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Bundled Firefox not the
Posted: February 10th, 2009, 12:00
by News Reader
Bundled Firefox not the "right outcome"
Speaking regarding the EU's decision that Microsoft's browser bundling was an abuse of monopoly, architect Mike Connor claims that bundling Firefox is "not the right outcome."
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Publish Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:11:58 +0000
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Posted: February 10th, 2009, 12:31
by FatherJack
My phone has Opera mobile as default, despite having IE installed on it and I don't even know how to set IE as default.
Posted: February 10th, 2009, 15:01
by Baliame
Same, my N70 came with an Opera. It landed in my mobile recycling bin pretty fast though.
Posted: February 10th, 2009, 21:54
by HereComesPete
I would agree with this dude. I know it's unlikely given people mostly not caring, but if the option existed to trial run through multiple web browsers and you then picked the one you liked it would be better than bundled software. Unfortunately most people would just choose IE because that's what they've been exposed to for a long time.
Still, the more people who see and like firefox and renounce IE the better.
Posted: February 10th, 2009, 23:32
by Chickenz
Installing Firefox is one of the first things I do after a fresh install or getting hold of a new machine. FF layout just makes so much more sense, that and like Sheriff I like sticking it to the man.
Posted: February 10th, 2009, 23:34
by Dr. kitteny berk
Chickenz wrote:Installing Firefox is one of the first things I do after a fresh install or getting hold of a new machine. FF layout just makes so much more sense, that and like Sheriff I like sticking it up the man.
Posted: February 10th, 2009, 23:42
by Mr. Johnson
I don't know why but my firefox is still very broken, i turned all the add-ons and plugins off and it still randomly fails, but seems to have a preference for failing when opening youtube videos.
Posted: February 10th, 2009, 23:59
by deject
delete the profile directory you're using.
Posted: February 11th, 2009, 0:00
by HereComesPete
Chickenz wrote:Installing Firefox is one of the first things I do after a fresh install or getting hold of a new machine. FF layout just makes so much more sense, that and like Sheriff I like sticking it up the roman.
Posted: February 11th, 2009, 0:20
by Stoat
deject wrote:delete the profile directory you're using.
Backup your bookmarks and passwords first, of course.
Posted: February 11th, 2009, 0:32
by deject
No he should be punished for not loving Firefox!!
Posted: February 11th, 2009, 4:58
by tehspork
I use Opera, with IE7 as backup. As much as I love Opera, they're just being ridiculous in this case. Why not go after Apple as well for bundling Safari? Ubuntu with Firefox? Until a few years back, Opera was charging for a browser. Mozilla (and eventually Firefox) were free; I tried (and dropped) both of their browsers.