John Vivirito wrote: > Firefox should always use online mode if a connection is found that is > default and i highly doubt Upstream will be changing that since the > default purpose of a web browser is to browse the web. Please explain > your request in more detail and steps to reproduce what you wish it to > do and what it does now. > > Marking as a Wishlist bug. > > ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) > Sourcepackagename: firefox => firefox-3.0 > Importance: Undecided => Wishlist > Status: New => Incomplete > John, I use a Sierra AC875 cellular modem to access Internet via cellular network. Sometimes I use 802.11b for Internet access. FF3 switches off line during use, for no apparent reason. FF3 usually starts off line, causing me to either switch FF3 to on line or quit using FF3. I quit using FF3. My computers are set to not allow upgrade to FF3. I will switch to Konqueror for all uses before I will use FF3 with automatic off line switch active.
MSIE, last I used it, did not have to be switched, did not have an apparent line mode control. Just type a file or web address to load it in MSIE. Why MUST FF3 have automatic shift off line and manual shift on line? Users also should not have to frequently switch FF3 on line due to some stupid obscure goal of FF3 Upstream. Ubuntu & Kubuntu are adding features that are more like Windiz and are reasons users switch away from Windiz. FF3 off line mode being selected, against desires of user, is another step toward Windiz. All that has little bearing on problem of automatic off line switching by FF3. FF3 goes off line while Thunderbird continues to connect. All other applications continue to connect to Internet, apparently not bothered by my means of Internet access, yet FF3 switches off line. None of the other applications require me to push the clutch and move shifter to on line. I used to install FF3 periodically to check for off line fix but quit that when I found FF3 not ruins FF2. Even purging FF2 and FF3 does not allow restoration of normal FF2 operation in Kubuntu 8. FF Upstream can continue with this off line thing and continue to lose users. -- God Bless You, Eric Lee Elliott 870.613.1398 or 800.827.5038 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://eric-elliott.com PMB 14559 245 Rainbow Drive Livingston TX 77399-2045 -- Offline mode not defeatable in FF3 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205169 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
