The wish of many users comes true: We integrated an Adblocker in Iron!
With a filterlist so nearly all online-advertising can be blocked. A working list can be downloaded here and just has to be copied to the Iron folder (e.g: C:\Program Files\SRWare Iron\). Note: You must first get the latest version of Iron you can find under "Downloads".
So Iron is the first Chromium based webbrowser worldwide which has an adblocker included.
And... SRWare Iron has a proper installer - per default it installs in "C:\Program Files", which is where applications belong.
Unlike Chrome - which installs itself in "C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\...." - argh - duh.
Easily. The fonts are not installed system-wide. In fact, doing that would be a spec violation: the spec requires that downloaded fonts not be made available to any other applications. So you keep the font in memory, and use it if the page asks for it.
Thanks for your clarification - much appreciated. I didn't know this.
They are on Windows - C:\WinXP\Fonts...
And for Linux/X11 -/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/... This looks like a system directory to me...
But - in Linux/X11 you could add a directory in your home directory to xfs's search path.
But AutoUpdate still does not work, unless you're logged in as root/Administrator. And nobody seems to care about that.
Firefox 3.1's support for the CSS @font-face rule. With this ability, web developers have the option of specifying web fonts that must be downloaded for their website to appear as they intended.
If you are not logged in to your machine as Administrator/root, then how will this work. Well - it can not ever work, which is good!! I don't want some application to change my system.
Same with Firefox's AutoUpdate "feature" - it assumes that you're logged in as Administrator/root. How else could Firefox update its program directory? Please correct me if I am wrong.
If there's anybody out there still surfing the web as Administrator/root, then... well - I give up. Then it's your own fault if your system gets messed up.
Microsoft even recommends the Principle of Least Privilege for User Accounts in Windows XP. I wonder how many people know about this and actually use their computer according to these guidelines.
On Linux/Unix this is the first thing you learn - you only login as root when you need to do administrative work (and only then). Web surfing definitely does not fall into that category.
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It's based on Chromium, but without all the bad stuff plus AdBlock and more
http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_news.php
http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron_chrome_vs_iron.php
11.10.2008: Adblocker integrated in Iron
The wish of many users comes true: We integrated an Adblocker in Iron!
With a filterlist so nearly all online-advertising can be blocked. A working list can be downloaded here and just has to be copied to the Iron folder (e.g: C:\Program Files\SRWare Iron\). Note: You must first get the latest version of Iron you can find under "Downloads".
So Iron is the first Chromium based webbrowser worldwide which has an adblocker included.
And ... SRWare Iron has a proper installer - per default it installs in "C:\Program Files", which is where applications belong.
Unlike Chrome - which installs itself in "C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\...." - argh - duh.
but then why do they show a picture of "C:\Windows\Fonts" in the article - confusing. ...
oh well - could just be me
Easily. The fonts are not installed system-wide. In fact, doing that would be a spec violation: the spec requires that downloaded fonts not be made available to any other applications. So you keep the font in memory, and use it if the page asks for it.
Thanks for your clarification - much appreciated. I didn't know this.
And for Linux/X11 -
But - in Linux/X11 you could add a directory in your home directory to xfs's search path.
But AutoUpdate still does not work, unless you're logged in as root/Administrator. And nobody seems to care about that.
Firefox 3.1's support for the CSS @font-face rule. With this ability, web developers have the option of specifying web fonts that must be downloaded for their website to appear as they intended.
If you are not logged in to your machine as Administrator/root, then how will this work. Well - it can not ever work, which is good!! I don't want some application to change my system.
Same with Firefox's AutoUpdate "feature" - it assumes that you're logged in as Administrator/root. How else could Firefox update its program directory? Please correct me if I am wrong.
If there's anybody out there still surfing the web as Administrator/root, then ... well - I give up. Then it's your own fault if your system gets messed up.
Microsoft even recommends the Principle of Least Privilege for User Accounts in Windows XP. I wonder how many people know about this and actually use their computer according to these guidelines.
On Linux/Unix this is the first thing you learn - you only login as root when you need to do administrative work (and only then). Web surfing definitely does not fall into that category.