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« Reply #15 on: November 01, 2010, 04:54:05 AM »

Hi. Over double the program size for just 1 2 3, Imo it makes you wonder if there is more hiding than we realise. Kind regards

Yes. And I just found them. You see, when the application updates, it doesn't remove records of the former which continues to build up. I delete them and their back to how they are. Kind of strange and it really makes you wonder. Why wasn't it deleted...? For faster access of pages perhaps? I don't know. preferences still there including bookmarks. Whatever reason, it does make me wonder... Undecided
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« Reply #16 on: November 03, 2010, 02:18:26 AM »

Well regardless, Comodo should make things more transparent with more detailed information on the Dragon web page.

Hey in the meantime I know how to really have better privacy with Dragon ----> TOR Wink
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« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2011, 03:13:25 PM »

I wonder why comodo did not even mention the version of CD in the website.
If all the differences mentioned was against only with chrome then there is no need to talk about chromium. Moreover, since CD is based on chromium open source we wanted to know what are the differences between these two apart from adding the skin and optional DLS service.
Hope someone in Comodo will clear this for us.
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« Reply #18 on: December 08, 2011, 09:53:44 PM »


If all the differences mentioned was against only with chrome then there is no need to talk about chromium.
of course, there's a need to talk about chromium in this thread. It's the topic, the question involved it, and you said so yourself that "we wanted to know what the differences are". If you were referring to the installation sizes, the sizes show a difference in the way the product installs itself, what it uses, etc. and by comparing installation sizes, you can make certain extrapolations guessing that there must be more than meets the eye (because if they weren't any different, why the difference in size?). Though inaccurate and unconclusive, it gives you a starting point telling you that there are differences which are significant enough to create inconsistencies in installation size.

Moreover, since CD is based on chromium open source we wanted to know what are the differences between these two apart from adding the skin and optional DLS service.
Hope someone in Comodo will clear this for us.

Not one from comodo, but anyway, under the assumptions that dragon is built on chromium and not on chrome, the changelog is most probably directed to comparing chromium and dragon (at the very first release that is). Whatever was added, removed and/or changed as stated in the changelog were most probably features or properties included in chromium.

Do be aware that this post is only an attempt to answer your question. Unless someone verifies them, do not take them for facts. I, too, would like to see a comparative chart between the three (Chrome, Chromium & Dragon), but until then, I'm under the pressumption that whatever is in the first changelog were properties of chromium rather than of chrome (i mean, if dragon is built using chromium, then how can you remove something that didn't belong there? so chromium must have had whatever was said to have been removed. And whatever was added can be explained in a nearly likewise manner). Oh and yes, I'd also like it if they added the version info in the website.


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« Reply #19 on: December 09, 2011, 02:45:28 PM »

Thanks Spainach_12 for a detailed reply.
I think no one in Comodo is reading this or at least frequently.  Until then we assume things.
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« Reply #20 on: December 15, 2011, 07:33:35 PM »

Comodo Dragon Alpha is now available for download from the following link:
http://download.comodo.com/dragon/DragonSetup.exe

COMODO Dragon Release Notes:
Comodo Dragon internet browser is based on the source code of Google Chrome browser but has a number of improvements, which includes fixes some privacy and security improvements.
 
ADDED Certificate Domain Validation checking warning
Comodo Dragon uses advanced domain validation technology originally developed in Comodo Verification Engine.  It performs additional analysis of a domain's SSL certificate to warn about those that been issued with Domain Only Validation.
 
FIXED Client identification number privacy issue.
Comodo Dragon fixes this privacy issues, which exists in Chrome browser. Chrome creates an ID for each client (user). This security gap theoretically can be used to identify a user. This ID has been removed.
 
REMOVED RLZ-Tracking capability.
RLZ-Tracking is a Chrome's feature which informs Google about when and where the browser has been downloaded. This capability has been removed in Dragon. This has been done to protect user privacy
 
COMODO's traditional product update technology is used.
Dragon uses COMODO's own installer and update technology. Chrome, on the other hand, checks for updates and makes update via Google Updater, legality of which was put under question by Red Bend Software. Google Updater was entirely eliminated in Dragon
 
REMOVED error reporting mechanism.
Error reporting is used by Google to find and remove problems in their software however the information, which is sent to Google,  includes some data about the computer's software. In case it this information is intercepted by an attacker, it can be used to reveal vulnerabilities in the computer's security system. COMODO Dragon has eliminated this mechanism is order not to compromise user's security and privacy.
 
REMOVED installation time-tracking.
COMODO's installation technology doesn't use and store information about when the software was installed and updated, all actions are based only on your current version number, whereas Chrome installation stores detailed (up to the second) information about software installation time
 
ADDED smart software removal
During software remove Dragon asks user whether he or she wants to keep user preferences data (home page, search engine customizing, etc) and leaves or removes user profile based on his or her choice. This is done for user's convenience. Leaving user's profile on your computer is recommended if you are going to return to using Dragon in future
 
EXCLUDED remote error pages usage
Dragon uses locally stored error messages (such as "Page not found"), whereas Chrome in its default configuration uses server-stored error messages. In Dragon information about your network input errors is limited to your browser instead of being sent to Google’s remote server.

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Shane.
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