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  • From: Jeremy Kolb <jkolb AT brandeis.edu>
  • To: "Jeremy Blosser (emrys)" <jblosser-smgl AT firinn.org>
  • Cc: sm-discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Better approach to firefox script
  • Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 08:12:52 -0400

Quoting "Jeremy Blosser (emrys)" <jblosser-smgl AT firinn.org>:

> On Aug 10, Jeremy Blosser (emrys) [jblosser-smgl AT firinn.org] wrote:
> > On Aug 10, David Brown [dmlb2000 AT gmail.com] wrote:
> > > I attach an xfce panel button to the firefox script and find it quite
> > > annoying to keep getting the profile manager when I forget to close
> > > firefox on another desktop.
> > >
> > > I've changed the script in devel to act a little differently and would
> > > like other's opinions on the change in behaviour.
> >
> > I've run firefox like this ever since they got -remote() working in it,
> and
> > ran mozilla and netscape like that years before. It much improves the
> > experience IMO, especially if you often run browsers on multiple
> desktops.
>
> Though on further thought, it's probably more inline with the SMGL
> philosophy to leave the default alone and let people modify their own
> environments if they want this behaviour. I know I hate it when other
> distros change the defaults to be "helpful". You could maybe put it in a
> new firefox-window script or something instead.
>


I maybe a config option or something on the wiki? I agree that I like how
SMGL leaves the default. I think that's very important and the main reason I
use it.

Jeremy




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