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[Bug-gnuzilla] Free addons for IceCat
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Jay T. Blocksom |
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[Bug-gnuzilla] Free addons for IceCat |
Date: |
Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:21:32 -0500 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090830) |
Hi!
Per your request at <http://www.gnu.org/s/gnuzilla/addons.html>, I am writing
to inform of a Firefox Add-On which I believe meets the criteria you cite
(namely, that "it is explicitly released under a free software license"), yet
is not listed on the above-noted page of free add-ons for IceCat. I am
referring to "NoUn Buttons" by Gulp21, currently in version 1.1.4:
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noun-buttons/>
It is explicitly noted on that page that the add-on is "Released under GNU
General Public License, version 3.0."
Personally, I find this particular add-on to be invaluable, as it allows one
to restore the separate "Back" and "Forward" URL-history lists which were the
default arrangement in Firefox 2.x (and earlier, IIRC). By comparison, the
"unified" history list found in Firefox 3.x (and later?) is an unusable
nightmare; you can't tell whether you're backing up or going forward as you
attempt to pick a given URL off the list -- truly a "What were they
thinking?!?" gaffe. Alas, IceCat 3.x suffers the same problem (presumably due
to the Mozilla code base); I therefore feel that this fix should be explicitly
referenced (perhaps even recommended) on the "Free addons for IceCat" page.
I have personally verified that NoUn Buttons v1.1.4 works properly with IceCat
v3.6.13. Note that it can be a bit "fussy" to set up, depending on what Theme
and/or Button Set you happen to be using; but it is by no means so difficult
as to be a real problem, even for the prototypical "non-technical user".
And while I'm on the subject... This may not be the most appropriate place to
mention this, but offhand, I don't know of a better one. So I'll make my plea
here: As development of IceCat continues (particularly to versions 4.x and
beyond), *-P-L-E-A-S-E-* correct this horrid error on Mozilla's part, and do
NOT further propagate the dysfunctional "unified" Back/Forward buttons and
history lists. Thank you.
Respectfully submitted,
--
Jay T. Blocksom
Appropriate Technology, Inc.
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
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-- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.
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