Changing desktops - Was: (not) one browser for all

[Bret Busby]

On 17/07/2019, Little Girl <littlergirl at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey there,
>
> Bret Busby wrote:
>>On 17/07/2019, Little Girl <littlergirl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Bret Busby wrote:
>
>>>>The good version of Midori, on UbuntuMATE 16.04.x, shows as being
>>>>v0.5.11, and the not so good version of Midori, on UbuntuMATE
>>>>18.04.x, shows as being v7-34-g0c5820f.
>>>
>>> What's different between them?
>>
>>One of the annoying differences, is that, whilst the earlier version
>>provides for each browser window having a menubar, the later version
>>does not.
>
> Ah, I've seen that in Firefox and it was a setting you can change by
> right-clicking the hamburger icon and putting a tick in the "Menu Bar"
> box to enable the bar. You might be able to do that in Midori, too.
>

The earlier version of Midori provided that option - the later version
eliminated it.

>>Another difference, is that, in the earlier version, encapsulation
>>(if this is the correcter term in this context) works with "Private
>>Browsing", and, does not, in the later version. I therefore, do not
>>trust the "privateness" of the Private Browsing, in the later
>>version.
>>
>>A good example of this, is that, in the version of Midori, on
>>16.04.x, I can enable scripts (javascript) in a Private Browsing
>>window, and, that enabling of scripts, is limited to whatever
>>Private Browsing window, in which I have enabled it, and. nowhere
>>else. From that, I assume that preferences set within one Private
>>Browsing Window, are limited to existing within that Private Browser
>>window, and, not without. In the later version of Midori, I have
>>found that the setting of preferences, such as enabling scripts, is
>>not contained within a "Private Browsing" window, but, it applied
>>without, so that, instead of being like local variables, limited to
>>the "Private Browsing" window, in which they are set, they are like
>>global variables, unlimited in their presence, across all windows
>>open of the web browser. I therefore have no confidence in the
>>"Private Browsing" implementation, in the later version.
>>
>>These are the main two significant differences, that I easily
>>remember. And, to me, they are both, quite significant.
>
> That's definitely significant and enough that I would question it as
> well. Have you reported it in their bug tracker so the developers can
> take a look at it and see if it's an oversight that needs fixing?
>

To report any bugs, a person has to go through this procedure of
becoming a git or something - an account has to be created, and, it is
too troublesome.

Once upon a time, email addresses were provided for problems. Now, it
is made far more difficult to report problems with software.


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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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