Firefox/Feature Brainstorming:Installer: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 23:12, 25 October 2006

Allow a non-root user to update (if a root password is needed, ask for it). In the current version, a non-root user doesn't even get notified that an update is available.
Allow a non-root user to deploy extensions system-wide

Provide an automatic way of installation, supported by Mozilla (support means that mozilla would release the binaries).

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 == Internationalization ==
 * Improve internationalization support in Installer
-- okay first this is just plain stupid, the writer doesn't have a clue about linux.
-- second this has nothing to do with ff and everything to do with firefox.  you cannot escalate permissions without root allowing you to do so.
-- third, installing/running firefox from your local home directory is already possible and trivial.  extract the tar and run the binary.
-- what firefox needs is a magic extension that can autodetect dipshits and stop them from actually publishing retarded ideas to the internet.
-** edit ** ... and everything to do with "LINUX BEING A TRUE MULTIUSER OS".
 == Automatic installer (RPM and/or MSI) ==
 * Provide an automatic way of installation, supported by Mozilla (support means that mozilla would release the binaries).