rolling Firefox back to 2.x

[Derek Broughton]

Steve Lamb wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 02:43:40PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> Why are you going back to Firefox 2? Almost all the issues (awesomebar
>> issues mostly) have been addressed, and Firefox 2 support will end in
>> a few months. Better to mention what problems you have with Firefox 3
>> and let us help fix them.
> 
>     Are you sure?  I still see the not-so-AwesomeBar still behaving in a
> horrible, overloaded manner with no method of beating it back with a "just
> work like in 2.x" stick.
 
What about the horrible behaviour of the "Applications" settings? You have
to edit the mimeTypes.rdf file by hand, and there's no guarantee the
changes will stick.

I apt-get'ed a new program yesterday, then tried to open the respective type
of file from Firefox.  It, surprisingly, suggested the correct application
in the "open with" dialog.  Great!  I selected the app, and the file opened
perfectly.  I closed it and tried again, and Firefox told me the
application didn't exist! - "edit your preferences".  But you _can't_ edit
your preferences!  So I closed FF, edited the rdf file - fixing a blank
application filename - and tried again. Again, it worked once, and never
again.

Hand editing the rdf file, I've been able to make FF3 open mailto: links via
gmail (a process so slow, you'll forget what you were going to send them),
but never Kmail.
-- 
derek