Comments on: Google Toolbar for Firefox http://djst.org/blog/2006/09/07/google-toolbar-for-firefox/ David Tenser's brand new microblog Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:32:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mike Hearn http://djst.org/blog/2006/09/07/google-toolbar-for-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Mike Hearn Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:26:10 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/2006/09/07/google-toolbar-for-firefox/#comment-220 It'd be nice if you could make downloads that worked "on Linux" but too many distribution developers feel that co-operating with each other to provide binary compatibility is not useful. So it can be done but only with a lot of effort/expertise. Easier to just support Red Hat 8. Sad but true. It’d be nice if you could make downloads that worked “on Linux” but too many distribution developers feel that co-operating with each other to provide binary compatibility is not useful. So it can be done but only with a lot of effort/expertise. Easier to just support Red Hat 8. Sad but true.

]]> By: David Tenser http://djst.org/blog/2006/09/07/google-toolbar-for-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-201 David Tenser Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:08:39 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/2006/09/07/google-toolbar-for-firefox/#comment-201 Obviously (or so I thought), I was using irony to make a point: Google Toolbar for Firefox works in any recent Linux distro, not just "Red Hat Linux 8.0+". Here's making it obvious: :P Obviously (or so I thought), I was using irony to make a point: Google Toolbar for Firefox works in any recent Linux distro, not just “Red Hat Linux 8.0+”. Here’s making it obvious: :P

]]> By: Dave http://djst.org/blog/2006/09/07/google-toolbar-for-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Dave Fri, 08 Sep 2006 07:18:44 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/2006/09/07/google-toolbar-for-firefox/#comment-199 Of course it'll work in ubuntu, they really should have only listed Firefox as a requirement not a specific OS. One thing I like about the Google toolbar is that it fully supports the Firefox toolbar customisation so the first thing I do is customise the toolbars, move what I want off the google toolbar onto the main toolbar and then hide the rest of the google toolbar Of course it’ll work in ubuntu, they really should have only listed Firefox as a requirement not a specific OS.

One thing I like about the Google toolbar is that it fully supports the Firefox toolbar customisation so the first thing I do is customise the toolbars, move what I want off the google toolbar onto the main toolbar and then hide the rest of the google toolbar

]]> By: matthijs http://djst.org/blog/2006/09/07/google-toolbar-for-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-196 matthijs Thu, 07 Sep 2006 23:34:36 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/2006/09/07/google-toolbar-for-firefox/#comment-196 The Google toolbar for Firefox is working fine on Ubuntu 6.06.1. And on Suse. Maybe the text is just aimed more on American users, who will probably know Red Hat (and Fedora) better than the European Suse and African Ubuntu. (By now this will have changed in favor of Ubuntu I think). The Google toolbar for Firefox is working fine on Ubuntu 6.06.1. And on Suse. Maybe the text is just aimed more on American users, who will probably know Red Hat (and Fedora) better than the European Suse and African Ubuntu. (By now this will have changed in favor of Ubuntu I think).

]]> By: reed http://djst.org/blog/2006/09/07/google-toolbar-for-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-195 reed Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:23:56 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/2006/09/07/google-toolbar-for-firefox/#comment-195 Why use the Google Toolbar at all? Firefox 2.0 contains everything it does already (enhanced search box, safe browsing and spell checking). Download Firefox 2 Beta 2 from http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/ and check it out. Why use the Google Toolbar at all? Firefox 2.0 contains everything it does already (enhanced search box, safe browsing and spell checking). Download Firefox 2 Beta 2 from http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/ and check it out.

]]> By: Jay K http://djst.org/blog/2006/09/07/google-toolbar-for-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Jay K Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:22:56 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/2006/09/07/google-toolbar-for-firefox/#comment-194 The thinking is that they can't officially support unix/linux generically, so they decide to only support the biggest/most popular/most well-known distro... redhat. I haven't tried, but I'd be willing to guess it works just fine on anything... it's just a firefox extension, right? This is the same thinking that causes people/companies to declare that their website only works on IE or Netscape (Netscape? yes, I still see that regularly)... Compare it to going to buy a new car and the window sticker saying "Air Conditioning, Automatic Locks and Windows, Leather Interior, Compatible with Roads built by Microsoft or Apple." ... no thanks. The thinking is that they can’t officially support unix/linux generically, so they decide to only support the biggest/most popular/most well-known distro… redhat. I haven’t tried, but I’d be willing to guess it works just fine on anything… it’s just a firefox extension, right?

This is the same thinking that causes people/companies to declare that their website only works on IE or Netscape (Netscape? yes, I still see that regularly)…

Compare it to going to buy a new car and the window sticker saying “Air Conditioning, Automatic Locks and Windows, Leather Interior, Compatible with Roads built by Microsoft or Apple.” … no thanks.

]]> By: Tom Moitie http://djst.org/blog/2006/09/07/google-toolbar-for-firefox/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Tom Moitie Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:28:08 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/2006/09/07/google-toolbar-for-firefox/#comment-191 What the hell? They decide not to support the most popular desktop distro around, and instead offer support to a distro that is practically only used in enterprise? They use Ubuntu on site. Am I missing something? What the hell? They decide not to support the most popular desktop distro around, and instead offer support to a distro that is practically only used in enterprise? They use Ubuntu on site. Am I missing something?

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