Ubuntu 8.04 and Firefox 3 Beta 5

[Kristian Rink]

Am Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:44:04 +0200
schrieb Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>:

> > I suppose one can uninstall Firefox 3 Beta, delete the Firefox
> > configuration directory from the user's home directory, install
> > Firefox 2.0.0.x from universe repository and run it
> 
> Actually, one can simply install FF2 and keep using it, even switch
> between 3 and 2 at will. I know svobi has experienced problems with
> that, but AFAICT that's unusual. For me, e.g., it just worked.

I have seen some smaller woes, nothing really worth mentioning. But it
somehow made me think... So far it seemed Ubuntu pretty much cared
about the user, about being, well, friendly and helpful and not in your
way. Firefox 3 being quietly installed as default which, in turns,
quietly takes control of your profile without asking or preventing any
negative experiences is not that helpful, given that in worst
cases I have experienced my profile not being usable anymore with
Firefox 2 after having just once launched FF3 on such a machine...

Cheers,
Kristian

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