[Bug 228207] Re: [hardy] firefox 3 (beta) is riddled with problems

Mike Green mikey at badpenguins.com
Thu May 8 14:44:57 UTC 2008


Perhaps you should read my entire bug report before marking it invalid.

Firefox 3 and firefox-2 cannot safely co-mingle on the same box.  There
is no way to tell the system to use one over the other, the alternatives
system does not alter the /usr/bin/firefox link, causing applications
like kde apps to launch firefox 3 via the /usr/bin/firefox symlink,
which ends up clobbering all of the addons in firefox2 and firefox3.

The bug is not a particular package, it is the fact that both firefoxes
cannot be used successfully, leaving the user without an adequate
browser either way.  I don't particularly care why it was chosen, I want
a web browser that I can actually use on my ubuntu box. I don't have the
time or knowledge to track it down to a particular bug and report it
because it is a system-wide, multiple package problem.  I will leave
figuring out the best way to address solving it up to the experts.

If you ever expect bug #1 to be anything other than a joke, you might
want to consider more thoughtfully bugs like this one before marking it
invalid within 10 minutes.  A distribution with a decent usable browser
is a fairly significant barrier to widespread adoption.

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[hardy] firefox 3 (beta) is riddled with problems
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