[linux-elitists] Firefox Profiles are a Good Idea

[Ruben Safir]

On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 12:56:06PM -0500, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > 
> >    But here I'm seeing (perhaps I'm wrong) something less clearly a 
> > design flaw and more so into the viable but not desirable usage 
> > range.   
> 
> Hello James
> 
> I'm making an assumption of experience here with the reader that perhaps you
> don't have.  What does Firefox do if it crashes and you restart it>
> 
> What does it do when you start it more than once?
> 


Wow - I hadn't noticed but it looks like much of the profile issue has been
actually fixed.  Not that this entire code tree is likely a waste of effort
which could have been used for something far more important, BUT, I
see now that the profile manager doesn't pop up any longer when you
kill firefox.  But the related issue of THIS still happens

http://www.mrbrklyn.com/images/firefox_not_responding.png

This sucks from the ground up and is a major implimentation problem
created by trying to make this browser assbackwards compatable with
a MS Windows OS.

How many hours of programming was sank into this bottomless pit?

Ruben

> 
> 
> For example I can NOT stand people using their desktop as a 
> > file system, and maximizing every application on a 1600x1280 screen 
> > (then typing a word doc in 10 pt font. ?!?)  but there is no solid, 
> > definable problem in doing that other than it drives me nuts.  
> > Conversely when Linspire (then Lindows) came out running everthing as 
> > root, I could accurately point to a serious design flaw.  
> > 
> >    Jeff Raskin was one of those who often took the "Father knows best" 
> > attitude to UI design.  He told the story of turning background 
> > foreground and font color to red on an Ultimate Usability app design.  
> > He thought it was good to protect the user from doing this.  I 
> > contend that it's much more fun to laugh after they do, do it, then 
> > walk away giggling.  
> 
> Not when your in charge of tech support or when you have 6 kids.  Some of us 
> have to actually live in the world and our time is of some import.
> 
> 
> > 
> >    Then again that's why I prefer the WM I use.  More configuration 
> > options.  Little noticeable (to me) speed drop.  On that one I'm in 
> > Linus' camp.  
> > 
> 
> What does that mean?   Linus doesn't know what camp he's in on any given day.
> Why don't you let Linus be Linus and you can try to stake out your own independent
> legacy.  I'll tell you this much.  The Linux kernel would have gotten NOWHERE if it
> spent so much time trying to emulate and over coming broken features of other OS's.
> 
> Ruben
> 
> 
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> 
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> 
> "> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.<
> You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt.  I guess you missed that one."
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So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world  - RI Safir 1998

http://fairuse.nylxs.com  DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002

"Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME"

"The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society."

"> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.<
You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt.  I guess you missed that one."

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