Authored by: LocoYokel on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 08:43 PM EST |
But I still wish there was a decent alternative to the catastrophe that FF is
becoming under the new direction they have chosen. I'm stuck way back on FF5
because I don't like the product decisions they have made. If I can find a
decent FF alternative that is independent and standards compliant (or at least
mostly so) I will switch. May be time to see what Ice Weasel is doing.
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Political correctness is an effort to abrogate the First
Amendment under the assumption that there exists a right to
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- SeaMonkey - Authored by: JimDiGriz on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 09:19 PM EST
- SeaMonkey - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 10:01 PM EST
- Another vote - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 03 2012 @ 03:02 PM EST
- I agree - Authored by: red floyd on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 11:28 PM EST
- Opera - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 11:35 PM EST
- Opera lover - Authored by: Ian Al on Monday, December 03 2012 @ 04:06 AM EST
- Opera - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 03 2012 @ 04:20 AM EST
- Opera - Authored by: 400guy on Monday, December 03 2012 @ 01:06 PM EST
- I agree - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 03 2012 @ 12:18 AM EST
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Authored by: PJ on Monday, December 03 2012 @ 02:11 AM EST |
Ditto. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 03 2012 @ 02:51 AM EST |
Curious to know what you mean by this, as without
clarification it reads like FUD.
Do you mean sending debug/crash information, opt-in usage
statistics, automatic update checks, or something more
sinister and unspecified?
It certainly pays to be cautious.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: SilverWave on Monday, December 03 2012 @ 05:32 AM EST |
I use so many Google services that there is not much info
that adding browsing to the mix is going to add.
And if you are banking and such there is incognito.
Its all a balance and what you are comfortable with.
This is mine:
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Google Chrome may use web services to improve your browsing
experience. You may optionally disable these services.
*NO* Use a web service to help resolve navigation errors
*NO* Use a prediction service to help complete searches and
URLs typed in the address bar
*YES*Predict network actions to improve page load
performance
*NO* Enable phishing and malware protection
*NO* Use a web service to help resolve spelling errors
*NO* Automatically send usage statistics and crash reports
to Google
*YES* Send a ‘Do Not Track’ request with your browsing
traffic
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RMS: The 4 Freedoms
0 run the program for any purpose
1 study the source code and change it
2 make copies and distribute them
3 publish modified versions
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 03 2012 @ 05:34 AM EST |
What about Chromium? It is FOSS and used as the basis for Chrome but doesn't
have the anti-features of Chrome: no bundled flash, no privacy-invading stuff,
and no auto-update (that is for the user to control - not the software).
I use the version packaged by Debian and it seems pretty good; I use Iceweasel
too, but I typically prefer to use Chromium.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: SilverWave on Monday, December 03 2012 @ 05:38 AM EST |
I do trust Mozilla a lot.
And I will still be using Firefox 5% of the time.
But Firefox does have search integration with Google.
And Google's advertising business does pay Mozilla the
majority of its money.
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RMS: The 4 Freedoms
0 run the program for any purpose
1 study the source code and change it
2 make copies and distribute them
3 publish modified versions
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 03 2012 @ 08:23 PM EST |
Firefox rose to prominence from development in the pre-Chrome period when FF was
heavily funded by Google. It would only be a slight exaggeration to say that FF
was owned by Google as an interim measure to undercut Internet Explorer until
Chrome was ready.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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