Should Firefox stay the default browser in Fedora Workstation?

[Christian Schaller]

Hi Elad,
Some of the issues you mention we actually have people in the desktop team at Red Hat working on, like the GTK3 port.

In general I am tempted to keep Firefox as our primary browser for a variety of reasons like brand recognition, security
updates and web site support. So while I am positive to the effort the Web team are undertaking I am having a hard time
convincing myself they would be a better choice for us despite the integration advantage they bring.

Christian



----- Original Message -----
> From: "Elad Alfassa" <elad at fedoraproject.org>
> To: "Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop" <desktop at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 6, 2014 5:52:33 PM
> Subject: Should Firefox stay the default browser in Fedora Workstation?
> 
> Should Firefox stay the default browser in Fedora Workstation?
> 
> I know it's powerful, it has a lot of extensions, and it's popular. But it's
> integration with our desktop is lacking and getting worse all the time.
> 
> Here's a list of things Firefox lacks in Fedora:
> * GPU acceleration
> * Integration with the desktop's geolocation services
> * On that note, geolocation doesn't work at all in Fedora's firefox at the
> moment
> * Integration with the desktop's notification system
> * Support of url scheme handlers (this used to work)
> * UI that matches the rest of the desktop (without installing 3rd party theme
> and extensions)
> * GTK3 support
> * High-DPI support
> * Touch input support
> 
> Some of those issues are being actively worked on, other have incomplete
> patches in upstream's bugzilla with nobody working to finish them, and some
> of them seem to be issues that will never be solved (such as making the UI
> feel more "native" to GNOME).
> 
> Meanwhile, Epiphany (GNOME Web) keeps getting better and better, perhaps we
> should consider it as the default?
> --
> -Elad Alfassa.
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