[pandaro] Re: Firefox on PandaRo
- From: "Chris Evans (CJE/4D)" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pandaro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 10:31:56 +0100 (BST)
On Tue 01 Jul, Tennant Stuart wrote:
>
> On Mon 30 Jun 2014 (09:23:29 +0100), Chris/CJE Micros wrote:
> >On Sat 28 Jun, Tennant Stuart wrote:
> >>
> >> I've recently downloaded the Firefox browser as
> >firefox_2/0/0/20-1/zip, and
> >> successfully (I assume) installed it using the latest version of
> >!PackMan.
> >>
> >> But when I click on the !Firefox filer icon absolutely nothing
> >happens, it just
> >> sits there, not even placing an icon on the icon bar. What am I doing
> >wrong?
> >
> >Very few people have got !FireFox working on any RISC OS platform IIRC
> >it
> >was a beta release that has had no further work done on it. I didn't
> >even
> >know it would work at all on anything later than the Iyonix, but I
> >recall
> >someone mentioning they did manage to use it on one site recently. I
> >think
> >it was on a Pi or Panda.
> >
> >The problem is almost certainly not PandaRO specific. I'd suggest
> >asking on
> >the csa.networking the newsgroup as your best option.
> >
> >Try official NetSurf and also beta version.
>
> I've got Netsurf going okay, it's far more reliable on the PandaRo than
> a Risc PC, though a lot of that is due to not being on dialup.
>
> But there are sone things Netsurf can't yet do, which Firefox can.
>
> A friend reckons I have got Firefox working, it just doesn't look like it
> due to its foible of not bothering with an icon on the icon bar. He says there
> is a little prog somewhere that forces this to happen. Any ideas?
For Firefox the csa.networking or apps newsgroup would be the best place to ask.
For NetSurf the netsurf mailing list is your friend.
Chris Evans
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