Bradley wrote: > On 07/09/2009 10:10 AM, brian wrote: >> On 07/09/2009 09:58 AM, Bradley wrote: >>> I just did a bigger search of issues with Firefox 3.5 on the Mozilla >>> website and apparently the problem I've experienced is one of a number >>> of problems with this release. There are numerous reports of users >>> having to downgrade back to 3.0 due to varying compatibility and >>> website >>> issues. It would therefore be my recommendation that Fedora (as well as >>> any other release) to officially not use 3.5 until these issues have >>> been resolved. If 3.5 works fine with the sites you visit, they you >>> have >>> "dodged the bullet" successfully but do not be surprised if you >>> suddenly >>> go to a new site (for you) and find it doesn't work. Feel free to check >>> it out yourself. >>> >>> Bradley >>> >> >> Another nonsense post, is more like it. You still have not explained >> *what* these problems are. Is it locking up? Crashing? Bursting into >> flames? What are these mysterious problems that you're supposedly >> giving the heads-up about? >> >> Your "information" so far has been little more than rumour & innuendo >> and you've been evasive when pressed or clarification. FYI, my arse. > > (exasperated sigh) > > 1) First I would like to express my sincerest apologies to everyone > on this list as I was not aware that you all were so demanding of such > detailed information. I didn't mean to come across as a gossip or as > a pain-in-the-you-know-what. In the interest of public information, I > just wanted to pass along relevant information and then drop it. I > will be more prepared in the future. > > 2) The reason I didn't give specific information was because I > didn't keep any to pass along as I figured it would be unnecessary > given the nature of the problem. I can see now, that before I post > anything on this list, I should make sure I have some as I will be > prompted for it if I don't provide it. > > 3) Even though I don't have any screen shots to pass along I did > find one of the websites that failed to work with it. > http://www.monster.com flat out does not work with 3.5 and they have > posted a note to that effect in their FAQ section. If you turn off > javascript, you will not be able to use the site at all. The problems > on this site vary to the login window appearing partially behind > another window and hence sometimes being unable to log on, being > unable to fully print some articles, etc. I had a chat specifically > with their support department and was told that at this time they have > no plans to change their site to support FF3.5's script commands. > > 4) I did finally get a response from Mozilla about this issue and, > although they sidestepped the question a bit, they did confirm that > some script commands were changed and/or removed in this version in > the interest of making FF3.5 run faster, which was their primary > goal. They were unspecific in their response and so I can give you > nothing more than that. If you need details on what was changed, you > will need to contact them directly. > > I hope this clears things up a bit where my good intentions couple > with poor preparations caused gross misunderstandings. From this > point on I am considering this thread done with unless anyone has > anything else to add that would help. > > Bradley > You are starting to sound like Sarah Palin.... :-) -- if (argc > 1 && strcmp(argv[1], "-advice") == 0) { printf("Don't Panic!\n"); exit(42); } (Arnold Robbins in the LJ of February '95, describing RCS) Mei-Mei.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=cCSz_koUhSg
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