Fonts are ugly on sites around the web in a default Ubuntu install. The font replacement technique currently now makes pages look very odd to users coming from Windows or Mac OS.

The Microsoft web safe fonts are widely used on the web and are not preinstalled on Ubuntu. This can be easily solved.

Here's the Wikipedia article on the fonts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_fonts_for_the_Web

We cann't block some pages/info/redirection in simple way. We should have to:
- Block redirection(some sites will redirect us to another; it also using javascript; maybe we don;t need to block all redirection, but only one)
- Block popup's

Some pages are broken. While we using wykop(so we look at pages from other), page at the frame will automatically redirect us to it, so we cann't using wykop functions. when we using proxy, there are the same situation. Maybe we shouldn't using proxy with js enabled, but redirect is most evil than js.

One of Firefox extensions put in repositories is Speed Dial, putting in Firefox similar functionality to Opera's one. Nevertheless, this extension doesn't work as good as there.

First of all, it sets start page for each new open card. This page isn't a replicate of about:blank, but it's an usual site located on HDD. It makes new tabs to display this address and in this way one, when wants to write an address in a new tab, has to mark all of the text in address bar and start typing only then. Without this extension one can start typing just after opening a tab.

The second issue is - IMHO - not very nice interface. It is a matter of taste, but - for me - it looks very more ugly than in Opera.

Fast Dial doesn't have any of these faults. It looks pretty nice, somewhat "clean". Interface is very user-friendly. And, the most important - this extension replaces default about:blank page, and so liquidates first of mentioned issues with Speed Dial. One just opens new tab and start typing - and it should work thus!

That is why I propose to replace Speed Dial in repositories by Fast Dial. I just replaced it at mine and I think many Ubuntu users would like this replacement.

Convince the people from mozilla to make a version of firefox that uses webkit instead of gecko...it's faster and use less memory.

According to spiegel-online one search with Goolgle (or any other conventional search engine) needs the same amount of energy a light bulb needs in one hour.

The whole It-Industry is responsible for 2% of all CO2 emissions worldwide which equals the amount of CO2 emitted by air traffic.

Also the image of Ubuntu as an operating system dedicated to conserving the environment could be fostered.

If you are on an insecure site (non https) then and log in. Then there is no warning.

I think they should look for login / password fields in a html

and IF
one of those is there, then go RED on EVERY "http only" url.

still not perfect, but much more effective in warning about non secure logins. Tho it might just be enough to reduce the number of ID thefts by phishing logins..

Again, this is not a perfect solution but this might be the start of a better warning in Firefox.

I think User and Login fields in a should be special fields, if you name them Name / Password or anything else then the dont get detected in this idea. And also a sneaky .gif or .jpg could mask the word User and Login. But i leave that up to the devs to solve. (or anyone here with a bright idea...)

this idea came to mind after reading sancho panza's idea
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/10632/

It's not a dupe, but very close related to it.

When you ship Ubuntu with Firefox by default you should spend considerable time to generate also default bookmarks that comes with Ubuntu.

If Tags, Descriptions, RSS (maybe by preinstalled Sage extension) and all the possibilities now in FF3 are fully used I think you will
*) support novice users finding their way in Ubuntu and all the default programs that come with it
*) get more volunteers for (actively) supporting Ubuntu

Cheers
Martin

It should be easy to use thunderbird/firefox autoconfig system (http://mit.edu/~firefox/www/maintainers/autoconfig.html). The problem now is that (thunderbird example) "general.config.filename" preference (which you can set in "/etc/thunderbird/pref/thunderbird.js") is filename path relative to the root of the thunderbird binary directory (for example "thunderbird.cfg"). And this directory (/usr/lib/thunderbird-A.B.C) is changed after every thunderbird upgrade in ubuntu. So, after upgdrade I have to copy/recreate my thunderbird.cfg in new directory.
My workaround is to create and edit /etc/thunderbird/thunderbird.cfg and create symlink to it in /usr/lib/thunderbird-A.B.C directory. To automate it after upgrades I created /etc/apt/99thunderbird containing:
DPkg::Post-Invoke "for i in `ls -d /usr/lib/thunderbird-* | grep -v thunderbird-addons`; do [ ! -e $i/thunderbird.cfg ] && ln -s /etc/thunderbird/thunderbird.cfg $i/thunderbird.cfg; done";
Workaround works well, but using DPkg::Post-Invoke is realy nasty way.
I think automatic customization of thunderbird/firefox should be convenient in large environments.

Editing long text in textarea is pity. Editing WikiWiki texts or HTML sources is much better in Gedit.

1. Open form with big text input in Firefox.
2. Copy text from .
3. Open Gedit, paste text
4. Edit text as you want with all nice Gedit features.
5. Copy edited text back to Firefox.

A lot of people claim that open source doesn't innovate, it would be nice if we implemented some innovative new FEATURES! into ubuntu. We could also provide a better interface feel.