Re: [gentoo-user] browser advice

[b.n.]

> No, I don't. Maybe you don't have the whole thread present to memory.
> I mentioned the reason why I want to dump FF. Once. And I asked for the
> list members to share their experiences/impressions/opinions about
> _other_ browsers. I didn't ask for sympathy nor for help with my FF
> troubles. If some people chose to give suggestions about it, I
> appreciate it and reply to them, but my intentions about FF are not
> bound to change. (They might if an _explanation_ arose, as opposite to
> a workaround which may work today but maybe not tomorrow.)

I remember perfectly, but more often than not people do the wrong 
question to solve their problems.
Your actual problem seemed to be: "Firefox has bug X". You want to dump 
FF to workaround bug X. We are suggesting other ways to workaround the bug.

> No. There are not many OSs left. I like Linux, but I would prefer a more
> let's-understand-it and less let's-push-buttons attitude from the
> general community. Still, the world is what it is and it's not up to me
> to judge...

1) That's exactly what we are doing. Changing a browser doesn't let you 
understand anything. Digging the FF guts maybe will prove to be useful, 
even if now perhaps it is not, and not only to you.

For example, I discovered the trick of the text file just by looking at 
about:config, searching for the FF search plugins and looking at the 
file it pointed.

> And I don't mind at all editing config files, I find it much better than
> clicking boxes in some half-baked "wizard". It's just that I appreciate
> knowing what I'm doing, I'm not a fan of the "JustWorks(TM)".

Again, that's exactly what we're trying to do together.

> Since my experience seems to be unique, it's hard to give data about how
> to reproduce the problem.

Looking for it/filing it would be useful anyway. People of the FF team 
surely know better than us what the problem could be.

m.
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