From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 16 20:02:09 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E47F16A416 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:02:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from clay@milos.co.za) Received: from bart.milos.co.za (bart.milos.co.za [196.38.18.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BCB213C459 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:02:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from clay@milos.co.za) Received: (qmail 95310 invoked by uid 89); 16 Jan 2007 20:02:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO claylaptop) (clay@milos.za.net@82.206.131.154) by bart.milos.co.za with SMTP; 16 Jan 2007 20:02:03 -0000 Message-ID: <03f601c739a9$3006b270$9a83ce52@claylaptop> From: "Clayton Milos" To: "Luigi Rizzo" , "Torfinn Ingolfsen" References: <20070116010645.A94849@xorpc.icir.org><20070116193722.fee4defe.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20070116110935.A8351@xorpc.icir.org> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:01:52 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can we resurrect linux-firefox-1.5 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:02:09 -0000 Mate If you had any idea how many RFC's IE violates and and how many bugs there are in it you would never have made a statement like that. Using firefox in windows even will save you from a lot of malware and other bugs that are floating around online. -Clay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luigi Rizzo" To: "Torfinn Ingolfsen" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:09 PM Subject: Re: can we resurrect linux-firefox-1.5 ? > On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 07:37:22PM +0100, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: >> On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:06:45 -0800 >> Luigi Rizzo wrote: >> >> > Would it be possible to resurrect the linux-firefox 1.5 >> > port (under a separate name) so at least people have a choice >> > on which set of bugs they prefer ? >> >> What makes native firefox unsuitable for you? > > Have not tried recently, i admit, but > the many times i tried (up to a few months ago and with 1.0.5 or > 1.0.7) it crashed randomly while browsing, within a few hours of use, > and this was enough for me to give up. > > Additionally, i could not find a way to make the flash plugin > work, which is a major annoyance given the amount of flash content > that one finds in the services i use daily (some work related too). > > firefox is not one of the most reliable applications around, > but these days using a browser is a necessary evil for just too many > things > (including 'paperwork' that you have to do for your job, bank, > bills and so on). > > It is already enough of a pain to do this as a non-Explorer user; > i don't want also the impairment of a crippled firefox! > > cheers > luigi > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >