Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed

From	Bob Weber <bobrweber@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed
Date	2020-07-07 02:10 +0200
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On 7/6/20 5:28 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
> This is a wish-list feature but I'm running Debian/Bullseye and the only 
> version of Firefox is the ESR one. It's stable but it has display bugs that 
> I'd like to if they are fixed in a newer version.
>
> While generally the pages I create look pretty much the same on whatever 
> browser I use, I have one where firefox_esr seems to reverse two columns 
> (bootstrap 4 col class within a row class). Chromium gets the columns in the 
> right order but has a different idea of vertical spacing than firefox_esr when 
> looking through a small-device filter - plus it crashes within a minute of 
> starting (I don't mind that because Chromium is just a pop-up generator anyway).
>
> Strangely, the version of Chrome on my antique smartphone seems to agree with 
> firefox_esr, as does the version of Firefox for Android that I'm using.
>
> An updated (non-ESR) version of Firefox would allow me to figure out which 
> spacing is the more accurate. I expect outside of the Debian world, most 
> people are not using the ESR release and most are probably more current than 
> what I'm using.
>
> Anyway, just putting it out there that a non-ESR version might be nice...
>
Firefox 78 is in unstable.  I run testing but I occasionally pick up things in 
unstable if they don't mess up testing like firefox.  I have used it for a while 
mainly watching Netflix and for other sites that don't like Chrome beta (banking 
mostly).

-- 


*...Bob*

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Firefox non-ESR update needed Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2020-07-07 00:20 +0200
  Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-07-07 00:30 +0200
    Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2020-07-07 05:30 +0200
      Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-07 10:00 +0200
    Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Keith bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2020-07-07 05:50 +0200
      Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Keith bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2020-07-08 02:20 +0200
  Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Bob Weber <bobrweber@gmail.com> - 2020-07-07 02:10 +0200
    Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2020-07-07 05:40 +0200
      Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-07-07 09:00 +0200
        Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2020-07-07 15:50 +0200
          Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-07 16:00 +0200
            Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-07-07 16:10 +0200
              Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-07 16:30 +0200
                Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-07-08 17:20 +0200
              Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-07 17:40 +0200
                Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-07-07 18:10 +0200
                Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-07-07 18:10 +0200
                Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed  John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-07-07 18:40 +0200
                Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-07-07 19:30 +0200
                Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-07 19:40 +0200
                Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-07-07 19:50 +0200
                Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2020-07-08 23:20 +0200
                Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2020-07-07 18:50 +0200
                Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-07-07 19:30 +0200
                Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-07-07 21:20 +0200
                Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-07-07 21:40 +0200
                Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-07 23:30 +0200
            Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Gary Dale <gary@extremeground.com> - 2020-07-07 22:30 +0200
              Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-07-07 22:50 +0200
              Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-07-07 23:00 +0200
              Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2020-07-07 23:10 +0200
                Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2020-07-07 23:50 +0200
              Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-07-08 07:20 +0200

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