Update on Firefox problem

[irlandes]

I finally had some time, not a lot, but some. My schedule involves
spending more time using my computer for forum moderation; book
production; and photo retouching; with testing as a second priority.

I tried putting in another "stable" version, which somehow ended up
being 3.6.4pre with the different name. Still messed up scrolling on my
Dell Vostro A860 laptop, and Kubuntu 9.10.

I put my 10.04 flash drive on, scrolled solid as a rock, and upgraded
Firefox to 3.6.4. Scrolling solid as a rock.

So, my real worry about shipping a problem is not a worry, at least not
on my machine.

And, I conclude there is a serious problem with Kubuntu 9.10. on my
machine. I do not know where to start, there is nothing much there that
was not installed with 9.10 during set up, and re-installing 9.10 this
close to 10.04 final is not an option at all.

I got some communications on this. One man said I should not call it
disgusting, but should be writing bug reports on it.  I tended to agree,
but now I am not sure I do.

First, though many of you with much more experience with bugs may have
forgotten, it takes some practice to write bug reports efficiently. I
wrote exactly one, which has been fixed, and with all the things
required to write the first bug, it took many hours. When I find a solid
one, I will work at it again, and after several, I will also be able to
casually investigate existing bug reports and input one if not there
already.

Second, what on earth do I report? I don't even know where to start.  A
problem somewhere in 9.10 which causes bad Firefox scrolling?  Yeah,
right.

There is still a problem with 9.10 Gwenview CROP function on some
computers. We spotted it right away, and the developer wrote a fix
really fast, and requested it be shipped via (bug updates?). Months
later, that has not been done, and I would say it is not going to be
done, so 9.10 Gwenview will run through it's support cycle with no fix
shipped. The problem is fixed in 10.04 but 9.10 has a considerable
remaining life expectancy.

So, I have not bothered to report a multiple crash problem in digikam
9.10. It is also fixed in 10.04, but will also be out there through the
support life of 9.10.

Since 10.04 is looking good, I am dealing with this problem until then
by installing Opera which is also solid as a rock on scrolling.

Another suggestion was that I install 3.7 daily build on my main
computer. I checked and it reported failed build.  I suspect it is a
really bad idea to install a daily build on a main computer.

If I had an idea where to start, I'd try to look into the 9.10 problems
causing this problem, but I don't.  And, with 10.04 coming out in a few
days, I suspect there won't be much attention given by anyone here.

The reason I volunteered to test 10.04, with little experience, is
because 9.10 just had too many problems, and this is merely another one.
I am hoping my first impression of 10.04 being much better than 9.10
holds true.

Since 10.04 is LTS, I will work hard to report any bugs at all. if there
are any. Even though I have only written one bug, I do feel I have
learned a lot about dealing with problems, just need more practice on
the reporting.

On my use of the word disgusting, I feel that is an accurate term.
Scrolling is unbelievably bad. It is pleasing to know it will work okay
in just a few weeks.