Re: Reason 3.14159x10^8 to hate firefox

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From: Martin Ebourne
Subject: Re: Reason 3.14159x10^8 to hate firefox
Date: 21:49 on 19 Oct 2006
On Thu, 2006-10-19 at 13:13 -0700, jrodman@xxxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx wrote:
> Not that this excuses firefox in the least, but I've been using privoxy
> with firefox successfully for a few years essentially 0 unwanted popups
> (and zero unwanted "did you want this popup?" gui things).

I've been using it for years, and I have to agree privoxy is a much
better solution than all of the firefox plugins put together. It annoys
me on less than 1% of website visits, which is pretty good given the
tough job it's got.

> Create new window.  Stupid, but I can see the rationale.  Create new
> window without the normal url bar?  Whaat?  Without _Menus_?  Without
> *scrollbars*, regardless of whether the content _fits_!?  What kind of
> drug induces these kinds of thought patterns.  Scotch guard?

You're right, for sure.

Cheers,

Martin.

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