3 ms·
Curious, why didn't you try Iceraven this whole time?
by friend_and_foe 3y ago
Curious, why didn't you try Iceraven this whole time?
- orra 3y agoHere's a good reason not to install Iceraven: > No warranties or guarantees of security or updates In general it's fine for users to fork software to scratch their own itches. But browsers are super security sensitive.
- friend_and_foe 3y agoThat's just their way of saying "we don't have to build this for you". They merge upstream changes, as long as the project is maintained you'll get those updates as they're released. Last I checked you can't sue Mozilla for a security vulnerability and the open source license has a clause about no warrant of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. They don't guarantee security either.
- danShumway 3y agoGood question. Browser forks make me nervous -- I know Iceraven pulls fixes, but I'd rather have as short a chain as possible sitting between me and security fixes. If uBlock Origin wasn't supported I would be on Iceraven, but I don't run a ton of extensions so I was willing to tolerate some inconvenience in order to be closer to the source. The other thing is that Iceraven isn't a silver bullet, you can install any extension but if it's relying on an API that's not implemented yet it will break. Which is totally not their fault, but it gets back to -- Mozilla needs to actually implement full extension support beyond just flipping a switch on. I'm glad Iceraven exists though :) I wouldn't not recommend them to someone who needs more extension support, it's just not right for my personal use case.