On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 18:50 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 09:43 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 03:07 -0800, Les wrote: > > > On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 18:34 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2007-02-04 at 20:06 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:07:23 -0700 > > > > > Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > By the way - Item 6 - firefox plugins aren't part of fedora packaging > > > > > > > > > > Yea, but building firefox so it's tool that downloads plugins believes > > > > > it ought to install them in the directory firefox actually looks in is > > > > > part of the packaging :-). > > > > ---- > > > > huh? > > > > > > > > As a user, it installs plugins in your user directory > > > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > > Or ~/.mozilla/plugins or /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins or ....? As someone > > > just starting with Fedora Core 6, I had a difficult time getting the > > > plugins installed and working, and then two time later updates messed me > > > up, and the last time I am not sure what messed it up. But because I am > > > using my old 466Mhz Celeron with 256Mb of memory I don't want to waste > > > developers time with a bugzilla against this old, slow, memory > > > constrained system (even though it is more powerful that the CRAY that > > > was used in the 60's.) > > > > > > Regards, > > > Les H > > > > > Now I will tell you a secret. If you go into about:config you will see > > that the configuration: > > browser.download.hide_plugins_without_extensions is set as true by > > default. Only when it is set to false can you see what you want to see > > it the: Edit->Preferences->downloads->view & Edit Actions. > > With this set as true you are flying blind with plugins. Why does not > > fedora distribute this with the configuration set properly. Hos wold you > > know about this. > ---- > the problem with your rant is that you have done any research to > validate your argument. > > browser.download.hide_plugins_without_extensions is set to 'true' as > default on all distributions of Firefox - whether Linux, Macintosh or > Windows > > Of course you can continue ranting about this if you wish - it's just > not going to do any good unless it is somehow cathartic for you. > > Craig > That is true but it should not be. Following your advice I posted a bugzilla on this. Why would any one want a firefox where you could not see the association of file types with plugins and handling programs. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
