobe, # Oct 25, 2007 1:34:43 PM
Yeah.. Maxthon = IE. They only built a new interface with lots of features (that IE doesn't have) around the IE engine. It uses the IE engine to render the pages, this means that it suffers from the same incompatibility problems, shitty CSS support and it's also subject to all security issues that the IE engine might have.
発言 danielcs, # Oct 15, 2007 4:26:15 PM
What about Maxthon browser ( http://www.maxthon.com/ )? Almost 114,000,000 have downloaded it. It has some good features, such as built-in notepad.
発言 stedawa, # Oct 10, 2007 0:07:14 AM
Well, I'm torn. I like Firefox. I simply need to use Opera. Simple as that. I would only use Firefox, but Firefox on Linux is just god-awful lag. I don't know perhaps it is because I just copied over my Firefox Windows profile? Oddly enough, Opera on Windows doesn't run within any tolerable constraints for me (lag!), yet firefox works. Firefox on linux is nothing but lagging and crashes. So on my linux install I use opera. I wouldn't mind this so much were it not for the fact that I can't seem to find something similar to NoScript for Opera. I know, disable globally in preferences than enable it on a site-by-site basis, but this doesn't quite give me the ease of use/control that I seek. Meh, I'll have to survive.
A bit more ontopic:
This widget doesn't actually seem useful. Perhaps as an example of how to make a widget that can scrape data off of a website, but the actual usefulness is limited. Since it is an opera widget, the only people who would use it are opera users. And nobody who is not a security research is really going to care all too much about the security of other browsers. And security researchers probably already reference Secunia.
発言 HighFrictionZone, # Sep 18, 2007 0:31:13 AM
発言 dimituri, # Sep 13, 2007 6:21:22 PM
chaosblade77, I don't think Secunia is biased. AFAIK Secunia releases vulnerability info to the public only if it was released by someone already (so it doesn't make sense to keep it secret). I think it's up to browser makers to have good relations with people who are looking for holes (and to ask them to wait until it's fixed).
発言 grafio, # Sep 8, 2007 1:48:21 PM
Basically what it comes down to is that this is accurate, but not unbiased. If Secunia were to release it's updates before Opera was updated rather than after, I am sure everyone's results would be different.
Edit: I don't mean that Opera wouldn't be the most secure, but it would definitely have some holes that don't show up now.
発言 chaosblade77, # Sep 6, 2007 4:33:28 PM
発言 CaptainFunky, # Sep 3, 2007 0:51:22 AM
Maybe in the next version I will add automatic check if you use the latest version of Opera.
発言 grafio, # Aug 29, 2007 7:18:13 AM
It happened to me that I hadn't installed the very latest Opera version. As it turned out, my installed version had a security hole, but this widget wouldn't report it because it referred to the newer Opera release, where the hole was fixed.
発言 CaptainFunky, # Aug 28, 2007 3:02:00 AM
発言 grafio, # Aug 14, 2007 8:23:15 AM
発言 TyZzZ, # Aug 6, 2007 10:49:21 AM
This is a widget for Opera fans, as it keeps on showing you another way Opera is better. I am one of them and I like it. If you don't like Opera, you will most likely not enjoy this widget either.
I don't want to get into an argument as to why Opera is better than Firefox, but if you still like Firefox more, keep using it. There will always be people who prefer American cars to Japanese or German cars, no matter what, and that's quite alright.
発言 andreiz2k, # Jul 24, 2007 2:17:19 AM
発言 grafio, # Jul 13, 2007 2:20:37 PM
発言 grafio, # Jun 28, 2007 9:55:25 AM
CSS - file://localhost/home/username/.opera/widgets/stay_secure-1_73.zip/index.html
HTML style attribute
padding-rigth is an unknown property
Line 1:
padding-rigth: 3px;
発言 DrLaunch, # Jun 23, 2007 0:48:09 AM
or different browser? (maybe a menu to check/uncheck the different browsers bug check)
発言 mabdul, # Jun 14, 2007 1:16:51 PM
I think it's a nice widget - kind of tells us what we already know but still.
PS Isn't it amazing how many post without reading earlier comments.
発言 spielberg, # May 2, 2007 5:42:00 PM