tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post2943705319818031891..comments2024-01-17T07:03:57.842+00:00Comments on The Mad Ranter: Windows Update to IE8FlipChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-11336092453196397782009-11-06T10:10:19.502+00:002009-11-06T10:10:19.502+00:00IE's rendering engine is called Tridant.
Like...IE's rendering engine is called Tridant.<br /><br />Like the nuclear missiles they're trying to abolish…Orphihttp://blog.orphi.me.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-37276211780684622432009-11-05T14:10:55.983+00:002009-11-05T14:10:55.983+00:00Have to admit even I sometimes forget how deeply e...Have to admit even I sometimes forget how deeply embedded the IE engine is - use Outlook congrats you're using IE's rendering engine; and don't get me started when they tried to make the entire desktop a web page.<br /><br />Anyway you've reminded me of the Windows 7 Adverts...FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-9252084827024741602009-11-05T12:31:33.802+00:002009-11-05T12:31:33.802+00:00Heh, yeah, well, Windows Update is designed for al...Heh, yeah, well, Windows Update is designed for all the people who are too stupid to know what a “web browser” is and think that Internet Explorer ‘is’ “the Internet”.<br /><br />It should be noted that IE is more than just a web browser. It's an internal part of the OS. You might not use IE, but it's Tridant rendering engine is hard-wired deeply into Windows. HTML Help uses it, for example. Take away IE and half the OS won't function any more. So if there's a vulnerability in IE, it affects potentially the entire OS!<br /><br />This is why IE gets upgraded whether you want to or not. Because it's a security risk, even if you don't conciously use it.<br /><br />Other than that, WI making it hard to refuse an update is another matter entirely…<br /><br />True story: Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) server, in its default configuration, redirects mozilla.com to the IE7 homepage. Isn't that wonderful? Of course, it's only an “example configuration”. You can easily change it. But it's the <em>default configuration</em>. By default, access to mozilla.com (but not mozilla.org) is blocked, and redirected to the IE homepage.<br /><br />Imagine my shock as I tried to update my work PC one day. I typed mozilla.com to be greeted by a huge sign saying “Internet Explorer 7: We have heard you!”Orphihttp://blog.orphi.me.uk/noreply@blogger.com