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| Firefox and WindowBlinds don't mix. |
by jmaxsohmer |
2005-05-11 22:39:51 |
One of my suitemates, who normally uses NetCaptor, has been forced to change browsers temporarily due to the webscript security holes found a few weeks back. He's trying to make Firefox work on his machine, but there are two problems.
1) Firefox doesn't really come with much in the way of helpful documentation - I've had to walk him through the stuff that they normally put in TFM or a ReadMe file. The same stuff that you guys helped walk me through back in February.
2) Firefox really doesn't like hacked-to-pieces Windows installs. Only the Windows GUI has been changed on my friend's computer - which shouldn't affect how programs execute - but Firefox doesn't handle complex tasks such as following links so well on his machine. Using the default extension installer tends to open a binary file within Firefox, and that's just one of many examples.
One of my other friends also uses a modified Windows install - he has to download the nightly build every night just to keep Firefox running.
As a Software Engineering major, I have to say that I find the lack of included documentation and the extremely poor organization (also, I do agree with my suitemate that the default settings for Firefox are awful) absolutely appalling - it's something I never really noticed before because I had a bit of advice before I started installing and configuring Firefox.
I love Firefox as a browser once it's configured to my liking, but right now, in this context, I have to say that it's not a universal solution to Internet Explorer.
I'm not saying that the concept behind Firefox is poor, nor am I saying that it isn't a good browser. I just think that, based on what I've just witnessed, it's got some serious problems in the foundation. |
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=Most= things and WindowBlinds don't mix. | by themadkansan | 2005-05-11 22:52:11 |
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Everything else on his computer works fine. | by jmaxsohmer | 2005-05-11 22:54:40 |
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Duno. | by themadkansan | 2005-05-11 22:59:14 |
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He spent months tweaking it, and actually... | by jmaxsohmer | 2005-05-11 23:07:42 |
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Had you downloaded the demo... | by Ravenlock | 2005-05-11 23:01:37 |
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I've seen him run a lot of software... | by jmaxsohmer | 2005-05-11 23:10:32 |
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Well, let's think about what you said there. | by Ravenlock | 2005-05-12 00:33:56 |
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*Shrug* I use a completely different shell, | by Ravenlock | 2005-05-11 23:00:19 |
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