Should Firefox stay the default browser in Fedora Workstation?
Diogo Campos (cadastros)
cadastros at diogocampos.com.br
Fri Jun 6 20:00:48 UTC 2014
GNOME Web 3.12 (and, of course, WebKitGTK+ 2.4.2) are really good.
I noted just a few minor issues (and I'm using them via COPR).
Also, about (web) developers:
1 - I believe the default "Inspector" of both browsers nowadays is much
better than several (or all) extensions that Firefox can offer.
2 - Additional development needs should be met by GEdit and/or GNOME
IDE.
My points are:
1 - Include GNOME Web for default will give him more attention, more
(official) testing, more bug reports, more fixes and improvements, and
so on.
2 - To me, Fedora spending resources on improving Firefox, instead of
GNOME Web, seems the wrong direction.
So, I strongly vote for GNOME Web to be the default browser for Fedora
Workstation.
(note: I'm a long, long time Web/Epiphany user and a amateur web dev).
Em Sex, Jun 6, 2014 em 12:52 , Elad Alfassa <elad at fedoraproject.org>
escreveu:
> 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.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/desktop/attachments/20140606/18f1adcf/attachment.html>
More information about the desktop
mailing list