Why Firefox is not a good choice of browser for a KDE/Plasma-based product

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Sat Mar 29 00:47:01 UTC 2014


g wrote:
> first off, this thread reminds me of a song that came out at the
> turn of the 70's. "War". it had a kick-ass beat, it is a protest
> song, but i still like it. so did every one in a disco club where
> i was manager and head bartender.
> 
> in war, there is the line, "War. what is it good for?".
> 
> in a similar context, "Firefox. what is it good for?".

I get the impression that you completely missed the point of that 70's song…

> i would hate to think that i had to go out on web and not have
> 'NoScript' and 'AdBlocker' available. just to mention a couple
> of the add-ons that i use.

Konqueror has both ad blocking and per-site JavaScript blocking built in. 
(Rekonq has ad blocking, but unfortunately no per-site JavaScript blocking, 
only a global setting.)

        Kevin Kofler



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