[Knitebane]

Please don't tell me you are obligated to because it's a community project.

And neither is anyone (especially the developers) obligated to care about your problems if you've taken their work and returned nothing.

Community supported software works because the community contributes back money, fixes and bug reports. If you won't be a part of the solution, no one cares that you have a problem.

It's up to you, whether you contribute and work with the developers. No one is going to make you. No one is going to tell you that you can't use the software.

But no one is obligated to help you either.

I never read that in the GPL.

The GPL is a minimum set of legal requirements that basically says:

If you use this code as a basis for your own project, any changes you make MUST be returned. If you just want to use it, you don't HAVE to do anything.

It also states that the code is without any warranty. If it breaks you get to keep both pieces.

So all the complaining is for nothing.

Now, if you want support, if you want something more than what the developers have already given you for free, that's a different issue, a different negotiation.

You want something? Give something.

[Paridel]

And neither is anyone (especially the developers) obligated to care about your problems if you've taken their work and returned nothing.

Fair enough, I read you earlier post as meaning you are obligated to give back, but if you what you are saying is that you should not expect support if you are not willing to give back than I would agree. Quid pro quo? Sure.

Now I do like the tabbed browsing in firefox, and I use it primarily because it is more secure than i.e. and I can use the same program in Linux and windows.

It is missing some more advanced features that I would really like it to have, so I've been looking into other browsers, but haven't really found one I like as much.

Typically I find with commercial software that it often caters to the lowest common denominator, i.e. the average user, which makes sense but often is missing features that I would like but other might find confusing. Open source I typically find that the software doesn't really cater to anyone (save maybe the author).

Firefox seems to be somewhat a mix of the two.

In any case there are a few things I'd like to enable, maybe someone here has figured them out? First is emacs-style key-bindings in the address bar and text input boxes, and second is adding additional file types. I can change the action for already recognized file types, but adding new ones so far has alluded me. Of course I've only spend about 5 minutes trying to figure it out, I'm sure it's possible.

-paridel