Lab Notes

In the rush to fix security related bugs last week, Firefox's developers introduced new (non-security related) bugs. That's a problem with hurrying to fix security problems: without adequate testing, you may create more problems than you solve. It's a dilemma &mdash you can fix flaws you know exist, while possibly creating flaws you don't know exist.

In this case, I think the Firefox team did the right thing. It's more important to ship a secure piece of software than it is to ship a feature-rich piece of software. They'll have a fully fixed version (1.0.6) available this week.