Jorge Almeida wrote:
[...] I use KDE, not because I find it perfect
but because AFAIK it's the only DE that has two features that for me are
a must: (1) Several virtual desktops, plus the possibility to switch
desktops via configurable keyboard shortcuts, and (2) the possibility of
setting differ
On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Thomas Rösner wrote:
Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
On Thursday 30 November 2006 10:22, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Dale wrote:
>
> > used epiphany before. What's it look like?
> >
> Have no idea, I didn't tried either. Being something from Gnome, I
> suspec
Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
On Thursday 30 November 2006 10:22, Jorge Almeida wrote:
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Dale wrote:
used epiphany before. What's it look like?
Have no idea, I didn't tried either. Being something from Gnome, I
suspect it's not very customizable, but I may be complet
On Thursday 30 November 2006 23:35, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> Mick wrote:
> > unlike gecko and Khtml engined browsers Opera does not
> > divulge Referrer headers, unless you set it to do so.
>
> Firefox can also withhold the Referer line. In about:config filter
> for referer, set it to zero. Any
Am Donnerstag, 30. November 2006 02:45 schrieb Richard Fish:
> On 11/29/06, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > How do you use the split window feature for browsing (as opposed to file
> > manager actions)?
>
> I typically use it for something like google or bugzilla search
> results. I drag links
Just don't try out Opera or you'll get even more annoyed at Firefox :-)
Mick wrote:
> unlike gecko and Khtml engined browsers Opera does not
> divulge Referrer headers, unless you set it to do so.
Firefox can also withhold the Referer line. In about:config filter
for referer, set it to zero. Anyone know if Konqeeror can do this?
Benno
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Jorge Almeida ha scritto:
It is good to have this link, together with others mentioned in this
thread. But I need to search files in several languages, not just
English, so I set the preferences. Then, since they are not kept, I would
have to do it everytime I would start a search!
Even bette
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 peo
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Matthias Bethke wrote:
Hi Jorge,
on Wednesday, 2006-11-29 at 21:00:06, you wrote:
Are you sure you aren't being sent to the Portuguese version because
Google finds your IP is in Portugual and redirects you to where it
thinks you want to go? I've seen this in .de, .br and .p
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, b.n. wrote:
Please don't get me wrong -no personal attack intended, really- but changing
browser too shouldn't be necessary. You continue to complain about this
No, I don't. Maybe you don't have the whole thread present to memory.
I mentioned the reason why I want to dum
Maybe he just needed an excuse to finally check out the alternatives. After
all the performance of firefox is pretty horrific...
That's sad but true.
That's assuming it hasn't been filed already.
Well, it was implicit to check if a bug has been filed before filing
it... :)
And that it isn
Hi Jorge,
on Wednesday, 2006-11-29 at 21:00:06, you wrote:
> I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English. The thing
> doesn't let me choose the language, and I'm tired of getting useless
> Brazilian links. Yes, I know about the settings, I already deleted the
> google.pt cookie, bu
On Thursday 30 November 2006 17:37, b.n. wrote:
[SNIP]
> Why don't you try?
Maybe he just needed an excuse to finally check out the alternatives. After
all the performance of firefox is pretty horrific...
[SNIP]
> The really appropriate reaction, in the meantime, is filing a bug
> (because in th
Jorge Almeida ha scritto:
I haven't tested, but I think that if you change
http://www.google.com/search with
http://www.a-working-google-in-english-url.whatever/search
you could have your preferred behaviour hardcoded.
m.
Maybe that would work, but it shouldn't be necessary.
Please don't
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
May I ask what led you to change to Konqueror, given that Opera also was
available in Linux?
General movement away from proprietary programs. I'm not completely free,
but moving that way.
Also, That was back in the 7.x branch of Opera and I
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, b.n. wrote:
However, before giving up: have you tried to look in
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/searchplugins/google.src
(that should be the searchplugin of the FF panel)
and edit it with an English URL?
My file is as such:
My file looks as yours. It should, because I never edi
On Thursday 30 November 2006 02:51, Jorge Almeida
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] browser advice':
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > I use Konqueror near exclusively;
> > I was an avid Opera user before I switched to Linux.
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> However, before giving up: have you tried to look in
> /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/searchplugins/google.src
> (that should be the searchplugin of the FF panel)
>
> and edit it with an English URL?
Actually, by adding the hl parameter to th
Jorge Almeida ha scritto:
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, malevolent wrote:
Reinstall firefox, below the search box there are a link "Google in
English" that unsets the language cookie... it must work for sure!
That's just the .../ncr link others mentioned. Setting preferences from
that page is as usele
Jorge Almeida ha scritto:
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, malevolent wrote:
Reinstall firefox, below the search box there are a link "Google in
English" that unsets the language cookie... it must work for sure!
That's just the .../ncr link others mentioned. Setting preferences from
that page is as usele
Jorge Almeida ha scritto:
I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English. The thing
doesn't let me choose the language, and I'm tired of getting useless
Brazilian links. Yes, I know about the settings, I already deleted the
google.pt cookie, but it's no use. I don't know, nor care,
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, malevolent wrote:
Reinstall firefox, below the search box there are a link "Google in
English" that unsets the language cookie... it must work for sure!
That's just the .../ncr link others mentioned. Setting preferences from
that page is as useless as setting them from goo
Etaoin Shrdlu ha scritto:
On Thursday 30 November 2006 11:01, Jorge Almeida wrote:
No. My problem is not redirection. With Konqueror, it gets redirected
too, but my preferences are respected, i.e., although I'm connected to
google.pt it searches in the languages I selected in Google's
preferenc
2006/11/29, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English. The thing
doesn't let me choose the language, and I'm tired of getting useless
Brazilian links. Yes, I know about the settings, I already deleted the
google.pt cookie, but it's no use. I d
On Thursday 30 November 2006 11:01, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> No. My problem is not redirection. With Konqueror, it gets redirected
> too, but my preferences are respected, i.e., although I'm connected to
> google.pt it searches in the languages I selected in Google's
> preferences. Not so with FF.
On Thursday 30 November 2006 10:54, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > It's the -firefox USE flag. Add firefox to USE and it will depend on FF
> > instead of seamonkey.
>
> But why must a browser (Epiphany) depend on another browser (FF,
> Seamonkey,...)?
Because
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
On Thursday 30 November 2006 10:22, Jorge Almeida wrote:
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Dale wrote:
used epiphany before. What's it look like?
Have no idea, I didn't tried either. Being something from Gnome, I
suspect it's not very customizable, but I may be
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Neil Bothwick wrote:
It's the -firefox USE flag. Add firefox to USE and it will depend on FF
instead of seamonkey.
But why must a browser (Epiphany) depend on another browser (FF, Seamonkey,...)?
BTW another vote for Konqueror here, it just makes everything so easy.
Tha
On Thursday 30 November 2006 10:22, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Dale wrote:
> > used epiphany before. What's it look like?
>
> Have no idea, I didn't tried either. Being something from Gnome, I
> suspect it's not very customizable, but I may be completely wrong.
You can find more
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
Seamonkey replaces Mozilla. Therefore Mozilla needs to be unmerged before
Seamonkey can be installed...
Yes, that part is clear. The point is why should Seamonkey be necessary
to install Epiphany?
--
Jorge Almeida
On Thursday 30 November 2006 01:45, Richard Fish wrote:
> On 11/29/06, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > How do you use the split window feature for browsing (as opposed to file
> > manager actions)?
>
> I typically use it for something like google or bugzilla search
> results. I drag links from
On Thursday 30 November 2006 09:57, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Dale wrote:
> > Try Seamonkey then. I have not had such a problem with it.
>
> Right now, I more inclined to Konqueror and/or Opera, but who knows.
>
> But, speaking of Seamonkey: although I'm not thinking of using Epi
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Dale wrote:
Use the -t option to see what it is that is pulling it in. I have never
Here it goes. Doesn't help. (I was just curious, anyway.)
[blocks B ] www-client/mozilla (is blocking
www-client/seamonkey-1.0.6)
[ebuild N] www-client/epiphany-2
Jorge Almeida wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Dale wrote:
>
>>
>> Try Seamonkey then. I have not had such a problem with it.
>>
> Right now, I more inclined to Konqueror and/or Opera, but who knows.
>
> But, speaking of Seamonkey: although I'm not thinking of using Epiphany
> (due to the Gnome depen
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Dale wrote:
Try Seamonkey then. I have not had such a problem with it.
Right now, I more inclined to Konqueror and/or Opera, but who knows.
But, speaking of Seamonkey: although I'm not thinking of using Epiphany
(due to the Gnome dependencies), I issued emerge -pv epiph
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
Well, if it's not firefox's fault, switching to a new browser may not help.
It does help, I tried before posting. I already had Opera and Konqueror
installed. (It's just that I thought it would be better to hear about
your experiences before
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, David Blamire-Brown wrote:
1) This version of Opera really seems to struggle with "heavy" pages.
The whole app slows down, no response to clicks etc, until the page has
fully rendered. Example of affected page:
http://funds.ft.com/funds/searchFund.do?symb=AQSTG&type=F1
I t
On 11/29/06, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How do you use the split window feature for browsing (as opposed to file
manager actions)?
I typically use it for something like google or bugzilla search
results. I drag links from the browser pane that has the search
results to the other pane to d
Jorge Almeida wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday 29 November 2006 22:00, Jorge Almeida wrote:
>>> I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English. The thing
>>> doesn't let me choose the language, and I'm tired of getting useless
>>> Brazilian lin
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Jorge Almeida wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote:
>> That's the Google in English permanente link. It redirects you to
>> google.com, after setting the lang
>> to english (by http referer I'm sure).
> Thank you!
Glad to be
On Wednesday 29 November 2006 15:00, Jorge Almeida
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about '[gentoo-user] browser advice':
> I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English.
> I don't know, nor care, whose fault
> it is (Google's, firefox&#
> > What's your LINGUAS set to? `emerge -vp mozilla-firefox` if in doubt? Also
> > did
> [ebuild R ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.8 USE="java xprint -debug
> -gnome -ipv6 -mozdevelop -moznopango -xinerama" LINGUAS="-ar -bg -ca -cs -da
> -de -el -en_GB -es -es_AR -es_ES -eu -fi -fr -ga
061129 Jorge Almeida wrote:
> what browser ? Firefox is the one more often mentioned in this list.
> How about Konqueror or Opera? The latter is hardly ever mentioned.
I have been a happy user of Epiphany for some time:
it's fast, lacks the complexity of Firefox & has a nice tab menu;
I compile it
I think SeaMonkey is the whole Suite now.
>
> From: Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2006/11/29 Wed PM 04:46:42 EST
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] browser advice
>
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Hans de Hartog wrote:
>
> >
&
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:00:06 + (WET)
Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English. The thing
> So, the point is: what browser now? Firefox is the one more often
> mentioned in this list. How about Konqueror or Opera? The latter is
> h
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman wrote:
When I change countries I get responses relative to the (geographic) IP that I
logon from.
Well, for this problem, I use this:
http://www.google.com/ncr
That's the Google in English permanente link. It redirects you to google.com,
aft
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
What's your LINGUAS set to? `emerge -vp mozilla-firefox` if in doubt? Also did
[ebuild R ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.8 USE="java xprint -debug -gnome -ipv6
-mozdevelop -moznopango -xinerama" LINGUAS="-ar -bg -ca -cs -da -de -el -en_GB
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Mick wrote:
> Jorge Almeida schrieb:
>> I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English.
> When I change countries I get responses relative to the (geographic) IP that
> I logon from.
Well, for this problem, I use this:
http://www.goo
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Daniel Iliev wrote:
You could also try Seamonkey [1] which is closer replacement of Mozilla
than Firefox. It is an "all-in-one" solution just like Mozilla (web
browser, e-mail client, HTML composer, IRC client). It can be found in
portage.
I'll take a look at it. I really
Jorge Almeida wrote:
> I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English. The thing
> doesn't let me choose the language, and I'm tired of getting useless
> Brazilian links. Yes, I know about the settings, I already deleted the
> google.pt cookie, but it's no use. I don't know, nor care,
On Wednesday 29 November 2006 22:50, Randy Barlow wrote:
> Richard Fish wrote:
> > IMO konqueror rocks. The split-window browsing feature is something
> > that every other browser should adopt _now_! But there are still
> > sites that don't fully support it, so I keep firefox/bon echo around
> >
On Wednesday 29 November 2006 22:46, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Hans de Hartog wrote:
> > Just to stay close to what you're used to: how about good old mozilla?
>
> That's something that isn't clear to me: Is Mozilla still actively
> maintained? If so, what's the rationale for Fire
On Wednesday 29 November 2006 22:30, Fabian Hackhofer wrote:
> Jorge Almeida schrieb:
> > I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English. The thing
> > doesn't let me choose the language, and I'm tired of getting useless
> > Brazilian links.
>
> Ever tried to type site:uk or site:us a
Jorge Almeida wrote:
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Hans de Hartog wrote:
Just to stay close to what you're used to: how about good old mozilla?
That's something that isn't clear to me: Is Mozilla still actively
maintained? If so, what's the rationale for Firefox? I changed to
Firefox because I assume
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Richard Fish wrote:
IMO konqueror rocks. The split-window browsing feature is something
that every other browser should adopt _now_! But there are still
sites that don't fully support it, so I keep firefox/bon echo around
for those. A nice thing in konqueror is that you
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Fabian Hackhofer wrote:
Jorge Almeida schrieb:
I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English. The thing
doesn't let me choose the language, and I'm tired of getting useless
Brazilian links.
Ever tried to type site:uk or site:us after the search-phrase?
No
On Wednesday 29 November 2006 21:08, Richard Fish wrote:
> On 11/29/06, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > So, the point is: what browser now?
>
> IMO konqueror rocks. The split-window browsing feature is something
> that every other browser should adopt _now_! But there are still
> sit
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I set my preferences in google to English and it saves them. There is a
preferences setting selection that takes you to a page and allows you to set
your language.
Nope. It just doesn't keep my preferences.
--
Jorge Almeida
--
gentoo-user@gento
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Hans de Hartog wrote:
Just to stay close to what you're used to: how about good old mozilla?
That's something that isn't clear to me: Is Mozilla still actively
maintained? If so, what's the rationale for Firefox? I changed to
Firefox because I assumed Mozilla was going to
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
On Wednesday 29 November 2006 22:00, Jorge Almeida wrote:
I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English. The thing
doesn't let me choose the language, and I'm tired of getting useless
Brazilian links. Yes, I know about the settings,
On 11/29/06, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English. The thing
doesn't let me choose the language, and I'm tired of getting useless
Brazilian links. Yes, I know about the settings, I already deleted the
google.pt cookie, but it's no u
Jorge Almeida schrieb:
> I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English. The thing
> doesn't let me choose the language, and I'm tired of getting useless
> Brazilian links.
Ever tried to type site:uk or site:us after the search-phrase?
--
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
On Wednesday 29 November 2006 22:00, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English. The thing
> doesn't let me choose the language, and I'm tired of getting useless
> Brazilian links. Yes, I know about the settings, I already deleted the
> google.pt cookie, but
On 11/29/06, Jorge Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So, the point is: what browser now?
IMO konqueror rocks. The split-window browsing feature is something
that every other browser should adopt _now_! But there are still
sites that don't fully support it, so I keep firefox/bon echo around
f
I'm about to dump Firefox, because I can't google in English. The thing
doesn't let me choose the language, and I'm tired of getting useless
Brazilian links. Yes, I know about the settings, I already deleted the
google.pt cookie, but it's no use. I don't know, nor care, whose fault
it is (Google's
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