Re: google browser?

2011-02-16 Thread John Levine
>I've heard certain noises on this list that the current
>port-maintainer of Chromium has dropped the ball (not my words, just
>paraphrasing the sentiment from the below thread).

That's too bad.  I'm using Chromium 6.0.472.63 from the ports which
works quite nicely, although I'm aware of the security issues.  It
has the same plugin interface as Firefox so Flash and Java work
reasonably well.  It is indeed much faster than Firefox.

R's,
John
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Re: google browser?

2011-02-16 Thread Chad Perrin
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 09:28:45AM -0800, Chip Camden wrote:
> 
> It's called Vimium, and Chad Perrin figured out how to get it working on
> FreeBSD.  But Vimium isn't Vimperator, and chromium disables extensions
> when viewing the home page or local files.  So, for instance, vimium's
> key bindings don't work when viewing an HTML attachment to an email.

To be perfectly clear, what I had figured out was how to get Vimium
working with Chromium v5.x, back when that was the only version of
chromium in FreeBSD ports.  The problem was that Vimium used an extension
writing feature that did not exist until 6.x, so it would not install
properly on 5.x.  The chromium version in ports was eventually updated to
6.x obviating the need for my fix -- but then things sorta stagnated, and
we ended up with the current circumstance of a transition to a new port
maintainer.

As Sterling indicates, though, Vimium does not work properly (or at all)
under certain circumstances, and some basic capabilities that make
Vimperator usable are not (easily, at least) within the capabilities of
the chromium extension system.  As such, it's pretty well inferior to
Vimperator, through no fault of the extension writers as far as I'm
aware.

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Re: google browser?

2011-02-16 Thread Chad Perrin
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 01:52:58AM -0700, Devin Teske wrote:
> 
> I've heard certain noises on this list that the current port-maintainer
> of Chromium has dropped the ball (not my words, just paraphrasing the
> sentiment from the below thread).

My understanding is that the Chromium port maintainer's business model
interfered with his ability to keep the port updated for security
patches, and eventually someone else replaced him as port maintainer.
The new port maintainer has been working on getting the port back up to
snuff since then, which appears to be kind of a "starting over" operation
in some respects.  As such, one hopes that everything will be up to snuff
soon, and will stay that way under new management.


> 
> However, Freshports still has a less-than-favorable status for this
> port: http://www.freshports.org/www/chromium/

One might presume that this is because the previous port maintainer's
business model kept the port at v6.x, which is what is currently in
ports.  The current version of the chromium browser is 9.x, and I suspect
the "minor" work done early this year is work on getting v9.x ready for
inclusion in ports.


> 
> Now... that being said, I have a co-worker that is running Chromium
> every day on FreeBSD-8.1 and he's very happy with it. Though, given the
> above consideration, both him and I have decided to _not_ deploy this
> browser in production (at least until we can get some love on those
> vulnerabilities).

I have the version of chromium from ports on one of my computers, and
used it off-and-on alongside Firefox and Uzbl.  I might have completely
replaced Firefox if the extension system was robust enough to allow
proper implementation of vi-like keybindings and secure use of extensions
like HTTPS Everywhere, but the chromium extension system is still a
little too restrictive for that, from what I've seen.

I stopped using Chromium at all once those vulnerabilities had been
around and unfixed in ports for a few days.  You should probably do the
same.


> 
> So, I guess I'd like to throw the query out there...
> 
> If you had to pick between Firefox and Chrome for distribution to >1000
> FreeBSD systems running 8.1 in production... which would you choose?
> We're heavily leaning toward Firefox, but would love to hear other's
> opinions of Chrome (if it requires Linux emulation, that may be a
> death-knell, leaving Firefox the only real choice???).

Right now, I'd choose Firefox.  If the recent troubles of the chromium
port get sorted out satisfactorily by the current maintainer, I might
well choose that instead.  Unfortunately, you've stumbled onto the
situation during what appears to be a transitional period.

disclaimer: I am not involved with the chromium porting effort, and am
not particularly privy to the internal goings-on of its ports
maintenance.  My information may be out of date or misinformed.  Some of
what I said is pure speculation.  Your mileage may vary.

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Re: google browser?

2011-02-16 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth four.harris...@googlemail.com on Wednesday, 16 February 2011:
> Sorry for top-posting - my 'phone makes doing it properly difficult.
> 
> There is a similar extension to Vimperator for Chromium, but it's name 
> escapes me (Vimeo?). Last time I checked though it didn't work on the FreeBSD 
> version.
> 
> After some time with Vimperator now, I find myself futilely bashing 'o' and 
> 'j' and 'H' when browsing using IE on my works machine.
> 
> Peter Harrison
> www.4harrisons.blogspot.com
> 
> 

It's called Vimium, and Chad Perrin figured out how to get it working on
FreeBSD.  But Vimium isn't Vimperator, and chromium disables extensions
when viewing the home page or local files.  So, for instance, vimium's
key bindings don't work when viewing an HTML attachment to an email.

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Re: google browser?

2011-02-16 Thread four . harrisons
Sorry for top-posting - my 'phone makes doing it properly difficult.

There is a similar extension to Vimperator for Chromium, but it's name escapes 
me (Vimeo?). Last time I checked though it didn't work on the FreeBSD version.

After some time with Vimperator now, I find myself futilely bashing 'o' and 'j' 
and 'H' when browsing using IE on my works machine.

Peter Harrison
www.4harrisons.blogspot.com


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Subject:Re: google browser?
Date:   16th February 2011 16:06

Quoth Devin Teske on Wednesday, 23 July 2008:
> On Feb 16, 2011, at 12:39 AM, Mihai  Donțu  wrote:
> 
> > On Wednesday 16 February 2011 09:09:44 Gary Kline wrote:
> >> Anybody know how to use this "Chrome"?  I don't see any places to
> >> plug in players ... like vlc, etc.  Can't find and back/Forward
> >> icons, nothing like firefoxI give it all three thumbs
> >> down.
> >> 
> >> Would still like to see GOOG have its own "twitter" and "facebook"
> >> tho.
> >> 
> >> Anybody else have the browser on FBSD??
> > 
> > I haven't tried it, but maybe it works under the FreeBSD Linux emulation. I 
> > found some build hints here too: http://wiki.freebsd.org/Chromium , however 
> > it 
> > definitely needs some love from a dedicated FreeBSD developer.
> > 
> > I use Google Chrome (or Chromium - depends on how bleeding edge I want to 
> > be) 
> > on Linux. I'm amazed by the speed with which the project progresses and the 
> > incredible feel of the browser itself.
> 
> I've heard certain noises on this list that the current port-maintainer of 
> Chromium has dropped the ball (not my words, just paraphrasing the sentiment 
> from the below thread).
> 
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=890197+893402+/usr/local/www/db/text/2010/freebsd-questions/20101231.freebsd-questions
> 
> The OP's concerns about security vulnerabilities (though voiced over 30 days 
> ago) still appear to be of concern (that is to say, nothing appears to have 
> changed except some _minor_ work on January 18th this year by rene).
> 
> However, Freshports still has a less-than-favorable status for this port: 
> http://www.freshports.org/www/chromium/
> 
> Now... that being said, I have a co-worker that is running Chromium every day 
> on FreeBSD-8.1 and he's very happy with it. Though, given the above 
> consideration, both him and I have decided to _not_ deploy this browser in 
> production (at least until we can get some love on those vulnerabilities).
> 
> So, I guess I'd like to throw the query out there...
> 
> If you had to pick between Firefox and Chrome for distribution to >1000 
> FreeBSD systems running 8.1 in production... which would you choose? We're 
> heavily leaning toward Firefox, but would love to hear other's opinions of 
> Chrome (if it requires Linux emulation, that may be a death-knell, leaving 
> Firefox the only real choice???).

The chromium port does not require Linux emulation.  Generally, I prefer
chrome over firefox from the standpoint of performance and reliability,
but the security issues in the port have put me off it.  Meanwhile,
I've become rather dependent on the Vimperator and GreaseMonkey
extensions for Firefox, so I'm unlikely to change back to chrome even
when its security issues are finally sorted.

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Re: google browser?

2011-02-16 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Devin Teske on Wednesday, 23 July 2008:
> On Feb 16, 2011, at 12:39 AM, Mihai Donțu wrote:
> 
> > On Wednesday 16 February 2011 09:09:44 Gary Kline wrote:
> >> Anybody know how to use this "Chrome"?  I don't see any places to
> >> plug in players ... like vlc, etc.  Can't find and back/Forward
> >> icons, nothing like firefoxI give it all three thumbs
> >> down.
> >> 
> >> Would still like to see GOOG have its own "twitter" and "facebook"
> >> tho.
> >> 
> >> Anybody else have the browser on FBSD??
> > 
> > I haven't tried it, but maybe it works under the FreeBSD Linux emulation. I 
> > found some build hints here too: http://wiki.freebsd.org/Chromium , however 
> > it 
> > definitely needs some love from a dedicated FreeBSD developer.
> > 
> > I use Google Chrome (or Chromium - depends on how bleeding edge I want to 
> > be) 
> > on Linux. I'm amazed by the speed with which the project progresses and the 
> > incredible feel of the browser itself.
> 
> I've heard certain noises on this list that the current port-maintainer of 
> Chromium has dropped the ball (not my words, just paraphrasing the sentiment 
> from the below thread).
> 
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=890197+893402+/usr/local/www/db/text/2010/freebsd-questions/20101231.freebsd-questions
> 
> The OP's concerns about security vulnerabilities (though voiced over 30 days 
> ago) still appear to be of concern (that is to say, nothing appears to have 
> changed except some _minor_ work on January 18th this year by rene).
> 
> However, Freshports still has a less-than-favorable status for this port: 
> http://www.freshports.org/www/chromium/
> 
> Now... that being said, I have a co-worker that is running Chromium every day 
> on FreeBSD-8.1 and he's very happy with it. Though, given the above 
> consideration, both him and I have decided to _not_ deploy this browser in 
> production (at least until we can get some love on those vulnerabilities).
> 
> So, I guess I'd like to throw the query out there...
> 
> If you had to pick between Firefox and Chrome for distribution to >1000 
> FreeBSD systems running 8.1 in production... which would you choose? We're 
> heavily leaning toward Firefox, but would love to hear other's opinions of 
> Chrome (if it requires Linux emulation, that may be a death-knell, leaving 
> Firefox the only real choice???).

The chromium port does not require Linux emulation.  Generally, I prefer
chrome over firefox from the standpoint of performance and reliability,
but the security issues in the port have put me off it.  Meanwhile,
I've become rather dependent on the Vimperator and GreaseMonkey
extensions for Firefox, so I'm unlikely to change back to chrome even
when its security issues are finally sorted.

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Re: Google Browser?

2011-02-16 Thread Arthur Barlow
>On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 09:09, Gary Kline  wrote:
>>
>> Anybody know how to use this "Chrome"?  I don't see any places to
>> plug in players ... like vlc, etc.  Can't find and back/Forward
>> icons, nothing like firefoxI give it all three thumbs
>> down.
>>
>> Would still like to see GOOG have its own "twitter" and "facebook"
>> tho.
>>
>> Anybody else have the browser on FBSD??
>>
>> -g
>>
>> --
>>  Gary Kline  kl...@thought.org  http://www.thought.org  Public Service Unix
>>   Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org
>>  The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org
>>
>Hi.
>I use free package from http://chromium.hybridsource.org/ on my home pc.
>All works fine.
>Linux emulation used only for adobe flash but is other story

My two cents:

>From a "user interface" perspective I find Chromium definitely nicer.
Firefox, as others have pointed out, still seems slow and clunky to
me.  On the "free" as in free to change code front, the Mozilla folks
seem more transparent.  Google may release the source, but there is
always a nagging feeling that might change.  I've never tried to look
at the Windows source code, but is it that easy to get?  After all,
that is clearly the largest user base.
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Re: google browser?

2011-02-16 Thread Alexander Best
On Wed Feb 16 11, Silvio Siefke wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Am 16.02.2011 10:54, schrieb Sergiy Suprun:
> > Hi.
> > I use free package from http://chromium.hybridsource.org/ on my home pc.
> > All works fine.
> > Linux emulation used only for adobe flash but is other story
> 
> For this package u must pay, so i have understand. I has read that come
> a new port from chrome, with version 9. I have no date, but wait it will
> be come.

pkg_add -f http://chromium.hybridsource.org/old/amd64/chromium-7.0.517.44.tbz

or

pkg_add -f http://chromium.hybridsource.org/old/i386/chromium-7.0.517.44.tbz

should do the trick (amd64 and i386). it's an old version, but works great imo.

cheers.
alex

> 
> 
> Silvio

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Re: google browser?

2011-02-16 Thread Silvio Siefke
Hey,

Am 16.02.2011 10:54, schrieb Sergiy Suprun:
> Hi.
> I use free package from http://chromium.hybridsource.org/ on my home pc.
> All works fine.
> Linux emulation used only for adobe flash but is other story

For this package u must pay, so i have understand. I has read that come
a new port from chrome, with version 9. I have no date, but wait it will
be come.


Silvio
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Re: google browser?

2011-02-16 Thread Sergiy Suprun
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 09:09, Gary Kline  wrote:
>
> Anybody know how to use this "Chrome"?  I don't see any places to
> plug in players ... like vlc, etc.  Can't find and back/Forward
> icons, nothing like firefox    I give it all three thumbs
> down.
>
> Would still like to see GOOG have its own "twitter" and "facebook"
> tho.
>
> Anybody else have the browser on FBSD??
>
> -g
>
> --
>  Gary Kline  kl...@thought.org  http://www.thought.org  Public Service Unix
>           Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org
>          The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org
>
Hi.
I use free package from http://chromium.hybridsource.org/ on my home pc.
All works fine.
Linux emulation used only for adobe flash but is other story
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Re: google browser?

2011-02-16 Thread Mihai Donțu
(e-mails from the past always find me unprepared)

On Wednesday 23 July 2008 11:52:58 Devin Teske wrote:
> On Feb 16, 2011, at 12:39 AM, Mihai Donțu wrote:
> > On Wednesday 16 February 2011 09:09:44 Gary Kline wrote:
> >> Anybody know how to use this "Chrome"?  I don't see any places to
> >> plug in players ... like vlc, etc.  Can't find and back/Forward
> >> icons, nothing like firefoxI give it all three thumbs
> >> down.
> >> 
> >> Would still like to see GOOG have its own "twitter" and "facebook"
> >> tho.
> >> 
> >> Anybody else have the browser on FBSD??
> > 
> > I haven't tried it, but maybe it works under the FreeBSD Linux emulation.
> > I found some build hints here too: http://wiki.freebsd.org/Chromium ,
> > however it definitely needs some love from a dedicated FreeBSD
> > developer.
> > 
> > I use Google Chrome (or Chromium - depends on how bleeding edge I want to
> > be) on Linux. I'm amazed by the speed with which the project progresses
> > and the incredible feel of the browser itself.
> 
> I've heard certain noises on this list that the current port-maintainer of
> Chromium has dropped the ball (not my words, just paraphrasing the
> sentiment from the below thread).
> 
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=890197+893402+/usr/local/www/db
> /text/2010/freebsd-questions/20101231.freebsd-questions
> 
> The OP's concerns about security vulnerabilities (though voiced over 30
> days ago) still appear to be of concern (that is to say, nothing appears
> to have changed except some _minor_ work on January 18th this year by
> rene).
> 
> However, Freshports still has a less-than-favorable status for this port:
> http://www.freshports.org/www/chromium/
> 
> Now... that being said, I have a co-worker that is running Chromium every
> day on FreeBSD-8.1 and he's very happy with it. Though, given the above
> consideration, both him and I have decided to _not_ deploy this browser in
> production (at least until we can get some love on those vulnerabilities).
> 
> So, I guess I'd like to throw the query out there...
> 
> If you had to pick between Firefox and Chrome for distribution to >1000
> FreeBSD systems running 8.1 in production... which would you choose? We're
> heavily leaning toward Firefox, but would love to hear other's opinions of
> Chrome (if it requires Linux emulation, that may be a death-knell, leaving
> Firefox the only real choice???).

I've been an avid Firefox user until ~1 month ago. I just couldn't put up with 
the sluggishness anymore. Tried to use Firefox 4 beta. No dice. The JS engine 
_is_ faster but that didn't solve the problem. The UI is just not OK. I used 
to think it was because of the multi-threaded design, until Opera rolled out 
version 10 which is just as snappy as Google Chrome. The only downside with 
Opera is that it's just too strict wrt standards. FF and Chrome use all kinds 
of quirks to make old websites render reasonably well. Still, given the 
current situation on FreeBSD, I'd go with Opera. I love Mozilla and its push 
towards a free/open web, but with version 4 they seem to have lost focus on 
what it matters for the majority of the people. Sure, fast web page rendering 
is important, but I for one wouldn't mind a slow[ish] render if I was able to 
quickly open another tab (page) to bash.org (just an example) while I wait for 
the other one to load.

Note that I use FreeBSD only on my servers. I use Linux for desktop, so take 
my suggestion with a grain of salt. :-)

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Re: google browser?

2011-02-16 Thread Devin Teske

On Feb 16, 2011, at 12:39 AM, Mihai Donțu wrote:

> On Wednesday 16 February 2011 09:09:44 Gary Kline wrote:
>> Anybody know how to use this "Chrome"?  I don't see any places to
>> plug in players ... like vlc, etc.  Can't find and back/Forward
>> icons, nothing like firefoxI give it all three thumbs
>> down.
>> 
>> Would still like to see GOOG have its own "twitter" and "facebook"
>> tho.
>> 
>> Anybody else have the browser on FBSD??
> 
> I haven't tried it, but maybe it works under the FreeBSD Linux emulation. I 
> found some build hints here too: http://wiki.freebsd.org/Chromium , however 
> it 
> definitely needs some love from a dedicated FreeBSD developer.
> 
> I use Google Chrome (or Chromium - depends on how bleeding edge I want to be) 
> on Linux. I'm amazed by the speed with which the project progresses and the 
> incredible feel of the browser itself.

I've heard certain noises on this list that the current port-maintainer of 
Chromium has dropped the ball (not my words, just paraphrasing the sentiment 
from the below thread).

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=890197+893402+/usr/local/www/db/text/2010/freebsd-questions/20101231.freebsd-questions

The OP's concerns about security vulnerabilities (though voiced over 30 days 
ago) still appear to be of concern (that is to say, nothing appears to have 
changed except some _minor_ work on January 18th this year by rene).

However, Freshports still has a less-than-favorable status for this port: 
http://www.freshports.org/www/chromium/

Now... that being said, I have a co-worker that is running Chromium every day 
on FreeBSD-8.1 and he's very happy with it. Though, given the above 
consideration, both him and I have decided to _not_ deploy this browser in 
production (at least until we can get some love on those vulnerabilities).

So, I guess I'd like to throw the query out there...

If you had to pick between Firefox and Chrome for distribution to >1000 FreeBSD 
systems running 8.1 in production... which would you choose? We're heavily 
leaning toward Firefox, but would love to hear other's opinions of Chrome (if 
it requires Linux emulation, that may be a death-knell, leaving Firefox the 
only real choice???).
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Re: google browser?

2011-02-16 Thread Daniel Zhelev
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Mihai Donțu  wrote:

> On Wednesday 16 February 2011 09:09:44 Gary Kline wrote:
> > Anybody know how to use this "Chrome"?  I don't see any places to
> > plug in players ... like vlc, etc.  Can't find and back/Forward
> > icons, nothing like firefoxI give it all three thumbs
> > down.
> >
> > Would still like to see GOOG have its own "twitter" and "facebook"
> > tho.
> >
> > Anybody else have the browser on FBSD??
>
> I haven't tried it, but maybe it works under the FreeBSD Linux emulation. I
> found some build hints here too: http://wiki.freebsd.org/Chromium ,
> however it
> definitely needs some love from a dedicated FreeBSD developer.
>
> I use Google Chrome (or Chromium - depends on how bleeding edge I want to
> be)
> on Linux. I'm amazed by the speed with which the project progresses and the
> incredible feel of the browser itself.
>
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Hi,

I`m running it on Debian/Linux - never tried it on FreeBSD. It is much
lighter than the Linux Firefox, loads faster - uses better cache mechanisms,
supports html5 video tag with both H.264 and Theora(H.264 support will drop
out soon) so no need for flash, you can use extensions/plugins
from Firefox and if you use Google gmail/office/calendar etc it have better
performance and integration but not very different from Firefox. The
downside is that you can anticipate in some strange survey that sends
information about you to the advertisers mother ship, generates strange
traffic with unknown content, will probably have ads in later builds :). So
if you are used to and love Firefox, don`t go to Chrome there is not very
big differences and probably won`t ever have.
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Re: google browser?

2011-02-16 Thread Mihai Donțu
On Wednesday 16 February 2011 09:09:44 Gary Kline wrote:
> Anybody know how to use this "Chrome"?  I don't see any places to
> plug in players ... like vlc, etc.  Can't find and back/Forward
> icons, nothing like firefoxI give it all three thumbs
> down.
> 
> Would still like to see GOOG have its own "twitter" and "facebook"
> tho.
> 
> Anybody else have the browser on FBSD??

I haven't tried it, but maybe it works under the FreeBSD Linux emulation. I 
found some build hints here too: http://wiki.freebsd.org/Chromium , however it 
definitely needs some love from a dedicated FreeBSD developer.

I use Google Chrome (or Chromium - depends on how bleeding edge I want to be) 
on Linux. I'm amazed by the speed with which the project progresses and the 
incredible feel of the browser itself.

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Mihai Donțu
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Re: google browser?

2011-02-16 Thread Denise H. G.

On 2011/02/16 at 15:09, Gary Kline  wrote:
> 
> Anybody know how to use this "Chrome"?  I don't see any places to
> plug in players ... like vlc, etc.  Can't find and back/Forward
> icons, nothing like firefoxI give it all three thumbs
> down.
> 
> Would still like to see GOOG have its own "twitter" and "facebook"
> tho.
> 
> Anybody else have the browser on FBSD??
> 

Tried it before then deleted it... it depends on ALSA and builds its own
webkit package instead of the one in the ports

> -g
> 
> -- 
>  Gary Kline  kl...@thought.org  http://www.thought.org  Public Service Unix
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> 
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