Comments on: IE7 data flush feature http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7634 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7634/comment-page-1#comment-31239 Reader's Write Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:25:43 +0000 #comment-31239 Windows historically has not really erased data when the user tells it to. IE in particular, and other parts of windows have kept history and/or cache files deliberately concealed from the user, and when instructed would clear the visible caches but not the hidden ones. The following is a relatively old page but it explains about this. http://www.fuckmicrosoft.com/content/ms-hidden-files.shtml Maybe they're changing this now? Somehow I doubt it. Knowledgeable users who care about security, privacy and control have long since abandoned IE anyway. Still, the fact that Microsoft is now having to compete again, even a little, is ahopeful sign that its oppressive hold over the computer industry is finally crumbling. -- jen_eric999 Windows historically has not really erased data when the user tells it to. IE in particular, and other parts of windows have kept history and/or cache files deliberately concealed from the user, and when instructed would clear the visible caches but not the hidden ones.

The following is a relatively old page but it explains about this.

http://www.fuckmicrosoft.com/content/ms-hidden-files.shtml

Maybe they’re changing this now? Somehow I doubt it.

Knowledgeable users who care about security, privacy and control have long since abandoned IE anyway. Still, the fact that Microsoft is now having to compete again, even a little, is ahopeful sign that its oppressive hold over the computer industry is finally crumbling.

– jen_eric999

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7634/comment-page-1#comment-31216 Reader's Write Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:02:25 +0000 #comment-31216 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7634/comment-page-1#comment-31211 Reader's Write Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:31:25 +0000 #comment-31211 It shouldn't be so surprizing that anything "new" that Microsoft puts out won't actually be "new". They will be behind again by the time they offer their crap. They will have to embrace open source at some time or continue fruitlessly catch up to the technological wave the open sourcers are already riding. It shouldn’t be so surprizing that anything “new” that Microsoft puts out won’t actually be “new”. They will be behind again by the time they offer their crap. They will have to embrace open source at some time or continue fruitlessly catch up to the technological wave the open sourcers are already riding.

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