Feeling like a 2nd class citizen

[Benjamin Heil]

Also try opera. You must include the "partners"-repos to install it (just 
edit /etc/apt/sources.list and uncomment the line). It's not open source but 
the fastest browser in my opinion. And opera has a lot of nice 
features .... 

Am Mittwoch 28 November 2007 17:01:47 schrieb Jonathan Jesse:
> > On 27/11/2007, Anton Rolls <anton at wilddsl.net.au> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Jonathan Jesse wrote:
> >> > Good evening,
> >> >
> >> > I know I probablly shouldn't be posting this to both lists, but I
> >>
> >> couldn't
> >>
> >> > figure out which one would be better to post to.
> >> >
> >> > I am getting frustrated with using Konqueror as my default browser.  I
> >> > don't know if I just have some problems, or its the fact that I am
> >>
> >> running
> >>
> >> > 64-bit Kubuntu, but it is getting to the point that browsing the web
> >>
> >> is
> >>
> >> > just easier, and more fun in Internet Explorer.
> >> >
> >> > I know that Google and GMail don't always play nice with Konqueror and
> >> > have lived to accept it, but it is other sites that I am getting sick
> >>
> >> of
> >>
> >> > trying to deal with.
> >> > I can to a page, an example being Facebook, and not get all of the
> >>
> >> images
> >>
> >> > or all of the links to work.  I go to a travel site to book airplane
> >> > tickets and get to use the "basic" settings, I go to a page and am
> >>
> >> told
> >>
> >> > flash is not installed when I do have the non-free version of flash
> >> > installed or even better I click on a link and nothing happens until I
> >> > click on the link 3 or 4 times and finally the "gear" starts spinning
> >>
> >> and
> >>
> >> > I get the page I want.  Another fun problem is when I increase the
> >>
> >> font
> >>
> >> > size the text blurs together and I can't read it.... or go to a page
> >>
> >> that
> >>
> >> > has a form and the text runs into the form so I don't really know what
> >>
> >> I'm
> >>
> >> > filling out.
> >> >
> >> > Is it just that I need to switch to Firefox on my Kubuntu install?  Or
> >> > should I stick to browsing the web in my XP VM, cause things "just
> >>
> >> work"
> >>
> >> > there.
> >>
> >> Konqueror, when operating as a web-browser, is simple and
> >> underpowered compared to Firefox etc..
> >>
> >> It sounds like the solution for you might be to
> >> install the win32 version of Firefox and install the
> >> flash plugin.
> >> Here's how I did it:
> >>
> >> 1) I got the latest version of Wine.
> >> Quite recently I went to the Wine website for the
> >> latest version, and I noticed it's a newer version
> >> than the one in Adept. I looked at the change history
> >> between the versions and saw all just bug fixes.
> >> So I installed the newer version.
> >> (I think I added the Wine website to my package sources
> >> list and then used Adept...?)
> >>
> >> 2) I got the Win32 version of Mozilla Firefox.
> >> I browsed to the Firefox download page in Konqueror and configured
> >> Konqueror Browser Identification to be Internet Explorer on
> >> Windows so that the Mozilla website diplays the Windows version
> >> to download.
> >>
> >> 3) Then I ran the Firefox setup executable in the console:
> >>
> >>         wine "Firefox Setup 2.0.0.9.exe"
> >>
> >>    You should now have a Firefox icon to click. (I chose to
> >>    make one myself.)
> >>
> >> Hope that helps,
> >>
> >> Anton.
> >
> > You run the windows version of Fx in wine? You are aware that you can
> > run 32 bit Firefox on a 64 bit system, no?
> >
> > Dotan Cohen
> >
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> >
> > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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> Wow its been an interesting converstation in regards to my email.  Half
> the people seem to be using Konqi and the other half recommend Firefox.
> Maybe I'll install FF and see where things are at
> --
> Jonathan Jesse