[ubuntu-za] Firefox status

[Morgan Collett]

On 8/17/07, Bill Cairns <pops at cairnsgames.co.za> wrote:

> One of the things that I love about my Ubuntu system (I am not sure if
> it is a Linux feature or a Gnome feature) is the way that I can say
> "Preserve desktop status" and, after, turning the machine off and coming
> back a week later, I am presented with the desktop exactly as I left it.
> Well nearly, because Firefox insists that it can't do it and I have to
> agree that it should close before my machine will shut down.

Not a solution, just a comment back...

Firefox is actually not that well integrated into Gnome. If I remember
correctly, Ubuntu now uses the official builds from Mozilla without
modification, which lets them use the official logo and name - the
alternative being IceWeasel...

Epiphany (package: epiphany-browser) is actually the official Gnome
browser, which should work better with features like this. (That's the
theory, anyway...)

Epiphany is based on the Gecko engine from Mozilla (although I hear
rumours of it switching to webkit which is faster and less
memory-hungry). Although they share common code, Epiphany is not
compatible with Firefox plugins, which is probably its biggest
disadvantage.

Regards
Morgan