[CentOS] firefox: annoyance

Thu Sep 25 14:42:03 UTC 2014
m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us>

Steve Lindemann wrote:
> On 9/25/2014 8:13 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>> Valeri Galtsev wrote:
>>> On Thu, September 25, 2014 8:59 am, John Doe wrote:
>>>> From: Johan Vermeulen <jvermeulen at cawdekempen.be>
>>>>> op 25-09-14 13:46, mark schreef:
>>>>>>   Yup, forgot that: no tool bar at all, no menus....
<snip>
>> It is *completely* unacceptable to release an update that appears to
>> ignore the configuration files, and doesn't even *show* the menu, which
>> would absolutely freak out an "ordinary user".
>>
>> And to lose the tabs! I am *not* going to update firefox at work till
>> they fix this - I have stuff I need.
>> <snip>
>
> Switch to Palemoon or Qupzilla, firefox has "improved" itself to the
> point where it's just not a choice anymore, let alone a good one.  I've
> been using Palemoon and it's been a damn good choice for me... ymmv

palemoon looks nice - *is* there a package for it somewhere, or do you
have to d/l and install from their homepage?
>
> Find something else that works for you, there are other choices.  It's
> gotten to the point where firefox is as bad as chrome or ie.  A shame,
> it used to be such a good choice.

I have to worry, here at work. I am *not* going to even think about trying
to force my users to use another browser, one they've never heard of (I've
never heard of either of these). This needs to be fixed....

       mark