Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 19:04:32 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: odd issue affecting firefox (any version) on freebsd (any version) Message-ID: <20200723190432.5d75f98d@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <20200723160700.GG46914@bastion.zyxst.net> References: <mailman.13212.1595454526.4502.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <4e356f78-b1f0-4bce-98fe-2f86d827a767@www.fastmail.com> <20200723160700.GG46914@bastion.zyxst.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 17:07:00 +0100, tech-lists wrote: >wonder if i can run firefox with debugging, or will it be javascript >debugging. It's hard to debug without first knowing what is likely to >say "posting failed". a real chicken-and-egg thing. > >I dunno which would be most useful, there are quite a few debugging >options but surely it is fastmail themselves who are saying "sending >failed" ? In which case firefox debugging would show nothing... > >On top of that, all other fastmail.com website/webmail stuff works in >either firefox. It's just sending email that is broken. > >arrrrggggg! > >maybe it's my account?! lol I never used a debugging option, but when save-mode fails, too, I start with a new profile or even better I add a new user, log in as the new user and start Firefox from the new user account. Browsers are a PITA today. Since it works for you using another browser, I wouldn't waste any time and use this one instead. There is a certain irony in the fact that I'm using "Edge" to play web radio on my iPad Pro. I pay a lot of money for a very expensive Apple product, to run a Google based Windows browser. On Linux I migrated from Firefox to Qupzilla/Falcon, then back to Firefox + Google Chrome for some media streams. At the moment even Google-Chrome is broken and I'm back to more or less Firefox only. On Linux I can build two bloated kernels parallel with stuff I never ever need, let alone tailored kernels, in around 90 to 120 minutes, but building a single bloated browser takes at least 120 minutes. A 3.9G tmpfs works for almost all bloatware, even for many kernels, but not for a web browser, such as Firefox. There's an old Emacs joke, saying that Emacs is a great operating system, lacking only a decent editor. You could say something similar about web browsers, they are operating systems (not necessarily good ones), without a decent web browser. What ever OS I'm using, I usually use a handful of different browsers, for different purposes.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20200723190432.5d75f98d>