Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 in Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread Pete Stean
Well my bank won't accept FF3 as a valid browser, and support for the online part of Picasa, picasa web albums is virtually non-existent in FF3. It's also stupidly crashy :\ I bl**dy hate it tbh I've stripped it out of my install completely and I'm going back to FF2 Pete On Mon, Apr 28, 2008

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 in Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread Gavin Ford
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 08:24:10PM +0100, Colin McCarthy wrote: > What I can't believe is that a Long Term Support release has beta software > as the default browser How can Canonical expect companies to use 8.04 > LTS on all their desktop when the first thing that Admins need to do is go > BA

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 in Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread George McLachlan
I guess I will have to wait and hopefully an update will improve performance. Nice to know it's not just me. George -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 in Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread James Saveker
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stephen O'Neill wrote: > Colin McCarthy wrote: > | I guess I will just cope for a few weeks without the plugins I like > | until FF3 is final. > > > My experience of FF extensions is that they don't even magically appear > as updated versions on rele

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 in Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread Stephen O'Neill
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Colin McCarthy wrote: | I guess I will just cope for a few weeks without the plugins I like | until FF3 is final. My experience of FF extensions is that they don't even magically appear as updated versions on release day - it's still another month or

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 in Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread Colin McCarthy
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Tan Xuan You <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Colin, > > They can't wait for Firefox 3 final, nor for any other vendor. Canonical > has a strict 6-month update cycle that keeps development going. > They can't afford to wait for any other vendor, they have to take the >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 in Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread Tan Xuan You
Colin, They can't wait for Firefox 3 final, nor for any other vendor. Canonical has a strict 6-month update cycle that keeps development going. They can't afford to wait for any other vendor, they have to take the best decision that allows them to stick to the update cycle. This constant push of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 in Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread Philip Newborough
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Colin, > > I imagine they'll release a 8.04.1 release once Firefox 3 goes final > (an updated release like they have done in the past). > > Jai > I have no doubt, in fact it says as much in the release notes: "Ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 in Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread Colin McCarthy
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Colin, > > I imagine they'll release a 8.04.1 release once Firefox 3 goes final > (an updated release like they have done in the past). > > Jai Oh I am sure they will Jai, but they should have waited until FF was a fi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 in Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread James Westby
On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 20:24 +0100, Colin McCarthy wrote: > > What I can't believe is that a Long Term Support release has beta > software as the default browser How can Canonical expect > companies to use 8.04 LTS on all their desktop when the first thing > that Admins need to do is go BACK r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 in Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread Jai Harrison
Hey Colin, I imagine they'll release a 8.04.1 release once Firefox 3 goes final (an updated release like they have done in the past). Jai On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Colin McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Fi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 in Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread Colin McCarthy
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Finally had time to update today - only a couple of problems, and one is > driving me mad; I've got no Back/Forward buttons in Fx3. What I can't believe is that a Long Term Support release has beta software as the default

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 in Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread Jai Harrison
Hey Dianne, Firstly the problem with back and forward buttons. Navigate to View ->> Toolbars ->> Customise. There is a single item which includes the forward and back buttons which you can drag and drop from there. Secondly, extensions. I think you'll find that a lot of the extensions (a lot, not

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 in Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread Paul Mellors
On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 19:54 +0100, Dianne Reuby wrote: > Finally had time to update today - only a couple of problems, and one is > driving me mad; I've got no Back/Forward buttons in Fx3. I've dug about > in the options with no joy, searched Ubuntu and Mozilla forums, and > Google, and they appear

[ubuntu-uk] Firefox 3 in Hardy

2008-04-28 Thread Dianne Reuby
Finally had time to update today - only a couple of problems, and one is driving me mad; I've got no Back/Forward buttons in Fx3. I've dug about in the options with no joy, searched Ubuntu and Mozilla forums, and Google, and they appear on other peoples screenshots. In fact I've found whole article