troll (learning kind) feeding troll here...
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:52:35 -0800
Linda Walsh
If I install FF, on Linux, on startup, *by default*, it will go out and download the Firefox home page after you first install it. Unless you are on a separate subnet and block the use of outgoing port 80, it will succeed. When I install the same program on my Windows box, Firefox is blocked and I receive a popup on my desktop telling me that application "Firefox" is trying to contact host "xxyz" on port 80. Do I wish to allow this?
That ability isn't readily available on Linux.
Is it possible that people running GNU Linux know that this "feature" (feel-good is what it really is) isn't needed - maybe that is the reason it hasn't been created (yet?!?!?- i don't need it.) not worth a reply Linda, let it die.