Firefox 3 + Slackware 12

[iago]

About 6 months ago, I sent a broken harddrive away for warranty work. That was my 80gb drive. In the meantime, I used my 60gb drive. Yesterday, I finally got around to switching back to the big drive.

I figured I'd give Slackware 12 another chance. Before, I couldn't get my video card to work properly, nor would my wireless card work. But this time was no better.

I couldn't get the Radeon drivers to work for my video card again. It's their closed-source crap. I installed it, but when I started X-windows I'd get nothing. The only way I ever got the drivers working was from a Slackware 10.2 package on linuxpackages.net. I discovered, though, that the default video drivers (DRI, I think?) on Slackware 12 now support a decent resolution (1280x1024) and seem to work good enough for 2d stuff. I can live without the 3d. So there you have it.

Then I couldn't get the drivers for my wireless ipw2200 card to work. Again, it's a closed piece of hardware, but there are opensource drivers that would fail to compile. However, when I plugged in a pcmcia wireless card I haven't used in years, it worked instantly. So that works.

I also decided to install the Firefox 3.0 beta. There are some nice things I like about it, and a few annoying things, too. You know how you get used to something, and suddenly it changes slightly and annoys you? I feel that way, anyways. To get to the forum, I always typed "x<tab><enter>" on the address bar, but that doesn't work anymore. And to get to vL's forum, I used to type "forum<tab><enter>", but that doesn't work neither. When you type in an address, it searches everything in your history, not just the beginning. That's pretty cool, I guess. It also feels faster, although that may be an illusion.

[rabbit]

I like FF3, and the x8<tab><enter> still works for me.  Maybe it doesn't like you?

[iago]

I like FF3, and the x8<tab><enter> still works for me.  Maybe it doesn't like you?

x8<tab> works fine, but after years of x<tab> it's really hard to break the habit!

[rabbit]

Haha...I do x8 because I also go to x264.  But I see what you mean, because when I do x<tab> it wants to go to exophase.com...

[Warrior]

I also decided to install the Firefox 3.0 beta. There are some nice things I like about it, and a few annoying things, too. You know how you get used to something, and suddenly it changes slightly and annoys you? I feel that way, anyways. To get to the forum, I always typed "x<tab><enter>" on the address bar, but that doesn't work anymore. And to get to vL's forum, I used to type "forum<tab><enter>", but that doesn't work neither. When you type in an address, it searches everything in your history, not just the beginning. That's pretty cool, I guess. It also feels faster, although that may be an illusion.

I absoluted hated this too, FF also seems to have problems shutting down on Windows where the process lingers after the Window is closed. I just feel the general direction they're heading is a bad one, which is bloating the browser as a result. I used to like FF because it was lean, now it's gained some weight.

[iago]

x86] link=topic=11094.msg141352#msg141352 date=1200847911]

I also decided to install the Firefox 3.0 beta. There are some nice things I like about it, and a few annoying things, too. You know how you get used to something, and suddenly it changes slightly and annoys you? I feel that way, anyways. To get to the forum, I always typed "x<tab><enter>" on the address bar, but that doesn't work anymore. And to get to vL's forum, I used to type "forum<tab><enter>", but that doesn't work neither. When you type in an address, it searches everything in your history, not just the beginning. That's pretty cool, I guess. It also feels faster, although that may be an illusion.

I absoluted hated this too, FF also seems to have problems shutting down on Windows where the process lingers after the Window is closed. I just feel the general direction they're heading is a bad one, which is bloating the browser as a result. I used to like FF because it was lean, now it's gained some weight.

I wouldn't say I hated it, it's just a very minor change that I have to get used to, the same way I got used to not using alt-s in 2.0.

I haven't had a problem with the process lingering, but don't forget that this is a beta version. Also, I find that FF3, on average, uses less resources and runs faster than FF2 did. So I have to disagree and say that they're currently heading in a good direction.

[Blaze]

Process lingering really only happens for me when Firefox crashes and it doesn't happen every time.  Does Firefox 3 complete the ACID test successfully?  :P

[Newby]

I never did <letter><tab><enter>. I always used the mouse. :(

[iago]

Process lingering really only happens for me when Firefox crashes and it doesn't happen every time.  Does Firefox 3 complete the ACID test successfully?  :P

It passes the acid2 test, but not the acid3 test.

Of course, the acid3 test isn't even created yet, so I don't blame it for that one. :)

[Warrior]

With IE8 passing ACID2, every major browser passes it now =)

[Sidoh]

x86] link=topic=11094.msg141367#msg141367 date=1200859219]
With IE8 passing ACID2, every major browser passes it now =)

Don't you have to "enable" w3c compliance with a tag or something?

[Warrior]

x86] link=topic=11094.msg141367#msg141367 date=1200859219]
With IE8 passing ACID2, every major browser passes it now =)

Don't you have to "enable" w3c compliance with a tag or something?

You set a doctype to support "quirks mode" or "standards compliance mode". Standards Compliance mode is set unless specified otherwise though.

[Sidoh]

x86] link=topic=11094.msg141372#msg141372 date=1200861280]
You set a doctype to support "quirks mode" or "standards compliance mode". Standards Compliance mode is set unless specified otherwise though.

Ah, I heard it was the opposite, but I'd trust what you say over who I heard it from.  Kind of lame that standards compliance can be "toggled", though, lol.

[Warrior]

x86] link=topic=11094.msg141372#msg141372 date=1200861280]
You set a doctype to support "quirks mode" or "standards compliance mode". Standards Compliance mode is set unless specified otherwise though.

Ah, I heard it was the opposite, but I'd trust what you say over who I heard it from.  Kind of lame that standards compliance can be "toggled", though, lol.

Well I'm not entirely sure, I'll double check I've been meaning to watch that interview again.