Re: mozilla/bloatzilla users please test

[Federico Giannici <giannici@neomedia.it>]

Theo de Raadt wrote:
>>On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 15:59, Theo de Raadt wrote:
>>
>>>>On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 15:03, Peter Valchev wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>with this diff, if you've been using mozilla, you're now using
>>>>>bloatzilla. and if you've been using mozilla-firebird, you're now using
>>>>>mozilla.
>>>>
>>>>Uh why?  Does this solve a problem?  Or is it just funny.
>>>
>>>1) It is better for users.  Users do not want a browser which takes 45
>>>   seconds to start up, has more bugs, and is 3x slower than the other
>>>   one.  They want something that they can use.
>>
>>Ok, so it's just funny.
>>
>>"bloatzilla" while accurate, doesn't fix the stated problem.  It will
>>still be there.
> 
> 
> You ENTIRELY miss the point.
> 
> People do not live in a vacuum.
> 
> They think "hmm, I need a browser"
> Then they say "oh I heard about mozilla"
> then they install it
> 
> You think they should install the CRAPPY BLOATED PIECE OF SHIT by default.

May I suggest to simply add a warning to the mozilla (the REAL one) 
package installation script explaining the facts, suggesting to install 
mozilla-firebird and finally asking to the user if he really want to 
proceed ("no" by default)?


Bye.

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