rolling Firefox back to 2.x

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/9/1 Nik N <niknot at gmail.com>:
> I can't be the only one that has no *single* computer, the same way many
> have multiple vehicles that they use pretty much "in parallel" - one for
> 'around the town, another to go cross-country,  a van to deliver products,
> a scooter to fetch beer... and so on. Each one of those computers has a
> peculiar set of characteristics: different hardware, different  operating
> systems, different applications... As much as possible, I try to use same
> set of "core applications" on all of those.

Perfectly good reason, and a way to remain sane!

> This is, I believe, a sensible
> approach, and it explains why application faults on one system often
> influence its use on another. But really, my main reason for giving up on
> FF3 is their decision to use sqlite to store private data.

You might want to look into how many other programs use sqlite to
store private data. I understand that your issue is not with sqlite,
but rather with the open issue regarding purging of the sqlite data
from within Firefox. Another issue that was mentioned is the adherence
to the OS's security settings.

> The increase of
> the number of lines of (third party!) code that are all of sudden
> "in the security chain" (on some of those computers, this happens to be
> a significant issue) is to me a sign of  poor understanding of software
> engineering principles when it comes to security.

I will not even go into the fallacy here! You seem to understand a bit
less than you think that you do. That is not an insult: I often find
that I understand any particular technology not as well as I thought I
had. But you should rethink your strategy.

You might want to look into the Opera web browser, which runs on
Windows and Linux. Or possibly Portable Firefox for Windows.

In any case, you should know that Firefox 2 support will end in a few
months. I have no problem with you using it, and I will help you if I
can, but you should be ready to change soon.

Good luck.

-- 
Dotan Cohen

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