From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Allan Webber Subject: Re: Icecat vs. iceweasel Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 17:57:39 -0500 Message-ID: <87lhburtjh.fsf@dustycloud.org> References: <20150919163649.GA11674@debian> <87h9mpjarl.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40100) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zfc1M-0001LK-8q for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:03:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zfc1I-0006Vx-8Q for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:03:16 -0400 In-reply-to: <87h9mpjarl.fsf@gnu.org> 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-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > Andreas Enge skribis: > >> there are a number of sites for which I still need to use iceweasel, s= ince >> icecat will not work on them. > > AFAIK the main difference between these two is the set of plugins > installed by default. Otherwise it=E2=80=99s essentially the same thin= g. > >> the following error message is displayed: >> IceCat has detected that the server is redirecting the request for thi= s address in a way that will never complete. >> This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accep= t cookies. >> >> Even when accepting third party cookies, the site does not work. >> >> Does anyone have an idea what is happening? > > Dunno. You could try pinging bug-gnuzilla@gnu.org. > > Ludo=E2=80=99. I think that Iceweasel, requiring far fewer modifications from FireFox, is also massively more up to date, especially the versions from http://mozilla.debian.net/ IIRC? Last I heard the IceCat binaries were a bit further behind. I don't like the direction Firefox is heading, but we're a bit constrained by IceCat not being as up to date, especially in the world of fast and furious "new web features" and "new web vulnerabilities". In a more ideal world, IceCat, or something like it which has community development behind it, would totally subsume Firefox as a community-curated web browser, not falling in with many of the nastier bits that Mozilla has been keen to ship lately. But I think given the present, maybe we should provide both. But, thoughts from others? - Chris