Firefox: April 2008 Archives
I upgraded my home desktop's Ubuntu install earlier today.
It was a relatively painless exercise, though I was trying to do it unattended, which naturally enough didn't work due to a few custom configs I had.
I'm used to Ubuntu upgrades wreaking havoc on my graphics settings, but this time everything seems to be working as before.
It's interesting to see that the Ubuntu developers opted for the beta release of Firefox rather than a stable one.
Of course I've only had the new install up and running for a couple of hours so far, so there maybe issues and new features that I haven't spotted yet. No news is good news!
It was a relatively painless exercise, though I was trying to do it unattended, which naturally enough didn't work due to a few custom configs I had.
I'm used to Ubuntu upgrades wreaking havoc on my graphics settings, but this time everything seems to be working as before.
It's interesting to see that the Ubuntu developers opted for the beta release of Firefox rather than a stable one.
Of course I've only had the new install up and running for a couple of hours so far, so there maybe issues and new features that I haven't spotted yet. No news is good news!
A new look and feel was unveiled for Dilbert.com
You'd think that people would be delighted, but the opposite is the case.
Why?
Well whoever is responsible for the screwup that is the new site seems to be living in the past.
The new Flash animations are simple Flash. There's no reason why they wouldn't work in most browsers on most platforms, but if you visit the animation section using Linux you get a lovely message:
Doh!
You'd think that people would be delighted, but the opposite is the case.
Why?
Well whoever is responsible for the screwup that is the new site seems to be living in the past.
The new Flash animations are simple Flash. There's no reason why they wouldn't work in most browsers on most platforms, but if you visit the animation section using Linux you get a lovely message:
So you grab yourself a copy of the UserAgent Switcher extension for Firefox and "spoof" a "supported" browser. And of course the entire thing then works fine.
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Doh!
