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- Iceweasel for Debian
- ====================
-
- Please read the file /usr/share/bug/iceweasel/presubj for information
- you may want to know if you will report a bug.
-
- Why is it not called Firefox?
- -----------------------------
-
- Due to our inability to use the Firefox logo because of a non-free
- copyright, the Mozilla Corporation insisted that we not use the
- trademarked name Firefox either. Most of the details are documented in
- #354622 <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=354622>.
-
- Even though it is not called Firefox, it still comes from exactly the
- same upstream, and is by and large exactly the same (the differences
- some distribution specific customizations, rebranding and the
- occasional bug fix).
-
- Sound
- -----
-
- Iceweasel used to provide a facility to setup a dsp wrapper for sound
- support. The main contender that required this is the proprietary Flash
- plugin, which has supported ALSA for a while now.
-
- However, if for some reason Flash gets it wrong and uses OSS instead, you
- can set the FLASH_ALSA_DEVICE variable to tell it what ALSA device it can
- use.
-
- using Java. (You should use plugin which compiled with gcc-3.2 or newer)
- ----------
-
- You can install one of the following packages:
- - gcjwebplugin,
- - java-gcj-compat-plugin,
- - sun-java5-plugin.
-
- Alternatively, you can grab a binary Java distribution from
- http://java.sun.com/, install the java-package package and do a make-jpkg
- on the file.
-
- Buttons
- -------
-
- Some people have complained that the button order in dialogs is
- non-intuitive (ie, they don't like it). To reverse the order, add the
- following to your chrome/userChrome.css file, under the
- ~/.mozilla/firefox directory:
-
- .dialog-button-box { -moz-box-direction: reverse; -moz-box-pack: right; }
- .dialog-button-box spacer { display: none ! important; }
-
- Emacs keybindings
- -----------------
-
- Versions of Firefox before 1.0 supported Emacs style keybindings in
- text entry boxes. Version 1.0 now merely follows the GTK keybindings
- settings. To enable Emacs keybindings in GTK, follow the instructions
- at http://kb.mozillazine.org/Emacs_Keybindings_(Firefox).
-
- Well Known Ports
- ----------------
-
- To prevent Iceweasel from being used to launch attacks against other
- protocols, certain ports cannot be connected to by default. See
- http://www.mozilla.org/projects/netlib/PortBanning.html for further
- information. To allow the port numbers being used, enter
- "about:config" in the URL bar and edit the
- "network.security.ports.banned.override" entry to list the ports you
- wish to allow (eg "2049,4045,6000").
-
- Safe Browsing
- -------------
-
- Phishing and malware protection, also known as Safe Browsing, makes use
- of a third party web service and regularly downloads updates. More
- information on how this works and what is being sent and downloaded are
- available on the following page:
- http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/phishing-protection/
-
- -- Mike Hommey <glandium@debian.org>, Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:37:37 +0200
-