rajesh
Journeyman
Hmm.
#1. The concept of "language packs" that was so prevalent on the Mozilla 1.x and Netscape 6.x / 7.x days seems to have been dropped in favour of "one Firefox installer for every language".
#2. Why deliver security fixes as "new versions", instead of patches?. Mozzarella Foundation currently forces one to download an ENTIRE 4MB+ FULL INSTALLER to get a ".01+" bug fix (the last bug fix at time of this writing, apparently affected just the javascript engine, which I'm sure comprises only a handful of files).
3. Mozilla Foundation should offer users the option of an applications bundle, packing together the thunderbird e-mail client and the Firefox web browser, for those of us who prefer an integrated solution for Web browsing and e-mail, delivered as a single download and install.
#4. Firefox currently is currently riding the "mindshare wave" and making headlines. So can anyone at the Foundation give me a good excuse NOT TO rename the email client I refer to as Thunderchicken to "Firefox Mailer" or such a similar name?.
#5. The Gecko Runtime Engine (GRE) was created so, in theory, all applications could share a single "runtime engine", and avoid the duplication of files. This is often not the case.
#6. No splash screen. Actually this is a minor annoyance. But since I'm riding the annoyances protest wave, I decided to include it.
#7. No "CCK". Netscape once offered their "Client Customization Kit" for their Mozilla Suite based 7.x browser. There should be a powerful, official Firefox customization tool.
#8. NO FTP UPLOADS. I type a ftp:// url including username and password (in the form ftp://user:pass@hostname), and then go to File->... to find there's no "File Upload" option!
9. BRING BACK THE TABBED SIDEBAR, at least as an option not enabled by default if you don't want to annoy current firefox advocates.
#10. Outside voices have little saying in the future direction of Firefox, or Thunderbird. Why not implement a process or programme like the Java Community Process to give the industry and user groups a voice in the future of the technology?
Full story:
*www.theinquirer.net/?article=22634
#1. The concept of "language packs" that was so prevalent on the Mozilla 1.x and Netscape 6.x / 7.x days seems to have been dropped in favour of "one Firefox installer for every language".
#2. Why deliver security fixes as "new versions", instead of patches?. Mozzarella Foundation currently forces one to download an ENTIRE 4MB+ FULL INSTALLER to get a ".01+" bug fix (the last bug fix at time of this writing, apparently affected just the javascript engine, which I'm sure comprises only a handful of files).
3. Mozilla Foundation should offer users the option of an applications bundle, packing together the thunderbird e-mail client and the Firefox web browser, for those of us who prefer an integrated solution for Web browsing and e-mail, delivered as a single download and install.
#4. Firefox currently is currently riding the "mindshare wave" and making headlines. So can anyone at the Foundation give me a good excuse NOT TO rename the email client I refer to as Thunderchicken to "Firefox Mailer" or such a similar name?.
#5. The Gecko Runtime Engine (GRE) was created so, in theory, all applications could share a single "runtime engine", and avoid the duplication of files. This is often not the case.
#6. No splash screen. Actually this is a minor annoyance. But since I'm riding the annoyances protest wave, I decided to include it.
#7. No "CCK". Netscape once offered their "Client Customization Kit" for their Mozilla Suite based 7.x browser. There should be a powerful, official Firefox customization tool.
#8. NO FTP UPLOADS. I type a ftp:// url including username and password (in the form ftp://user:pass@hostname), and then go to File->... to find there's no "File Upload" option!
9. BRING BACK THE TABBED SIDEBAR, at least as an option not enabled by default if you don't want to annoy current firefox advocates.
#10. Outside voices have little saying in the future direction of Firefox, or Thunderbird. Why not implement a process or programme like the Java Community Process to give the industry and user groups a voice in the future of the technology?
Full story:
*www.theinquirer.net/?article=22634
