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GENsnoop
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 Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:06 am Post subject: cool apps for gentoo? |
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Hey which is better for web surfing .. mozilla or firefox ?
and name some cool apps that you love; what they do; and anything intresting to download!
I just installed Gentoo and looking for some good stuff to install.  |
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jjasghar
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:13 am Post subject: |
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i might be horribly wrong but from one n00b to another, mozilla is the full thing, mail client, editor, and browser, while firefox is just the browser. I personally use the full client, even though i don't use anything other then the browser but say la vi.
in other words it's the same thing....
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dvc5
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:19 am Post subject: |
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| Code: | | USE="moznoirc moznocompose moznomail" emerge -vp mozilla |
This makes mozilla considerably lighter. To answer the earlier question, firefox is indeed a lean, mean, web-browsing machine. 
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dreas
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:47 am Post subject: |
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| I'm using Epiphany which is based on Mozilla and I've installed Mozilla the way lozdvc5 has posted it. |
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GENsnoop
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:53 am Post subject: |
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| oops .. i didnt know they were the same thing on the webpage it said firefox is the newer version but Mozilla looked like it had more guess i was wrong hehe.... |
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neenee
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 9:27 am Post subject: |
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firefox is newer than mozilla in the sense that the
project is not as old. and mozilla does have more
than firefox; a composer, mail client and irc.
firefox is not the same as the browser bit of mozilla,
though the idea is to replace mozilla, which can do a
lot, with separate programs - one for each function;
an email client and a web browser. i haven't heard
anything yet about a separate irc client or composer.
i think you were not wrong at all. |
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GENsnoop
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makes sense  |
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neves
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:45 pm Post subject: Firefox is better |
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| I think firefox is better. I tried to use mozilla again other day, but missed a lot of little interface features, like the ability to right click in a bookmark to edit it. |
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neves
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:45 pm Post subject: Firefox is better |
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| I think firefox is better. I tried to use mozilla again other day, but missed a lot of little interface features, like the ability to right click in a bookmark to edit it. |
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jjasghar
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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| GENsnoop wrote: | | makes sense |
hey man i have to admit, if it wasn't for you i wouldn't emerged it last night and man firefox is so much sleeker. it works and works fast. well worth it in my view 
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rberry88
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I used Firefox for a week and went back to Mozilla, it was all personal preference items.
1. In firefox I couldn't find a way to set the mouse scroll to a set number of lines.
2. When using Firebird (e-mail) it wouldn't open a new window in firefox like Mozilla does.
These were 2 of the main reasons I switched back to Mozilla, if there are fixes for these two issues I'd be glad to try them out as I did like firefox but couldn't live without these features.
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leftbas
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| jjasghar wrote: | i might be horribly wrong but from one n00b to another, mozilla is the full thing, mail client, editor, and browser, while firefox is just the browser. I personally use the full client, even though i don't use anything other then the browser but say la vi.
in other words it's the same thing.... |
Firefox is supposed to be a technology preview of the next version of Mozilla. One could use Firefox for browsing and Thunderbird for e-mail, and pretty much have all the functionality of the current Mozilla, minus the calendar. But I still prefer Konqueror for browsing.
And not to be a snob about it, especially since I don't remember a helluva lot about French, but it's really spelled 'c'est la vie', which actually means 'that's life'. 
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jjasghar
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| leftbas wrote: |
And not to be a snob about it, especially since I don't remember a helluva lot about French, but it's really spelled 'c'est la vie', which actually means 'that's life'. |
hey man i can use the excuse that i live in texas, we butcher everything  
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Sodki
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| Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2004 12:53 am Post subject: |
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| neenee wrote: | | i haven't heard anything yet about a separate [...] composer |
check out http://www.nvu.com/ |
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slaesche
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jjasghar
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 2:58 am Post subject: |
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| Sodki wrote: | | neenee wrote: | | i haven't heard anything yet about a separate [...] composer |
check out http://www.nvu.com/ |
it's not on the portage tree is it?
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øxygen
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| well, i prefer konqueror as lean browsing machine. |
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Cocktail
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| Konqueror is nice, but I simply can't stand a browser without the ability to block ads and unrequested popups. |
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rfujimoto
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| Cocktail wrote: | | Konqueror is nice, but I simply can't stand a browser without the ability to block ads and unrequested popups. |
It can block unrequested popups (at least since 3.2 IIRC). The reason I can't stand it is it's a dumb browser. It won't remember where I was when I shut it down. Session saving is integral to my browsing needs hehe
As to the original post, it would help if we knew what DE/WM you're running to recommend some cool stuff. That said, if you have a CD/DVD burner, K3B is really nice. Search the forums for some real nice lists. Things like "Top 10" lists always have a few hidden gems in them. |
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stateq2
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:32 am Post subject: |
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| rberry88 wrote: |
1. In firefox I couldn't find a way to set the mouse scroll to a set number of lines.
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in firefox url bar....type 'about:config'. you might find something there.
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Cocktail
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | It can block unrequested popups (at least since 3.2 IIRC). |
It can? How?
I have been looking for that option in the preferences but haven't found it. |
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Paranoid
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | 2. When using Firebird (e-mail) it wouldn't open a new window in firefox like Mozilla does. |
http://texturizer.net/firefox/tips.html#beh_reuse
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rfujimoto
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:55 am Post subject: |
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| Cocktail wrote: | | Quote: | | It can block unrequested popups (at least since 3.2 IIRC). |
It can? How?
I have been looking for that option in the preferences but haven't found it. |
1 - "Settings -> Configure Konqueror -> Java & JavaScript"
2 - Now click on the JavaScript tab.
3 - Click on the "Open New Windows" radio button by setting it to "smart".
It's a round-about way to set something like this which should be a bit more prominent, or set to smart by default. But it's there. |
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Cocktail
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:02 am Post subject: |
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| rfujimoto: Thanx!!! I've been looking for that... |
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rberry88
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| Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:10 am Post subject: |
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| stateq2 wrote: | | rberry88 wrote: |
1. In firefox I couldn't find a way to set the mouse scroll to a set number of lines.
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in firefox url bar....type 'about:config'. you might find something there. |
Ha, thank you. I simply set the "mousewheel.withnokey" to "1" and "mousewheel.numlines" to "10" and I'm happy with firefox, thanks again.
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