On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:51:25 +0100 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 15:40 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 18:04 +0400, Reco wrote: > > > I wrote "one runs two instances of firefox with different profiles > > > > and I replied that you can start your default browser with a profile > > too. The issue you pointed out is the same for the profile approach and > > another user account approach. If you want to open the link by the > > browser that is intended for a special history, you need to check the > > link for keywords, it doesn't matter what approach you use. The script > > simply checks for one keyword to open a browser that is able to play > > flash thingies. You can do this with many keywords and then chose a > > browser by profile or by another account that should be opened. Tell me, which one is more KISS: 1) Appending certain 'keywords' to a link. 2) Parsing such link. 3) Relying on a custom script. Or, just: Run the link in a browser for the current user account. > > The main thing is > > > > - KISS > > - a user has got no root privileges or assumed the user s admin too, > > than it's simply nonsense to become root and too add another user. > > > > Sometimes it's useful to add another user and sometimes it's not. Hardly an issue, as adding a user is done once per OS lifetime, not each time browser starts. > > I > > marked it as OT, because having another account for another family > > member is useful, but having other accounts for profiles, for different > > work-flows is completely wrong. No, it's completely right thing to do. Let me explain: - You have one user with browser profile with flash plugin enabled. Any damage that's done via flash plugin is limited to this account data. - You have a different user with browser profile with java plugin enabled. Again, any damage that's done via java plugin is limited to this account data. - You have a third user for Google Chrome, which has an interesting habit to read files in user's $HOME for unknown reasons. - And, you have the main account, which is allowed to run browsers with rights of three previous users, and stripped down (no plugins, disabled cookies and JS) browser for that clicked link. It's basic damage control, applied in advance. > > > > I'm in in passing and English isn't my native language, so that you > > missed the point of what I try to explain might be my bad. I never pretended that I'm a native English speaker. I can understand you good enough. > Sometimes it's even more useful if a family does share one account with > different settings. It belongs to the things they want to share or not > want to share. That's wrong thing. Would somebody think of the children ;)! Having a different account for each family member saves one from 'who deleted my important file' incidents, which is invaluable. At least in my family everyone has a different account on every host I have in my house. And people usually know (and children can be more-or-less easily taught) about usernames/passwords. It's the 'browser profiles' which are complete life-changing discovery for them. Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131224192614.0d66ca7ce95d27e16b578...@gmail.com
