Re: Galeon R.I.P?
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On 12/31/07 11:28, ZephyrQ wrote:
> Kelly Clowers wrote:
>> On Dec 29, 2007 8:50 AM, ZephyrQ <zephyrq@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> With all the news of Netscape 'fading off' into mozilla and its ilk, is
>>> does anyone know if Galeon is ever going to be updated? I've tried
>>> FireFox/etc. and there are a couple of things I've not be able to
>>> reproduce:
>>>
>>> Tabs...on the -right- hand side. After using Galeon for **years**, I
>>> miss this and the 'tab' plug-in only lets me put tabs on the
>>> top/bottom/left.
>>>
>>> Quickloading of pages. I don't know if this is a Galeon thing, but side
>>> by side with IceWeasel Galeon loads pages *much* faster.
>>
>> Years ago, Galeon was forked to create Epiphany. A few years later,
>> they recombined under the name Epiphany.
>>
>> http://www.linux.com/feature/50021
>>
>> I don't know how the feature-set of Epiphany+extensions compares
>> to Galeon overall.
>>
>> There is a tabs-left extension, but no tabs-right extension as far as
>> I can see. However, I just changed 5 words and the file names of the
>> tabs-left extension and created a working tabs-right extension.
>>
>> Here is the code for the tabs-left extension:
>> http://rmjokers.blogspot.com/2006/11/dont-let-tabs-control-you.html
>>
>> I think you can see just by looking at it how to make tabs-right.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kelly Clowers
>
> Thanks for this, but I remember when Epiphany was developed...to be
> a 'simpler, kinder' browser. Unfortunately, every time I use it, I miss
> the ability to tweak it (again, I've used the same settings for Galeon
> for 5+ years...).
>
> Thanks for all the input. I'm trying to play with IceWeasel now to
> make it suit my needs, but I will look at Opera to play with it.
>
> Change is hard...
Yup. I just had a 2-week fling with KDE. *Really* configurable
(thank $DEITY, because their defaults suck), but KDE 3.5.8 is a lot
slower than even GNOME 2.14 and the KDE versions of the apps (mail,
web browsing, usenet reading, stargazing, listening to music) which
I use the most are either not as fully functional or work in a
radically different manner than which I am used to using.
IMO, GNOME/Gtk apps seem to feel[*] like Windows apps. Some will
think that's Bad, but because I need to have a Windows PC right next
to my Linux box, that's a Good Thing. If GNOME had a more complete
and full-featured "control center" and Miguel de Icaza didn't have
his ass half-way up Bill Gates' ass, it would be the perfect DE for
someone who wants to *use* a computer instead of constantly fiddle
with it.
[*] Except that GNOME/Gtk apps know how to multi-thread, and don't
crash.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"Your mistletoe is no match for my TOW missile." Santa-bot
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