Fwd: firefox 2

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 22:38 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
> 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.

Did you ever give the NetScape Enterprise Server a go? I used the one in
the Caldera release and I really liked it. It was easier to configure
then, than Apache is now, for me. The old preferences settings for
NetScape were nice. I do like having tabs for browsing though. Ric
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