Fwd: firefox 2

[Net Llama!]

On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Collins Richey wrote:
> On 11/3/06, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Collins Richey wrote:
>>> On 11/2/06, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 18:29 -0800, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>>>>> For any FC users who want Firefox2 RPMs
>>>
>>>
>>>> Nice built-in spell-checker!! Ric
>>>
>>> Since Ubuntu Edgy (now 6.10) introduced Firefox 2 almost immediately,
>>> I've been using it for some time, and I can't say that I notice much
>>> difference except for the built in spell checker.
>>
>> I'm using FF2 on one system at work, and overall, I'm unimpressed.  There
>> are some usability issues that are very annoying.  I've not run into any
>> new bugs though.
>>
>
> I'm curious about the usability issues. My requirements in a browser
> are pretty minimal; others will have specific needs. I could use
> Firefox, Seamonkey, or probably even Opera with no problems and no
> strong preferance.

What bugs me the most is the fact that with each new version released, the 
Preferences menus get more & more diluted.  What used to be easy to 
configure now requires about:config voodoo.

There are other annoyances like the helper configuration has been diluted 
to the extent that now everything is treated as 'save as' rather than 
providing a choice between 'save as ' and 'open with'.  I had to actually 
hack some javascript file that ships with firefox to reverse this 
stupidity.

Its nice that 'session saver' functionality is now builtin, however they 
diluted out most of the nuances that the 'session saver' extension had so 
that you now get one size fits all *sigh*

I could prolly dig up more nitpicks, but that's all that i have the 
patience to write about on a saturday evening.

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