For Debians reasons Firefox was replaced with Iceweasel. At the same time
some of Firefoxs functions were either crippled or removed.

I am overseeing a small website for a local community centre, I found a
host that is using a web development software called SOHOLauncher which
can be used with your local web browser to develop a site. The reason for
this approach is that there will be a number of people with very little
experience modifying  the content of designated pages, without cutting
into my time.

To make a long story short, after a week of head scratching and enquires
in soho forum, I had to scrap iceweasel and reinstall firefox to be able
to enter text in the webpages.

It is really annoying that Debian forks to a crippled browser for the
sake of an icon.

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On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:05:45 GMT, readHot <read@fireball.org> wrote in
alt.os.linux.debian:

> It is really annoying that Debian forks to a crippled browser for the
> sake of an icon.

It would be more annoying if Debian lost its distinctiveness by
abandoning its principles, because the diversity of the OSS community
would be reduced. There's nothing else like Debian; feel free not to
use it if it doesn't suit your requirements.

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readHot writes:
> For Debians reasons Firefox was replaced with Iceweasel. At the same time
> some of Firefoxs functions were either crippled or removed.

What functions?

> It is really annoying that Debian forks to a crippled browser for the
> sake of a [trademark].

What the hell were we supposed to do?  Mozilla won't let us use their
tradmark.  A full refund is available for the asking.
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readHot schreef:

> I had to scrap iceweasel and reinstall firefox to be able
> to enter text in the webpages.

So what's the problem?

Chris Maaskant.

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In <c60e1$4626830c$546961f7$15692@cache20.multikabel.net> Chris Maaskant:

[Snip...]

> So what's the problem?

Probably a pr0n site which needs ActiveXcrement or somesuch. Go figure...

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On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:59:15 -0000, Harold Stevens
<wookie@aces.localdomain> wrote in alt.os.linux.debian:

> In <c60e1$4626830c$546961f7$15692@cache20.multikabel.net> Chris Maaskant:
>
> [Snip...]
> 
>
> Probably a pr0n site which needs ActiveXcrement or somesuch. Go figure...

I have no problem viewing pr0n with iceweasel. Er, I mean: a friend
has told me that he has no problem viewing pr0n with iceweasel.


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On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:31:56 +0000, Peter J Ross wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:05:45 GMT, readHot <read@fireball.org> wrote in
> alt.os.linux.debian:
> 
>
> It would be more annoying if Debian lost its distinctiveness by
> abandoning its principles, because the diversity of the OSS community
> would be reduced. There's nothing else like Debian; feel free not to use
> it if it doesn't suit your requirements.
>
I have been using Debian for 3 years, is the distro of my choice, if they
keep removing features from apps because it doesn't fit into their dogma.
Debian may not be so attractive to users in the future.

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On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:43:58 +0200, Chris Maaskant wrote:

> readHot schreef:
> 
>
> So what's the problem?
>
> Chris Maaskant.
>
Usually update are improvements I don't see how removing features can be
called an improvement. Maybe someone with Debian will decide that frames
suck, which they do, and remove frame rendering from the browser update.

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On 18 Apr 2007 I stormed the castle called alt.os.linux.debian and heard
Peter J Ross cry out in news:slrnf2d55e.a1v.pjr@pjr.gotdns.org...

> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:59:15 -0000, Harold Stevens
> <wookie@aces.localdomain> wrote in alt.os.linux.debian:
> 
>
> I have no problem viewing pr0n with iceweasel. Er, I mean: a friend
> has told me that he has no problem viewing pr0n with iceweasel.
>
>

It works just fine for me too.  Although I don't do any development from
that box.....

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readHot writes:
> Usually update are improvements I don't see how removing features can be
> called an improvement.

_What_ features are you claiming were removed?
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