<div>On 3/3/08, vidd <<a href="mailto:vidd@crosslink.net">vidd@crosslink.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Vincent wrote: > > > On 3/3/08, *vidd* <<a href="mailto:vidd@crosslink.net">vidd@crosslink.net</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:vidd@crosslink.net">vidd@crosslink.net</a>>> wrote: > >     This application is not ready to be included as the default browser. >     Java does not work with this version. I have attempted to use all 4 >     types of java, and none of them worked to bring up a MMOLRPG  that I >     frequent daily. >     The new Firefox looks good, and has some nice features that I'm sure >     some individuals will enjoy. The Flash plugin installs without issue. >     But without the Sun-Java 5 or 6, or even the other, non-Sun java >     programs working properly, our target audience, the linux newcomer >     with >     less capable machines, will be frustrated by having to un-install >     firefox version 3, and install firefox-2, install the java version of >     their choice (minus the  plugin) and manually add the plug-in > >     Or, they will give up > > > Remember that this is just RC1 of Firefox, and IIRC Hardy will include > the stable version once it ships. Also, in-browser Java is far less > prevalent then it used to be, in fact, Runescape is the only > in-browser Java application I can think of. I'm not on Hardy anymore, > otherwise I'd give installing Java a try, because the problem might > also be specific to your machine. Did you file a bug report? > >     Just my 2 cents > >     vidd > > > (Btw, is there a Firefox 2 package for Hardy anywhere? Would be handy > for web development...) > > -- > Vincent No, I have not filed a bug report</blockquote><div> Could you do so? </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Not specific to my machine.... I have tested on 3 different machines, all different hardware, all same issue</blockquote><div> Sounds pretty machine-independent indeed, so please, file a bug report so this can be fixed :) </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Yes, there is a firefox 2 package in Hardy.... sudo apt-get install firefox-2</blockquote> <div> Cool, thanks :) </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> And what is wrong with runescape????</blockquote><div> I never said something was ;-) </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> vidd </blockquote></div> -- Vincent