On 3/24/2011 9:58 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
Guys,
I hate change for the sake of change. I am on the fence on the "mozilla I want to look like Opera" release. I have both running on different boxes. I don't like the fact that 4 swapped around where the buttons go (you can easily change that), but I do like the opera-like button for bookmarks that is available when the tabs are collapsed. The panorama feature is nice as well, although it is really slow at times.
Are there any other technical reasons one way or another that should be considered in deciding whether to removed the lock preventing upgrade to 4 on 11.4? I kind of like them both. I have favorite themes for 3 that of course are incompatible with 4, but that isn't a show stopper. What's the general consensus on power versus usability?
The laptop I'm worried about is the 11.4 laptop currently crippled with the Xorg/radeonhd problem, so graphics speed is way down. Anyone else run into speed issues on older hardware?
No flames sought, just trying to get a better feel for the changes :)
Well, FF 4 is supposed to be much more html5 compliant, bringing it more up to date with newer standards. For example it is supposed to be able to play H.264 video natively, without any plugins. I haven't tested that yet as I blindly installed the mplayer plugin right after install, but of course I need that for other formats anyways. I don't like change just for change sake either. To me all the new browser releases seem to be trying to copy Google Chrome, tabs on top, minimal interface, etc. Even the new IE9 looks similar, and is more html5 compliant than any of the new browser updates (which in itself is humorous, (and Microsoft is pushing a campaign to get folks to stop using IE6, the most non-standard browser ever made, and less secure)). But the move of all these browser to be more standards compliant is certainly a good thing, FF4 included. In any case I'm liking FF4. It seems faster to me. And I like the 2 buttons for hidden menu and hidden bookmarks. I do have the menu hidden with easy access thru that button, but haven't changed to the hidden bookmarks as I will have to re-think how I handle things such as my current bookmarks toolbar. But a quick reorganization will fix that too. I am also starting to like Chrome, but haven't tried it on any of my linux machines yet. My 2 cents worth. Jim F -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org