Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Fire the fox.

[Mick]

On Sunday 19 September 2010 18:56:36 me wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
> > On Sunday 19 September 2010 18:07:11 me wrote:
> >> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 2:42 AM, Daniel da Veiga
> >>
> >> <danieldaveiga@×××××.com> wrote:
> >> > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 03:21, Francesco Talamona
> >> >
> >> > <francesco.talamona@××××.eu> wrote:
> >> >> On Sunday 19 September 2010, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> >> >>> Is it just me?  Or does Firefox get slower every release?  And less
> >> >>> stable.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I got myself up to the latest, and I cannot install my 4 add-ons
> >> >>> (xmarks, AdBlockPlus, Noscript, Stumble-upon) without it crashing.
> >> >>> Seg fault sometimes.  I've got ECC memory, and no reported problems,
> >> >>> and it does not help to clear the profiles (rename ~/.mozilla)  and
> >> >>> re-emerge.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Grrrrrr.
> >> >>
> >> >> Ditto. Every time slower and less stable. And when it crashes makes
> >> >> the X destop crash too, I use it with firebug and it's slow as
> >> >> molasses.
> >> >>
> >> >> Looking forward to FF4, still not tried on Linux.
> >> >>
> >> >> greets
> >> >>        FT
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Linux Version 2.6.35-gentoo-r7, Compiled #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Sep 17
> >> >> 21:01:33 CEST 2010
> >> >> Two 2.4GHz AMD Athlon 64 Processors, 4GB RAM, 9648.04 Bogomips Total
> >> >> aemaeth
> >> >
> >> > Well, guess I'm lucky then.
> >> > I used it since 2.x and never had any problems. Never needed other
> >> > browser in Linux. Looking forward for 4.x, but still, 3.6.x is my
> >> > personal choice. Don't like chromium, not enough extensions, can't
> >> > stand Opera, Safari or Konqueror for the same reason. If flashblock,
> >> > noscript and adblock were available at any browser I could try it, but
> >> > still, I don't see it in a near future.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Daniel da Veiga
> >>
> >> Chrome's set of extensions is growing rather large, and at least
> >> contains most of what anyone would need, a bit short of 'want', but
> >> covers needs fairly well. If you don't like chrome's interface I'll
> >> not argue, but if the extensions are the one thing stopping you from
> >> giving it a real try...
> >>
> >> Not quite NoScript, but aims to do the job:
> >> https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/odjhifogjcknibkahlpidmdajjpk
> >> kcf n?hl=en
> >>
> >> Flashblock:
> >> https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gofhjkjmkpinhpoiabjplobcaign
> >> abn l?hl=en
> >>
> >> Adblock:
> >> https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbigl
> >> ido m?hl=en
> >>
> >> The biggest reason I've taken to using chrome, though, is that it
> >> seems (purely subjective) to render pages far faster than anything
> >> else I've used, though I've not run opera or safari in a very long
> >> time.
> >
> > Opera is faster than FF for sure both on my amd64 and my x86.  I tried
> > Chrome once (early days then) and I couldn't tell if it was faster.  I
> > gave up on it because I was not sure if the browser was calling home
> > with my browsing habits and if these were identifiable as coming from my
> > machine/IP address.  In other words I wasn't sure to what extent Google
> > was recording my Internet journeys. --
> > Regards,
> > Mick
>
> I decided to forgo letting myself worry over what google is/isn't
> getting regarding my internet usage around the time I started using
> gmail, since I'm practically handing them more through that than any
> access to my browser history or the like gives.

I use gmail too, but for sensitive information of commercial or private nature 
I use encryption and for very sensitive information I do not use gmail.
-- 
Regards,
Mick