(not) one browser for all

[Bret Busby]

On 17/07/2019, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17/07/2019, Little Girl <littlergirl at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey there,
>>
>> Bret Busby wrote:
>>
>>>On 16/07/2019, Little Girl <littlergirl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> There is no spoon.
>>>
>>>There must be a spoon, because all it takes, is a spoonful of
>>>sugar...
>>
>> There might not be any sugar either.
>>
>>>Depending on what version of Ubuntu, you are using, I am using
>>>Midori, on 16.04, as my primary web browser, but, as Midori went
>>>wonky for 18.04, I use Midori for only two sites, on 18.04..
>>>
>>>Whilst I expect that you would be using a later version of Ubuntu,
>>>than 16.04.x, if, perchance, you happen to be using 16.04.x, it may
>>>be worth looking at Midori, as a possible alternative.
>>
>> I've been shamefully bad and am still using Ubuntu MATE 16.04 (soon
>> to be replaced by Kubuntu 18.04 since at least one of the changes to
>> Ubuntu MATE 18.04 is an absolute show-stopper for me).
>>
>> I'll take a look at Midori. It looks like it's part of the Xfce
>> desktop.
>>
>>>I had given up on Opera, when the Norsemen (Vikings?) sold it to the
>>>chinese government, for the sinister purposes of the chinese
>>>government.
>>
>> I've never used Opera. I had tried it for a few moments once and
>> didn't like the interface at all. Vivaldi is based on it, though, so I
>> guess I occasionally use it in a round-about way when I fire up
>> Vivaldi.
>>
>>>The good version of Midori, on UbuntuMATE 16.04.x, shows as being
>>>v0.5.11, and the not so good version of Midori, on UbuntuMATE
>>>18.04.x, shows as being v7-34-g0c5820f.
>>
>> What's different between them?
>>
>> --
>> Little Girl
>>
>> There is no spoon.
>>
>
>
> One of the annoying differences, is that, whilst the earlier version
> provides for each browser window having a menubar, the later version
> does not.
>
> Functionality of the earlier version, is missing in the later version.
>
> Another difference, is that, in the earlier version, encapsulation (if
> this is the correcter term in this context) works with "Private
> Browsing", and, does not, in the later version. I therefore, do not
> trust the "privateness" of the Private Browsing, in the later version.
>
> A good example of this, is that, in the version of Midori, on 16.04.x,
> I can enable scripts (javascript) in a Private Browsing window, and,
> that enabling of scripts, is limited to whatever Private Browsing
> window, in which I have enabled it, and. nowhere else. From that, I
> assume that preferences set within one Private Browsing Window, are
> limited to existing within that Private Browser window, and, not
> without. In the later version of Midori, I have found that the setting
> of preferences, such as enabling scripts, is not contained within a
> "Private Browsing" window, but, it applied without, so that, instead
> of being like local variables, limited to the "Private Browsing"
> window, in which they are set, they are like global variables,
> unlimited in their presence, across all windows open of the web
> browser. I therefore have no confidence in the "Private Browsing"
> implementation, in the later version.
>
> These are the main two significant differences, that I easily
> remember. And, to me, they are both, quite significant.
>
> If you are still using Ubuntu 16.04.x, as long as you keep updating
> it, I suggest that you stay with it. I believe that 16.04, and its
> associated packages, are superior to 18.04.
>
> The only feature of 18.04, that I have found, that has an advantage
> over 16.04, Is that I could install 18.04 into UEFI, on a MS Windows
> 10 computer, and, with 16.04, from memory, it has to be installed into
> Legacy BIOS, and, can not be installed on a computer with MS Windows
> 10. I may be wrong in that, and, if I am wrong in that, I stand to be
> corrected.
>


I have just seen, in the message from Liam, that you (Little Girl (I
feel uneasy using that name) ) are also using UbuntuMATE, 16.04.x.

It is the best OS that is currently supported (I do note that a recent
CERT advisory, advises that Microsoft has surprisingly released a
particular security update in the last month, for Windows XP). I
recommend that you stay with UbuntuMATE 16.04.x. It has another couple
of years of (supported) life, so, unless you need to change, I would
stay with it.


-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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 you'll know what the answer means."
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 Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
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 published by Pan Books, 1992

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