non-snap version of FF under Ubuntu 22.04?

[Oliver Grawert]

hi,
Am Freitag, dem 28.04.2023 um 18:21 +0200 schrieb Volker Wysk:
> > indeed browsers *should* be safe by default and javascript should
> > run
> > sandboxed in mozjs in firefox, but i guess you have been a computer
> > user for long enough to know that bugs exist everywhere all the
> > time
> > ... and some of them *are* security holes and go unnoticed for
> > years.
> > 
> > adding extra security around this is simply preventing such bugs to
> > be
> > as serious as if there would be no policy, especially for something
> > like a browser that has to deal with really badly protected or
> > badly
> > programmed (or even intentionally bad behaving) websites all day.
> 
> That makes sense. But the Snap sandboxing of Firefox is so tight that
> it seriously affects usability. 

i guess the majority of users (like i.e. my mom or my sister) would
actually disagree, it browses the web with no issues.

the thing is that people like you (or me :) ) use it as a local html
viewer too, where such limitaions get in the way. if you use it for its
original intended purpose (browsing the web) there is nothing in the
snap confinement getting in your way ... 

i agree it might be a pain for advanced users or developers but for the
great majority of the non-technical average user it simply functions as
intended ... 

for us others, there are ways around it (like bind mounting dirs into
your home, using --devmode to drop confinement or simply making sure
all your html docs end up in a pre-defined writable location), i know
this is not ideal but after all it protects the masses and i can be
sure i wont have to fix my moms PC due to a malicions website that
utilized some hidden bug in the browser to do any harm to her install.

ciao
	oli
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