Fedora ain't playin' around w/Firefox 3.

Tim ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Thu Jun 19 07:00:22 UTC 2008


Tim:
>> Like we believe that... (about a company who's stated aim was to
>> database everything).  I think it's more of a concern what they'd do
>> with it, rather than worrying *if* they'll do something with it.

Anne Wilson:
> The answer's simple enough.  If you don't trust them, don't use it.

I don't.  I don't trust Google not to make use of the data, though
that's not such a great concern since I am doing a lot of Google
searching - they are already databasing me, to a large degree.

More importantly, I don't trust some website to tell me that a site is
safe, when it might not be.  Nor would I rely on it warning me about
some site that mightn't be safe.

And I could do without any delays being added by waiting for a check.

I don't like the way Firefox ends up on some other OSs.  With two or
three taskbars crowding out the window, and bogging the program down
with further processing.  Firefox's none-to-nippy, anymore, without
making it do even more work.

I've seen some anti-virus software, for instance, hook into the browser,
and give you warnings about listings you see from Google.  Google could
do that themselves, when they generate results for your searches.

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