inclusion of firefox 3

vidd vidd at crosslink.net
Tue Mar 4 20:19:01 UTC 2008


vidd wrote:
> Eero Tamminen wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Tuesday 04 March 2008, vidd wrote:
>>  
>>>> Hava you tried installing Epiphany or Firefox 2 and install Java?
>>>>       
>>> no, Epiphany requires too much gnome for my meager machines, and I 
>>> didnt
>>> get around to monkeying with firefox-2 (I had done so much mettling on
>>> the system, that I formated to a pristeen condition, and found the
>>> firefox3 cure)
>>>     
>>
>> Could you explain that a little?  At least the last time I tested this,
>> Epiphany + Gecko was (slightly) lighter than Firefox (which also uses
>> Gecko).  The reason is that it doesn't re-implement itself everything 
>> and
>> the kitchen sink like Firefox does (for portability).
>>
>>
>>     - Eero
>>   
> I was not aware that epiphany had dropped its gnome 
> dependencies....its been a long time since I installed it
> I will have to re-evaluate my software choices
>
> vidd
>





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