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On Sun, 31 May 2009, Simon Waters wrote: > Gordon Henderson wrote: >> >> I've not tried ff 3.5, but have been using minefield (3.6 beta) for some >> time - I think Chrome is faster with javascript than minefield, but not by >> much. >> >> http://unicorn.drogon.net/tab1.png >> >> and >> >> http://unicorn.drogon.net/tab2.png > > I assume the plethora of resize controls is the standard in your Window > manager? So it is behaving like a normal application. Yes - it looks like it's running inside a standard "window" My xterms looks like that too. > On MS Windows it is always blue, whatever the MS Window theme. There are > "themes" around, but they need to be applies separately. The blue is > also not the default Microsoft blue, and so it looks like it has focus > even when it doesn't - ugly. > > So it looks like non-Windows users have escaped the worst here. > >> Natwest bank doesn't like it (surprise!) > > Yeah, but Natwest bank objects to "Iceweasel" - thank goodness for User > Agent Switcher. > > Been thinking there may be "yet another way" ;) Well.. No plugins yet. Although all I use under firefox is useragent switcher (and then just for nat west), flashblocker and adblock+ One of these days I might install noscript too... Minefield doesn't like the plugins though. Must try 3.5 at some point. >> Oh and their claims about being separate processes to not cause a total >> crash if one browser instance crashes are bolox - hit control-f as I did >> to try to pop up a 'find' ... All windows exited )-: > > Firefox is pretty good anyway - the main issue stability issues seem to > be badly written extensions, and memory leaks. Be interesting how the > next version fairs. > > Chrome on Windows is fairly stable at browsing, but crashes and burns if > the issue is in core Chrome happily. I think I'll leave it until they release it (ie. when it goes from alpha to Beta in the usual Google way ;-) Gordon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html