Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "Håkon Alstadheim" <hakon@×××××××××××××××.no>
To: "gentoo-user@l.g.o" <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 38.1.0 :-(
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2015 09:51:01
Message-Id: 759FEC20-CC0E-454E-B0F3-AACD0AD93790@alstadheim.priv.no
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 38.1.0 :-( by Frank Steinmetzger
1 > Den 2. aug. 2015 kl. 02.24 skrev Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de>:
2 >
3 > On Sat, Aug 01, 2015 at 05:31:45PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
4 >
5 >>> The 'default' profile selection does not stick. Deleting the new
6 >>> 'dev-edition-default' profile causes it to be recreated afresh at the
7 >>> next start up.
8 >>
9 >> Yes. This is the sort of developer attitude that is making me want to
10 >> use a proper browser. What the heck does a browser need "prefiles" for,
11 >> anyway? It's supposed to be a web browser, for goodness sake.
12 >
13 > I don’t use it often, but having it is nice. Actually many contemporary
14 > browsers do. I have my main profile that I usually use. But if I want to
15 > visit some site that shall not have any way of obtaining information I don’t
16 > want it to have (or because it just would not work with my restrictive
17 > security setup), I quickly create a throwaway profile.
18 >
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20 My online bank used to require java. I have a separate profile I use for that bank and nothing else.