Am 26.01.2011 12:30, schrieb Felix Miata:
I want to raise the question if we would like to do that or reverting back to Firefox 3.6.13?
My opinion expressed when you asked this in November hasn't changed materially. This .0 release has some surprises a lot of people won't like, and they will wish for an RPM option to get the baby they loved back, letting others suffer through the .0 sickness. Off hand I can't think of a single thing about 4.0betas that make it better than 3.6.x.
Hmm, opinions are different. I use 4.0betas since months and almost cannot think of things why I would like 3.6 back. I see a lot of improvements and I'm not sure if shipping a browser which is over one year old with a new distribution is a proper target.
For those familiar with web design who aren't aware, pt, cm, in and other absolute units of measure are no longer absolute units in Gecko 2.0. e.g., pt is now fixed at a 3/4 ratio to a CSS px, meaning there are new hoops to jump through to get onscreen measurements to be accurate. Those who need accuracy must use a new proprietary unit, the mozmm.
I'm not an expert with that but during everyday's browsing I haven't seen issues. They are claiming that they now behave like (all/most) other browsers apparently. Here are a few things we get from using Firefox 4: - WebM support - current HTML5/CSS3 support - Jaegermonkey (much faster JS engine) - WebGL (I agree that all that is probably not mandatory for today's Web2.0 but I expect that this will change pretty fast with next generation browsers available) - proper Gnome integration (GIO) * 3.6 is lacking that so we actually would lose integration features If you also meant UI changes which could confuse people. While it's true that it changed quite a bit, most of the old behaviour can be easily brought back. A 3.6 package will be available within the buildservice in any case for those who really need/want to have it. Wolfgang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org