I’m so pissed off at the release of Firefox on Ubuntu 12.10 right now. Basic things that should be working just aren’t, and I’m not sure how to correct them. Here are a couple of things that really irk me:
- Spell check marks every word as misspelled, regardless of what the dictionary says
- Copying text seems to strip any newlines, so when I paste the text into text editor, I get a horrid mess.
I’ve tried everything I can think of, even manually installing dictionaries in regards to the spell check feature, and nothing seems to fix it. I really hope that they fix this in the next issue. I would like to point out, as far as I can tell, this is not the fault of Mozilla. These issues haven’t shown up in the Windows release of Firefox. I find myself using Chrome more and more.
Here’s what I’ve yet to determine:
- Is this an issue with all Ubuntu variants?
- Is this just an issue with Ubuntu Gnome Remix ( the variant I use )
- Is this Linux Firefox issue?
- Is this just a case of a missing package?
- Is this just a 64-bit Ubuntu issue?
In the last case, you would think it’s something that would automatically be required by the package. However, I do understand why it wouldn’t be, seeing as Ubuntu is a multi-lingual distribution. Those of you using vanilla Ubuntu will be thinking that Firefox is installed by default, but in Gnome Remix, it’s not. Gnome Remix’s default browser is Epiphany. I personally can’t stand Epiphany, but may explain some of the issues I’m having with Firefox. Anyway, I’ll be doing some more research. I’ll let you know if I find a solution.
Mark LaDoux 