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Question: Firefox :: Total Votes:27
Poll choices Votes Statistics
Update to Firefox v2 gtk1. 7  [25.93%]
Leave Firefox as is. 3  [11.11%]
Remove Firefox from DSL. 17  [62.96%]
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Posted: April 06 2008,20:58 QUOTE
actually i agree with jason too! removing firefox will get more space free for other apps that are necessary.
my vote now goes to remove FF from base DSL
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Posted: April 07 2008,01:45 QUOTE
Given the ease of using extensions, there are probably better ways to use the space (not talking about apps, either). Let the big, fat, distros cater to the latest, preloaded, versions of Firefox, Office, etc., etc.
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Posted: April 07 2008,03:42 QUOTE
I downloaded firefox-2.0-gtk1.uci last night but didn't get around to trying it..

I use the opera9 extension on my old desktop due to the memory leak problem with firefox/fluxbox - I like the "start where you left off" option that will open all the tabs that were open at the last shut-down. Maybe firefox has this option, but I didn't find it.

I use the built-in firefox on my laptop booted from usb - since I never have it going more than a few hours, there's no problem with the memory leak but then I use it with 4.2.5 and jwm most of the time anyway.

I'll vote for removing firefox - maybe we could add cups to the space freed up to improve the printing experience?
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Posted: April 07 2008,09:46 QUOTE
I tend to keep Firefox and Opera open at the same time. I use a 15" CRT at 640x480. Some websites  are almost impossible to read comfortably without Opera's Fit to Width feature. Firefox does not have this feature, even in Firefox 3.0 (still in beta).

- Opera's tab-opening behaviour used to be a big problem. But it has been fixed in the 9.5 series (still in beta). More info on this page.
- Fonts look much better under Opera and Firefox-GTK2 compared to Firefox-GTK1. This is because QT and GTK2 use Xft (font anti-aliasing) while GTK1 doesn't. (I prefer AA because it is easier on my eyes.)
- Opera has a builtin, easy-to-use adblocker.
- Like Firefox-GTK1, Opera supports Flash 7.
- I still use Firefox alot because of Greasemonkey scripts that let me download Flash videos. Opera has a similar feature called user javascript, but this feature is useless since most Greasemonkey scripts don't work with it. This is not a problem for me since I can use youtube-dl.

I voted for "Remove Firefox from DSL."
I think Opera is better than Firefox-GTK1 (any version), especially the upcoming Opera 9.5.
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Posted: April 07 2008,13:39 QUOTE
@stupid_idiot: but still, opera is a lot heavier than the gtk1 firefox, so it won't really fit into the damn small part of our little linux distro. of course its great that its in the dsl repos, but i dont see opera as default browser in DSL.
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