Firefox 3 via Wine.. WHY..??

blank · Post by **blank** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:21 pm

I just read some change logs in the different Wine versions,
and there I came across issues with Firefox 3..

but why..???

as far as I know, firefox runs fine in Linux, without the use of Wine.
so why are you making firefox compatible with Wine..?
(my question is not only for Firefox, but apps in general that works for both Windows and Linux, but is "Wined")

is it just for proofe of concept, og for website developers.. what is the point???

im am new to Wine (actually haven't installed it yet, will do that later today hopefully)
so am I missing a point..?

please enlighten me..

thanks and
Best Regards
Sean

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:42 pm

blank wrote:I just read some change logs in the different Wine versions,
and there I came across issues with Firefox 3..

but why..???

Mostly for the same reasons people benchmark performance of their office PCs. Or run multiple layers of emulation.

Some times it's really useful. For example as 32-bit browser on a 64-bit system. I had to use 32-bit Firefox under Wine to get some obscure java program (Nortell VPN client) working that was failing on my 64-bit Firefox and 64-bit Java.

And of course it's a valid test program for Wine. Where you easily can compare results.

3vi1 · Post by **3vi1** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:00 pm

It's been a while but, like vitamin, I used to do this so that I could connect properly to work using the Citrix ICA client from my 64-bit Linux system.

I imagine it could be pretty useful for the wine devs too - to be able to simply look at the source of FF and know what it's *trying* to do when there's any deviation from the expected behavior.

James McKenzie · Post by **James McKenzie** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:14 pm

3vi1 wrote:

It's been a while but, like vitamin, I used to do this so that I could connect properly to work using the Citrix ICA client from my 64-bit Linux system.

I imagine it could be pretty useful for the wine devs too - to be able to simply look at the source of FF and know what it's *trying* to do when there's any deviation from the expected behavior.

I thought there was a 64 bit Citrix ICA client. However, running any
application, such as Firefox, that has a native as well as Windows
version, for comparison of available functions is a very good test
indeed. Brilliant idea.

James McKenzie

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:43 pm

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:13 PM, James McKenzie
<[email protected]> wrote:

3vi1 wrote:
It's been a while but, like vitamin, I used to do this so that I could
connect properly to work using the Citrix ICA client from my 64-bit Linux
system.

I imagine it could be pretty useful for the wine devs too - to be able to
simply look at the source of FF and know what it's *trying* to do when
there's any deviation from the expected behavior.

I thought there was a 64 bit Citrix ICA client. However, running any
application, such as Firefox, that has a native as well as Windows version,
for comparison of available functions is a very good test indeed. Brilliant
idea.

James McKenzie

It's also a good test of flash, etc. I use it for downloading programs
as well, because some download sites force me to download the linux
app of something, rather than the windows version I need to test for
Wine (Chrome, I'm looking at you!).

--
-Austin

blank · Post by **blank** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:41 pm

thanks for the feedback...

alot of nice to know here..