From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thorsten Wilms Subject: Re: Packaging a free Firefox Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 10:21:34 +0200 Message-ID: <0f720947-f612-20eb-9b12-f928c7a59860@freenet.de> References: <87y3h1g42q.fsf@lassieur.org> <87tvrlhi58.fsf@hyperbola.info> <878t8xo9t9.fsf@gnu.org> <20180506125312.aadd4fixeungiwv6@thebird.nl> <87fu2rip0r.fsf@gmail.com> <87o9hf3wdj.fsf@netris.org> Reply-To: t_w_@freenet.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51807) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fJECT-0000Vi-6S for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2018 04:23:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fJECQ-0007Iz-03 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2018 04:23:49 -0400 Received: from mout3.freenet.de ([2001:748:100:40::2:5]:39940) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fJECP-0007I3-PQ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2018 04:23:45 -0400 Received: from [195.4.92.140] (helo=mjail0.freenet.de) by mout3.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID t_w_@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.90_1 #2) id 1fJECN-0000Ab-2L for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2018 10:23:43 +0200 Received: from [::1] (port=45268 helo=mjail0.freenet.de) by mjail0.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID t_w_@freenet.de) (Exim 4.90_1 #2) id 1fJECM-000397-US for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2018 10:23:43 +0200 Received: from mx8.freenet.de ([195.4.92.18]:40398) by mjail0.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID t_w_@freenet.de) (Exim 4.90_1 #2) id 1fJEAI-0006Ni-RM for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2018 10:21:34 +0200 Received: from p200300e4f3d5f50002e029fffe32e625.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([2003:e4:f3d5:f500:2e0:29ff:fe32:e625]:38706) by mx8.freenet.de with esmtpsa (ID t_w_@freenet.de) (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:256) (port 465) (Exim 4.90_1 #2) id 1fJEAI-0002QW-Nw for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 May 2018 10:21:34 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87o9hf3wdj.fsf@netris.org> Content-Language: en-GB List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org On 17.05.2018 03:26, Mark H Weaver wrote: > Can you tell me specifically what is wrong with GNU IceCat that makes it > unsuitable for you? It has been my primary browser for several years. While that question wasn't addressed to me, my case was similar to what Katherine described, so here's my take on it: Coming from latest Firefox, IceCat on GuixSD felt ridiculously slow. Hidden-HTML warnings and the LibreJS thing were unbearably annoying. I understand the reasoning behind LibreJS, but to me, personally, it is akin to fighting in a lost war instead of getting to the information I want here and now. After disabling everything IceCat comes with, I found the replacement Add-on pages to be misdesigned for the context they appear in. I did not succeed in installing uMatrix, one of the few add-ons I care about. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/