On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:19 PM, jaromil <[email protected]> wrote: > I still didn't do a code review on Iron myself, nor even diff'd its > source against Chromium's trunk, however the above link reads like a > veritable analysis to me that, along with the poor documentation on > Iron that its developers provide, basically erodes my trust for futher > usage.
Even if the Iron developer was serious with his scheme in that log, in my opinion, it doesn't put his fork in a worse position than neither Google Chrome nor Chromium both of which come with more privacy/ethics problems. Iron automatically opens the Iron web page with ads on it when you first install the browser, while Chromium, in its default configuration, constantly sends your private data to an ad company in various ways. I think the bigger concern with Iron is that its source (especially its diff from upstream) should be carefully inspected. > I'm now opting for Chromium, nevertheless it would be really nice if > the GNU project can host a patch-set that is peer-reviewed for > characteristics that we regard as freedom and privacy respecting. Having sed -i 's,/www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php,/kongoni.co.za,' in the iron port seems like a better solution to me than using chromium with its privacy undermining default settings. Just my two cents. Of course, a GNU parallel fork (a la IceCat) would be the better solution, if anyone's up to it. Ali
