Comments on: User needs to approve Firefox EULA in Intrepid on first run?

By: Risto H. Kurppa

Risto H. Kurppa — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:40:57 +0000

Solved:
http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2008/10/25/firefox-removes-its-license-agreement-from-ubuntu/

By: Does Mozilla hate Ubuntu users? « I’m Just an Avatar

Does Mozilla hate Ubuntu users? « I’m Just an Avatar — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:34:45 +0000

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By: fredbezies@gmail.com

fredbezies@gmail.com — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:32:06 +0000

Erh…

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443918

What about it ?

If you can’t stand this firefox eula, just build it, don’t spit on Mozilla coders.

By: Meneer R

Meneer R — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:28:13 +0000

The source code is released under MPL, but ubuntu is shipping the binaries on the default install.

The binaries are not opensource, they are given under previsions of the EULA.

I’m not sure what Mozilla is thinking. All i can think is: fire that new CEO. Fire him now, or FORK.. . FORK

And i’m not even touching the legal issues here. It’s not corporate deployable anymore. Not until I run this EULA by the lawyers. And the next EULA and the next… (because there will be more, once we accept this piece of SHIT)

So, no .. impossible, impractical.

Lets rename it to MozillaDidntAllowUsToCallItFirefoxButItIS
Which is a new name.. yet, makes the point clear and throw the correct amount of mud.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:23:04 +0000

iceweasel is not less stable than Firefoz. I use both daily, and have done for a long time.

With iceweasel, it’s a good idea to change the useragent string to Firefox via about: and then searching for useragent. There are a few sites (eg wsj.com) that don’t recognise Iceweasel as Firefox unless you do this.

I wonder why Ubuntu can’t use iceweasel?

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:15:28 +0000

Digg it:

http://digg.com/linux_unix/Mozilla_wants_Linux_users_to_accept_EULA_at_Firefox_startup

By: Dylan McCall

Dylan McCall — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:01:14 +0000

EULAs are legalese. People see EULAs and they cringe. They look foreign, they are scary, and they always feel hostile.
Whatever the contents, this is severely damaging to the user experience for Ubuntu. It is not appropriate that the default web browser demands an EULA after installing the operating system.

I am really, really REALLY looking forward to epiphany-webkit.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:34:55 +0000

@Michael Yep, you’re right, I was a bit unclear there..

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:52:32 +0000

“I myself am looking forward to run QT version of Firefox (QT means it’s designed for KDE, not Gnome as the default Firefox is) ”

I wasn’t aware of any special KDE integration in the firefox Qt build.

KDE uses Qt libs, so does the Firefox port (obviously), but that doesn’t mean one is designed for the other.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:34:35 +0000

@Conor: I’ve tried it with no much success, have to see if something has changed since the last time..

@Dread Knight: yes, as a web browser in the current state I wouldn’t either install Konqueror by default.. We’ll see what cool things webkit integration will bring us.. But I too like to use Konqueror for sftp and stuff (though have had some problems there and have filezilla as backup..). And what I mostly don’t like in Firefox is the Gtk open/save menu.. QT just works better..