Re: Broken Galeon in Sarge

[Paul Morgan <paulswm@earthlink.net>]

tkinias@asu.edu wrote:

> scripsit Paul Morgan:
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> > Galeon has been removed from Sarge.  I posted a few days ago (in this
> > list) a method to recover the bookmarks file into Mozilla/Netscrape
> > format.
> >    
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> Right, I forgot about that...  That would be why gtk2 was allowed to go
> in even though it broke Galeon.
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> > I think I read somewhere that the Galeon developer stripped a lot of
> > functionality out of 1.3 and then left.  Certainly, there appear to be
> > questions about Galeon's future (if any).
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> Too bad.  I really liked the ability to switch JavaScript on or off
> with two keystrokes.
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> > So for me, I'll stick with clunky ol' Mozilla for the time being.
> >    
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> I'm learning to get used to Firebird for now.
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> Is there any other modern browser out there, by the way, that allows
> easy control of JavasScript?  Mozilla buries it, and Firebird's option
> is better but still inconvenient to access via keyboard or quickly...
>
>  
Not sure about other browsers.  But thanks for reminding me about 
Firebird.  I had passed it over in favour of Galeon, but I'll give it a 
whirl now.

--
....................paul


To any other Nation the loss of a Nelson would have been irreparable,
but in the British Fleet off Cadiz, every Captain was a Nelson.

-- Adm Pierre Charles de Villeneuve,
after the death of Adm Horatio Nelson
at the Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805.