[Gllug] What is the Mozilla & Firefox difference ??

[Emon]

Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 01:07 +0100, Tethys wrote:
> 
> 
>>The ones that got me were:
>>
>>1. lack of cookie control
>>2. inability to shift-click to download something
>>3. the removal of the ctrl-q keyboard shortcut to quit the browser
>>4. awkward default search options
>>5. no easy to get at "open new tab" button
> 
> 
> Add to that:-
> 
> 6/ Lack of cache control (and yes, I know it's in about:config)
> 7/ Nasty habit of downloading to "Desktop" by default, even when you're
> not running a desktop env, and the concept makes no sense.
> 8/ Total lack of integration with package management systems, for all
> versions of Linux and Windows.
> 9/ No sane way to centrally install extensions
> 10/ No way to have a bookmark group as a toolbar button - the suite has
> done this for ages.
> 11/ Memory leaks and general instability. This one's a problem with the
> suite as well, admittedly.
> 
> Don't get me wrong, I think there's a lot to like in Firefox, and on the
> whole it's a great browser. I don't think it's "better" than the suite
> though - in a number of ways it's a step backwards. Taking a load of
> useful options out of a preferences dialogue and hiding them somewhere
> where they're visible only as arcane strings with no explanation has
> never seemed like an improvement to me. Then again, maybe that's why I
> don't have much fondness for Gnome and Windows.
> 
> I'm a firm believer that configuration options should be exposed
> logically, and stored in a readable and portable manner. The old Unix
> method of each app having a dot file works well. The repeated
> re-inventions have little in common, except they're all IMO worse than
> what they're trying to replace.
> 
> Mike
> 

OH... thanks guys for making the point (precisely what I was trying to 
say but failed miserably)

Especially points 1 & 5 are what surprised me first.

But, since FireFox was designed like a "LEGO" block game where you build 
your own castle..... so what do I have to do get these features on FireFox??

Thanks
Emon

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