Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1750 mails)

[Kai Ponte <kai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 01 October 2008 02:21:32 am Kevin Donnelly wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 October 2008 06:57, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:
> > So probably he's using FF2 which never had a builtin function to create
> > PDFs but only is capable to print to a postscript file or to any
> > configured cups printer (or another print application using
> > about:config) but anyway I don't see Firefox' fault here.
>
> Please read the whole thread before commenting.  The OP has FF3, and he is
> complaining that the option to select any other printer than lpr has
> disappeared.  The option to select kprinter allowed printing to pdf.  I
> have exactly the same problem here, so it is definitely an FF3 issue. 

Basil sent me a file of the print dialog how it used to be for me and how it 
is for him:

http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/firefox_PDF_basil.jpg

Notice that the first item in the list - and it is a listbox - is the "Print 
to File."


Now, here is my print dialog box:

http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/2008/firefox_print_kai.jpg

The listbox has been replaced with a drop-down combo box.  

He's on firefox 3.0.3 from openSUSE, and I'm on...


..wait!

I'm on 2.0.16??

WTF? 

I was on 3.0.x from openSUSE and apparently have been downgraded somehow.

This is weird. In fact, YaST doesn't even show the 3.x version anymore.  
There's a "MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream" showing 7.3K and a version of 
3.0.1-81, but that's it.

Okay, this is weird. My windows version is at 3.0.2.


Looking at SMART, there's a version 3.0.3-1.1.  However, trying to upgrade it, 
gives me a conflict with the "branding upstream."

Time to investigate.

> I 
> just can't understand why devs feel they need to "fix" something that isn't
> broke, but it seems to be fashionable at the minute - assume your users are
> brain-dead and concentrate on the eye-candy.

They aren't?

(My users better not read that!)



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