[openbox] OT: browsers which put X/Unix/Linux first [Was: aps not honoring rc.xml position statements]

Ian Zimmerman itz at buug.org
Mon Jan 13 15:51:53 EST 2014


On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 20:52:06 -0500
Jim Rees <rees at umich.edu> wrote:

> Firefox is notoriously bad about adhering to standards with regard to
> window position and size. It ignores all the standard X command line
> options and resources, among other problems. I remember filing a bug
> on bugzilla about 15 years ago about this, and I don't think it was
> ever fixed. MS Windows compatibility is a far higher priority for
> them than linux.

Maybe it is time for me to try one of the alternatives again.  The main
thing stopping me has always been lack of extensions - _especially_
something along the lines of AdBlock.  So, does anyone know if uzbl,
midori, surf etc have grown some little appendages in that direction?

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