Ted Unangst schrieb am Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 05:16:42PM -0500: > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Ingo Schwarze <[email protected]> wrote:
>> P.S. >> What the heck are you going to do with firefox on a box lacking >> network access? > off the top of my head: operative phrase possibly being "right now", > it can be a real annoyance to have to wait until net access is > available and then install all of firefox before using it. or to read > documentation or other reports generated locally. or because not all > nets are the internet. > > there's no counting the number of times i've used a computer without a > decent browser and wished it had one, but i've never used a computer > that had firefox installed where i regretted that fact and wished it > hadn't. putting it on a machine even if you can't anticipate a need > for it is a good idea. You are probably right, there seem to be several good reasons. Either way, may P.S. wasn't meant to insult the OP, sorry if it felt like that; Dorian definitely asked an interesting question.
