Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-26 Thread Seeker
On 2/25/2016 12:39 PM, H Kyu wrote: ​Hello - Recently, Mozilla's Firefox browser introduced a few new features that got me to remove Firefox on my Windows PC altogether. The features were Hello, Camera Access (Android), and screen-sharing. Every single one of those features did not sit we

Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-26 Thread Charlie Kravetz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 04:42:12 +0100 Jerome BENOIT wrote: >Hello Charlie: > >On 26/02/16 03:53, Charlie Kravetz wrote: >> if Iceweasel incorporates those Firefox features, I would have to also >> switch away from Debian. > > >Is it not an extreme

Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-26 Thread Charlie Kravetz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:17:45 +0800 mudongliang wrote: >On 02/26/2016 10:53 AM, Charlie Kravetz wrote: >> On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:01:43 +1100 >> "Daniel" wrote: >> >> > While not relevant to Debian, Pale Moon for Windows is neat. >> >> >> >> > F

Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-26 Thread Curt
On 2016-02-26, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Thursday 25 February 2016 20:39:59 H Kyu wrote: >> But if Iceweasel incorporates those Firefox features, I would have >> to also switch away from Debian. > > You are confusing Debian with Gnome. Debian is the distro. Gnome is the > Desktop environment. I b

Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-25 Thread mudongliang
On 02/26/2016 10:53 AM, Charlie Kravetz wrote: > On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:01:43 +1100 > "Daniel" wrote: > > > While not relevant to Debian, Pale Moon for Windows is neat. > > > > > From: H Kyu [mailto:henry.s@gmail.com] > > Sent: 26 February, 2016 7:40 AM > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org;

Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-25 Thread Adam Wilson
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 12:39:59 -0800 H Kyu wrote: > ​Hello - > > Recently, Mozilla's Firefox browser introduced a few new features > that got me to remove Firefox on my Windows PC altogether. The > features were Hello, Camera Access (Android), and screen-sharing. > Every single one of those featu

Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-25 Thread Gary Dale
On 25/02/16 06:38 PM, arian wrote: Debian's Gnome uses Iceweasel much like Windows uses IE. I'm not really sure what you mean. It's Debians default browser in the way I think IE is currently Windows' default browser, but it's not used outside of being used as a browser. Many programs use som

Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-25 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Charlie: On 26/02/16 03:53, Charlie Kravetz wrote: > if Iceweasel incorporates those Firefox features, I would have to also switch > away from Debian. Is it not an extreme attitude ? There are plenty of web browser around: https://wiki.debian.org/WebBrowsers Be aware that the list is

Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-25 Thread Charlie Kravetz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:01:43 +1100 "Daniel" wrote: >While not relevant to Debian, Pale Moon for Windows is neat. > > > >From: H Kyu [mailto:henry.s@gmail.com] >Sent: 26 February, 2016 7:40 AM >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org; secur...@debian.o

Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-25 Thread John Hasler
H Kyu writes: > Would Iceweasel also be incorporating those bothersome features in the > near future? If so, would it be possible to use Debian without > Iceweasel or any Mozilla product? GNOME does not require Iceweasel and Debian requires neither GNOME nor Iceweasel. There are many desktop envi

Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 25 February 2016 21:01:43 Daniel wrote: > While not relevant to Debian, Pale Moon for Windows is neat. Pale Moon can be used in Debian too. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Pale+Moon+debian&oq=Pale+Moon+debian&aqs=chrome..69i57.3921j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8 Lisi > From

Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-25 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 25 February 2016 20:39:59 H Kyu wrote: > But if Iceweasel incorporates those Firefox features, I would have > to also switch away from Debian. You are confusing Debian with Gnome. Debian is the distro. Gnome is the Desktop environment. I believe that Gnome uses Iceweasel by default

Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-25 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016, H Kyu wrote: > ​Hello - > > Recently, Mozilla's Firefox browser introduced a few new features > that got me to remove Firefox on my Windows PC altogether. The > features were Hello, Camera Access (Android), and screen-sharing. > Every single one of those features did not sit

Re: Debian and Firefox/Iceweasel

2016-02-25 Thread arian
> Debian's Gnome uses Iceweasel much like Windows uses IE. I'm not really sure what you mean. It's Debians default browser in the way I think IE is currently Windows' default browser, but it's not used outside of being used as a browser. Many programs use some flavor of webkit for the like of