Pete Zaitcev ([info]zaitcev) wrote,
@ 2008-01-20 12:18:00
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Firefox 3

The X+libpciaccess upheaval in Rawhide is over, so I was able to update my main system, and pull the Firefox 3. It seems noticeably snappier, especially at displaying images. The rendering is improved too. And they fixed that annoying bug with selected lines in Japanese being of different size from those rendered normally. On the downside, the indispensible Flashblock plugin is not compatible anymore.

UPDATE: Woops:

[zaitcev@s ~]$ /usr/lib64/firefox-3.0b3pre/firefox
The program 'gecko' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadName (named color or font does not exist)'.

UPDATE: Flashblock 1.5.5 works.

UPDATE: The BadName is actually a font server issue, bug 430416.


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[info]thargol
2008-01-20 09:43 pm UTC (link)
On the downside, the indispensible Flashblock plugin is not compatible anymore.

I have to wonder about the competence of the firefox authors. It's really not that hard to have a stable API for plugins. Sure, there are times when you absolutely can't avoid breaking things, but the plugin API has changed what, 4 or 5 times so far? That's way more than is necessary. I just don't see how they can be so inept (it's not just this one thing either -- there are many other incomprehensible things about firefox's development). Were there any realistic alternatives, I'd probably be using them. Sadly, there aren't :-(

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[info]deviant_
2008-01-22 01:21 am UTC (link)
I'm getting that same error in rawhide right now, but out of gnome-session. Makes X... somewhat useless.

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[info]zaitcev
2008-01-22 02:30 am UTC (link)
Unfortunately, it's a catch-all error... Many bugs cause it. I'd report it if I could create a test case.

BTW, my gnome-panel dies if I do right-click, then "Add to Panel". It pops up a window to select applets and hangs. Not as bad as your case, certainly.

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