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bgcolor="#818181"> + <font color="white"><big><b>The democratization of internet information access</b></big></font> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td width="100%" bgcolor="#70A0C0"> + <br> + The vast information resources available across the Web, +very often get underused because of the ficticious +hardware (HW) and software (SW) +requirements some selling companies try to impose. + <p> + On the other hand, organizations and companies that want to deliver +(or provide) informative contents, don't try to encumber them under +propietary technologies that may challenge the user. + <p> + <b>Dillo</b> serves as a tool for browsing all of those sites, quickly, +comfortably and efficiently, and keeping the hardware & software +requirements +constant on the user side. + <p> + That way, a person with an old computer, handheld or PDA, + and a simple dialup connection can get informed quite well. + <br><br> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <hr> + </td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td> + <table width="100%" cellpadding="4" border="0" cellspacing="0"> + <tr> + <td width="100%" bgcolor="#818181"> + <font color="white"><big><b><a name="sec"></a>Personal security and privacy</b></big></font> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td width="100%" bgcolor="#70A0C0"> + <br> + Monitoring of Web activities, information gathering, profiling and +specially spying web-surfer's habits has become a valuable target +pursued by some organizations with obscure methodologies. + <p> + One step further are those trying to collect emails (for SPAM), +account/passwords pairs (for impersonation), and credit +card information (for fraud). + <p> + Even more, some times the user's own web browser can act as a +"trojan horse" that happily collects information from the user's +private files, or configuration places, to later send it to +specific data-collector servers. + <p> + This is generally done by: + <ul> + <li>Programming the browser to do it</li> + <li>With hidden code inside the browser binary</li> + <li>Abusing of cookies technology</li> + </ul> + <p><br> + Currently Dillo avoids those threats by: + <dl> + <dt><b>Being Free Software in the terms of the + <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GPL</a></b></dt> + <p> + <dd>Anyone can study its source code, so there's no place for hidden + trojans inside.</dd> + <p> + <dt><b>Not allowing browser programming from the outside.</b></dt> + <p> + <dd>It is certainly very attractive to let foreign programs run on + the local computer, but that means that anyone can program your + computer. This doesn't happen with Dillo.</dd> + <p> + <dt><b>Not sending any private data to the net.</b></dt> + <p> + <dd>Unless explicitly commanded by the user, Dillo will not + silently send any personal data as default behaviour.</dd> + <p> + <dt><b>Having a strict cookies policy and being + <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2965.txt">RFC-2965</a> + compliant</b></dt> + <p> + <dd>Dillo denies all cookies by default, but the user can customize + this behaviour on a fine grained basis for specific sites.<br> + As an aditional protection, dillo observes every anti-abuse + suggestion in the RFC-2965.</dd> + </dl> + <p><br> + Note that this is only the iceberg's tip; a lot more can be said... + (<a href='http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/06/30/hackers_manipulating_internet_explorer_addons.html'> + for instance</a>) + <br><br> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <hr> + </td> +</tr> +<tr> + <td> + <table width="100%" cellpadding="4" border="0" cellspacing="0"> + <tr> + <td width="100%" bgcolor="#818181"> + <font color="white"><big><b><a name="eff"></a>High software efficiency</b></big></font> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td width="100%" bgcolor="#70A0C0"> + <br> + Efficiency in these three main areas: + <dl> + <dt><b>Speed</b></dt> + <p> + <dd>On the construction of the graphical representation of the page + (rendering),<br> + gathering of the page's components from the net (networking),<br> + and user interface response. + </dd> + <p> + <dt><b>Low hardware requirements</b></dt> + <p> + <dd>On CPU (processing power),<br> + main memory (RAM),<br> + and hard disk usage.</dd> + <p> + <dt><b>Usability</b></dt> + <p> + <dd>Becoming a powerful tool by doing the job well and quickly.</dd> + </dl> + <br> + <hr> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <hr> + </td> +</tr> +</table> + + </td> + + </tr> +</table> + + +</body> +</html> + |