[wplug] The chromification of Firefox

[Justin Smith]

Yeah, I've used it before. The defaults are a bit nicer out of the box, but it still doesn't fix the dependency on Google servers for sync. If I'm going to use something without sync, well, why not use konqueror or rekonq or something? 

That and Chrome already has the sort of nonsense that I'm trying to get away from. 

I dunno. 

Chris Romano <romano.chris at gmail.com> wrote:
>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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