rolling Firefox back to 2.x
Mumia W.
paduille.4062.mumia.w+nospam at earthlink.net
Sun Aug 31 15:54:49 UTC 2008
On 08/30/2008 10:09 PM, Nik N wrote:
> [...]
> The reason to reconsider FF after using it since it's earliest times is that
> with the introduction sqlite as the storage mechanism it has become impossible
> to properly clean up private data at the end of the session. In
> addition, the fact
> that Windows version is now driven by IE "security" settings tells me
> that there
> must have been some significant change in the overall design philosophy of
> the Mozilla project.
>
> Nik N.
>
Correct. Combine that with the fact that bookmarks are deliberately
mixed with history in the "awesomebar," and you have a recipe for
sending millions of people back to FF 2. I hope someone is willing to
support FF 2 after mid-December 2008, because, secure or not, FF 2 will
be a popular web browser for years to come.
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