Hi, this seems to be a little off-topic here, since this list is just meant to discuss the test release - and firefox is not that new, but I don't mind. Am Dienstag, den 24.05.2005, 11:37 -0500 schrieb akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx: > Again I am not trying to start a rant I just want to know. > > I find firefox somewhat inferior to the previous mozilla. Why do > people support it so? > I haven't used the mozilla suite since it was 1.5 IIRC, but imho, firefox feels a lot faster. Further, people may want just a browser, not a complete suite, but this is my opinion. > 1. The ctrl-l option is somewhat worse than the previous ctrl-shift-l > option. > 2. I would like my downloaded files to go in my home directory. So as > root I want them to go into /root. That may be unreasonable to some > people but it can't be done in firefox. The Desktop folder is the last > place I want to put them. You can select a folder in Preferences | Downloads | Save all files to this folder | Other... (from the dropdown list) Besides, I think it is a bad idea to use the root user to browse the web or do other every-day actions. > 3. The interface to add helper applications is obscure compared to > mozilla. > > And on and on. I guess I am just a curmudgeon. Remember I am not trying > to start a rant , I am just very curious why firefox is taking over. > --