Comments on: Gmail and browser discrimination http://handyfloss.net/2008.06/gmail-and-browser-discrimination/ Because FLOSS is handy, isn't it? Mon, 21 May 2012 06:39:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Super Jamie http://handyfloss.net/2008.06/gmail-and-browser-discrimination/comment-page-1/#comment-1241 Super Jamie Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:10:05 +0000 http://handyfloss.net/?p=327#comment-1241 FF/IW 3 is great hey :) I've been using the RCs for a while now, I love the "awesomebar" so much that using a "normal" browser is quite strange to me. Swiftfox/weasel are also in version 3, definitely RC1 if not 3.0 final by now. I've never played around much with Konquerer, and the only other Webkit browser (Midori) I've used has been really unstable. However, just saying "standards" is often not a definitive guideline for software writers to follow. Have a read of this post on Joel On Software, which explains why we have so many different browsers which do things differently, it's a bit of an eye opener! http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/03/17.html FF/IW 3 is great hey :) I’ve been using the RCs for a while now, I love the “awesomebar” so much that using a “normal” browser is quite strange to me. Swiftfox/weasel are also in version 3, definitely RC1 if not 3.0 final by now.

I’ve never played around much with Konquerer, and the only other Webkit browser (Midori) I’ve used has been really unstable. However, just saying “standards” is often not a definitive guideline for software writers to follow. Have a read of this post on Joel On Software, which explains why we have so many different browsers which do things differently, it’s a bit of an eye opener!
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/03/17.html

]]> By: isilanes http://handyfloss.net/2008.06/gmail-and-browser-discrimination/comment-page-1/#comment-1224 isilanes Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:44:30 +0000 http://handyfloss.net/?p=327#comment-1224 Thanks, Super Jamie. I am making the switch to Iceweasel 3 (Firefox 3) anyway, which made its way to Debian Sid already (I'm running Debian Lenny, but hand-picked IW3 from Sid). IW3 is as fast as Konqueror, and as full of features as FF2, so I will probably not use Konqueror much more. Anyway, your (or my) solution is not the "correct" one. I do not want to be able to use Gmail somehow (and change my browser). I want the SOBs at Mountain View to support ALL browsers that conform to the standards, period. Thanks, Super Jamie. I am making the switch to Iceweasel 3 (Firefox 3) anyway, which made its way to Debian Sid already (I’m running Debian Lenny, but hand-picked IW3 from Sid). IW3 is as fast as Konqueror, and as full of features as FF2, so I will probably not use Konqueror much more.

Anyway, your (or my) solution is not the “correct” one. I do not want to be able to use Gmail somehow (and change my browser). I want the SOBs at Mountain View to support ALL browsers that conform to the standards, period.

]]> By: Super Jamie http://handyfloss.net/2008.06/gmail-and-browser-discrimination/comment-page-1/#comment-1219 Super Jamie Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:01:04 +0000 http://handyfloss.net/?p=327#comment-1219 Try Swiftfox! - http://www.getswiftfox.com/ - it's a processor-optimized version of Firefox, with a few other preference-based speedups. I've found it to be a fair bit faster than Firefox. Although, it is compiled without Firefox' inbuilt font rendering, some pages tend to look awful if they have big, unhinted, fonts. This wasn't a problem for me under Debian (admittedly because all the fonts look crap), but is under Ubuntu. If you're interested in an unencumbered version, Firefox is to Iceweasel as Swiftfox is to Swiftweasel - http://swiftweasel.tuxfamily.org/ Try Swiftfox! – http://www.getswiftfox.com/ – it’s a processor-optimized version of Firefox, with a few other preference-based speedups. I’ve found it to be a fair bit faster than Firefox.

Although, it is compiled without Firefox’ inbuilt font rendering, some pages tend to look awful if they have big, unhinted, fonts. This wasn’t a problem for me under Debian (admittedly because all the fonts look crap), but is under Ubuntu.

If you’re interested in an unencumbered version, Firefox is to Iceweasel as Swiftfox is to Swiftweasel – http://swiftweasel.tuxfamily.org/

]]> By: isilanes http://handyfloss.net/2008.06/gmail-and-browser-discrimination/comment-page-1/#comment-1009 isilanes Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:45:24 +0000 http://handyfloss.net/?p=327#comment-1009 Mila esker, Julen. Ikusten det oraindik ez dezula lortu URL bat linkatzea zure izenari... mangarrán! Mila esker, Julen.

Ikusten det oraindik ez dezula lortu URL bat linkatzea zure izenari… mangarrán!

]]> By: Julen http://handyfloss.net/2008.06/gmail-and-browser-discrimination/comment-page-1/#comment-1008 Julen Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:16:14 +0000 http://handyfloss.net/?p=327#comment-1008 come on!! Happy Birthday Iñaki!! Zorionak! Julen come on!!
Happy Birthday Iñaki!!
Zorionak!

Julen

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