El mié, 20-09-2006 a las 14:40 +1000, Amos Shapira escribió: > On 20/09/06, Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 12:19:54PM +0300, Julian Daich wrote: > > > 1) frequent security patches, > > > > Frequent? Not that bad. You just install the package from your package > > manager and forget about it. > > > > Why maintain a separate FireFox installation? > > Actually it's some annoyance I noticed last week - Firefox just came > out with 1.5.0.7 and normally when I used a "privately installed" > package it would just pick such updates automatically but since I > started using Debian Etch's package it doesn't pick up the update and > still stays at 1.5.0.6. The "Help->Check for Updates" option is > disabled (maybe I should run it as root to enable it?). > > I suppose that a private 1.5.0.7 should be considered more secure than > a debian-maintained 1.5.0.6 but here we are - either install my own > private Firefox from mozilla.org or wait for Debian to update its > package. > > > > > > > > > 2) its extensions( they are very useful in fact, but not for somebody > > > who is not technically skilled as the person that I trying to > > > help) and > > > > The proper extension, once set up, will help even a non-technical > > user... > > e.g. the Haaretz and Ynet must-have extensions, SessionSaver (made > pretty obsolete by FF 2) and others which the user doesn't have to do > anything in order to take advantage of. There are few extensions that I love and install as mandatories at any Firefox instalation. They are TabMix plus, Noscript, Flasgot, Flashblock, GreaseMonkey, Search WP and a lot more. But more extensions are more options that sometimes confuse certain users that most of the time will not take advantage of them, In my opinion, adding an additional browser will have a negative impact in a non skilled user as ambiguas or double program association with many KDE applications, two sets of favosites and the user will be confused about the historial or what he did with which browser. In fact, the simplest users( in this case my sister) just want to click a link or open an url and see the page and its functionality properly and Firefox and for what I read Opera, cannot add no value to Konqueror in that. I think that the combination Konqueror/ IE( as backup) is optimal for simple users that will do extensive use of Israeli sites.
J > > PS - FF2's spell checker is a godsend. > > --Amos > -- Julian Daich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
