[PLUG] Firefox 2.0 Install - too difficult?

Keith Lofstrom keithl at kl-ic.com
Thu Nov 2 07:11:29 UTC 2006


Tonight I was helping a friend learn about Linux - we got through a
lot (where and what to search on Google, upgrading, rpms, etc.).  

One rough spot was when we attempted to upgrade Firefox 1.5.0.7 to
Firefox 2.0 .  We figured out how, but the process was painful;
there is no online documentation for upgrading 1.5 to 2.0 that
describes what to do and where things go.  This was upgrading a
SUSE 10 system, so we decided not to do a real install.  We will
wait for SUSE to provide an RPM that puts everything in the right
places for SUSE. 

 was unpleasantly surprised at how undocumented and newbie-unfriendly
the manual tar and move links and find plugins process was.  I would
not expect an unaided newbie to try this.  This is of course
compounded by the problem that a browser is a critical item to
re-install;  if you goof up, it will be difficult to go back out on
the web seeking help.

Am I expecting too little from newbies, or expecting too much
too quickly from the firefox people?  Again, I expect SUSE 10
will have a Firefox 2.0 RPM upgrade in a week or two, but most 
newbies won't have such an easy time of it.

Keith

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