-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Brian Ashe wrote:
>> >>> Anyone know if Mozilla looks for a user plugins directory, as Netscape >> >>> did (.netscape/plugins)? I can't find docs that mention such a >> >>> configuration. >> >> >> >>It was discussed on the Mozilla lists for a while, but I stopped reading >> >>those a while ago, so I don't know if there was any progress. But the >> >>discussions didn't look hopeful. >> >> By the way, were there administrative arguments against this? (I >> can't see any technical barriers here; it's just a search path.) > >I think it was because they were changing how plug-ins worked with NS 6, and >this was considered "legacy" and "enterprise". Since there would be new >plug-ins(I think mostly for windows), it would not be *quite* as relevant. >And since the issue was only with what was considered "multi-user systems" it >was not considered as high a priority, since they saw that as an issue that >would only apply in an admisistered environment, preventing users from >installing personal plug-ins. It's just a different point on the spectrum, I guess. The Netscape plugin system was a nice compromise between a central root-owned service and having a separate copy of Netscape for each user. For better or worse, the web's paradigm encourages installation of plugins on-the-fly, and that's not possible with Mozilla unless that copy of Mozilla is installed entirely in the user home directory. That's silly, and pisses off the very people that I'm trying to wean off Windows. Thanks for the feedback. - -d - -- David Talkington PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp - -- http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/pale_blue_dot.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iQA/AwUBPECxqb9BpdPKTBGtEQKOgACg3XNPgcAqwEcWdW0P/+AQlgTAfTsAniPf R2KNkOBX4MwiL5dkc43jBYVX =uS84 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
