Web Devout tidings

A lot of new statistical information has been added to the Web browser security summary resource. Since security is a significant factor in deciding which browser to use, this resource tries to present the situation from as many different angles as possible.

There have been some more improvements to the Web browser security summary page. In order to present more perspective, all sections have now been split up into subsections that deal with advisories, vulnerabilities, and relative danger levels separately. There is also a new section of the Vulnerabilities table that shows the highest amount of open advisories, vulnerabilities, and relative danger that each web browser has had at one time.

The Web browser security summary page now includes graphs showing the relative number and severity of known unpatched security vulnerabilities in time since November 2004 in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera. The graph is updated automatically as time goes on and as new security vulnerabilities are discovered and fixed.

It is interesting to note that, although usage share of Firefox and Opera continue to rise, the number of vulnerabilities seems to be in an overall decline. Meanwhile, the Internet Explorer vulnerability count continues to be on the rise.