[wplug] The chromification of Firefox

Chris Romano romano.chris at gmail.com
Mon Jun 3 13:57:37 EDT 2013


Have you looked at SRWare Iron?
http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

"based on the free Sourcecode "Chromium" - without any problems at privacy
and security"


On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Justin Smith <justin at js-wordsmith.com>wrote:

> Have any of you heard about Firefox’s new UI redesign, Australis?
>
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=860814#c3
>
> TL;DR version: they’re going to butcher Firefox a la GNOME.
>
> GNOME 3.0 and Unity forced me to switch to KDE once GNOME 2.x was retired.
> Linux, for
> me, is about power and control; I like being able to do what I want
> without being
> encumbered by artificial limitations set in place by companies that worry
> about whether
> advanced functionality would confuse people, affect their brand, or
> whatever.
>
> I've been defending Firefox for years because I believe that non-profit
> groups like the
> Mozilla Foundation play an important role in defending users' rights, but
> it's time to
> separate the good from the bad. Firefox is going downhill, and I need to
> plan ahead.
>
> Can any of you recommend an open source browser that’s designed for
> intelligent users?
> A few people on my favorite hardware enthusiast site recommended
> Seamonkey. I’m
> reluctant to use Chromium because Google’s record on privacy is spotty. I
> wouldn’t trust
> them with my sync data.
>
> If I could find a browser that supports plug-ins and has some sort of sync
> feature, that’d be
> great.
>
> --
> *Justin S. Smith*
> Vice chair/secretary, WPLUG Board of Directors
> http://www.wplug.org[1]
>
> "Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work
> done."
> -Linus Torvalds
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