The new firefox start page looks a bit tricky when searching google

2008-05-10 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Hi all. The new firefox start page in hardy: http://start.ubuntu.com/8.04/ is aesthetically pleasing, and I like it, however the google search gives me concerns: 1) search results returned using the search field of firefox (upper right corner of the browser) are different than those returned

Ubuntu boot speed fall in Hardy

2008-05-10 Thread Sitsofe Wheeler
Hi, I've noticed that Ubuntu's boot speed seems to have taken a fall in Hardy. Anecdotally I believe that Gutsy was the fastest but from a viewable stats perspective the fall can be seen in Feisty versus Hardy on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BootCharting#head-dca0372aa8fd490a9717ad0c72c9b400c236a581

Re: The new firefox start page looks a bit tricky when searching google

2008-05-10 Thread James Westby
On Sat, 2008-05-10 at 11:21 +0200, Vincenzo Ciancia wrote: Hi all. The new firefox start page in hardy: http://start.ubuntu.com/8.04/ is aesthetically pleasing, and I like it, however the google search gives me concerns: Hi, The website also uses launchpad for bug tracking, you can

Re: The new firefox start page looks a bit tricky when searching google

2008-05-10 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il giorno sab, 10/05/2008 alle 12.08 +0100, James Westby ha scritto: The website also uses launchpad for bug tracking, you can file any bugs you like at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+filebug where the people able to do something about it are more likely to see it. If

Re: Ubuntu boot speed fall in Hardy

2008-05-10 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Sat, 2008-05-10 at 10:58 +0100, Sitsofe Wheeler wrote: Hi, I've noticed that Ubuntu's boot speed seems to have taken a fall in Hardy. Anecdotally I believe that Gutsy was the fastest but from a viewable stats perspective the fall can be seen in Feisty versus Hardy on

Re: The new firefox start page looks a bit tricky when searching google

2008-05-10 Thread Dylan McCall
2) country seems to be set to UK, which can explain (1) but I don't like this behaviour especially because it breaks usability for non-UK users and creates confusion Oh, that is pretty ugly :o 4) the obtained page does not have the standard google look and feel (in particular there is no

Re: The new firefox start page looks a bit tricky when searching google

2008-05-10 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il giorno sab, 10/05/2008 alle 06.50 -0700, Dylan McCall ha scritto: 5) there already is the search engine input field, and the focus is shifted without conditions to the page field only after loading the ubuntu page, which is rather irritating because you may already be typing then. In

Re: firefox and bad ssl certificates

2008-05-10 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
Le vendredi 09 mai 2008 à 17:02 -0400, Phillip Susi a écrit : Martin Pitt wrote: I don't consider it a new feature, but a better UI. Firefox has always complained about invalid certificates, but until version 2 it was just the well-known 'SSL yadayada cannot be verified mumblemumble click

Re: The new firefox start page looks a bit tricky when searching google

2008-05-10 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
Le samedi 10 mai 2008 à 16:01 +0200, Vincenzo Ciancia a écrit : And, to get back on the issue, perhaps the page could just be made local. Why do we need a special Ubuntu homepage anyway? The first thing I do when creating an account is changing my homepage to google.com. This practice mades me

Re: Ubuntu boot speed fall in Hardy

2008-05-10 Thread Markus Hitter
Am 10.05.2008 um 11:58 schrieb Sitsofe Wheeler: I've noticed that Ubuntu's boot speed seems to have taken a fall in Hardy. How would one notice? Is Hardys hibernating/standby still so flaky one is forced to shut down the computer more than once a month? Maybe such questions appear not

Re: help

2008-05-10 Thread Roman Friesen
since hardy (8.04) there is a graphical user interface for DSL/pppoe connections, see the menu System/Administration/Network: - select Point to point connection and start Properties dialog - choose Connection type as PPPoE and configure your connection... Best Greetings, Roman Friesen PS: now

Re: firefox and bad ssl certificates

2008-05-10 Thread HggdH
On Sat, 2008-05-10 at 16:08 +0200, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote: Notifications are never read, especially by users that are not passionate by computers - they're exactly like there was no message at all, only they annoy users: click OK and then see if there's a problem is what OS have used

Re: Ubuntu boot speed fall in Hardy

2008-05-10 Thread Bryce Harrington
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 10:58:12AM +0100, Sitsofe Wheeler wrote: I've noticed that Ubuntu's boot speed seems to have taken a fall in Hardy. Anecdotally I believe that Gutsy was the fastest but from a viewable stats perspective the fall can be seen in Feisty versus Hardy on

Re: firefox and bad ssl certificates

2008-05-10 Thread Todd Deshane
CAcert doesn't even have a valid certificate? https://www.cacert.org/ Todd -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: help

2008-05-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
since hardy (8.04) there is a graphical user interface for DSL/pppoe connections, see the menu System/Administration/Network: - select Point to point connection and start Properties dialog - choose Connection type as PPPoE and configure your connection... Best Greetings, Roman Friesen Am

Re: Ubuntu boot speed fall in Hardy

2008-05-10 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Sat, 2008-05-10 at 17:34 +0200, Markus Hitter wrote: Am 10.05.2008 um 11:58 schrieb Sitsofe Wheeler: I've noticed that Ubuntu's boot speed seems to have taken a fall in Hardy. How would one notice? Is Hardys hibernating/standby still so flaky one is forced to shut down the computer