On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 3:08 AM, Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Eric Griffith composed on 2015-07-24 12:06 (UTC-0400): > >> What would it take / whats the protocol to push forward the idea of >> replacing Konqueror as the default web browser? Konqueror doesn't seem like >> its going anywhere, and I really think that the user experience would be >> better served if either Rekonq, or ideally, Firefox were the default >> browsers. Is there any specific reason that Konqueror has stuck around as >> the default for so long? > > Where is it you think it needs to go? > > 1-Its UI is mature (predictable, comfortable for those who need to get work done) > > 2-It incorporates a choice of two rendering engines, one matching the > functionality of Chromium (WebKit), It does NOT match the functionality of Chrome http://html5test.com/ Konqueror with WebKit 355 out of 555 Chrome 526 out of 555 Firefox 467 out of 555 Chrome uses Blink, a fork of WebKit, even when Chrome used WebKit, it was faster and offered better HTML5 support (maybe kwebkitpart used an older version of WebKit). I know that I talk about users I see, developers and new converts to Linux, but none of them uses Konqueror, the other two are much richer (HTML5, extensions, etc.) and intuitive. One basic thing in Konq, when I write google, I can't just press ctrl+enter to go to google.com, I know everything is customizable but defaults are important especially in first impressions. > the other that enables using some web > sites (largely older) as intended without any need for them to be restyled > (KHTML; functionality discarded from all major name browsers: sizing in > physical units that are accurate when logical display density matches display > device density: pt, in, cm, mm; Geckos can so render if restyled using > proprietary mozmm CSS units, but in others it's entirely impossible.). > -- > "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant > words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) > > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! > > Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ > _______________________________________________ > kde mailing list > kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde > New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org _______________________________________________ kde mailing list kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
