On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 9:15 AM, Ben Rosser <rosser.bjr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What I guess I'm trying to say is: if you took someone who has never used a computer or web browser before and gave them an install of Fedora KDE with Qupzilla as the default browser, I believe you are correct: they wouldn't care and just use Qupzilla. But I suspect most *potential* Fedora users don't fall into that category these days.(Please note: I'm not saying Qupzilla shouldn't be the default browser for other, ideological reasons. But if the goal is to convert a large portion of Fedora KDE users to Qupzilla, I suspect that isn't going to succeed).
The goal (at least in my opinion) isn't to convert users to qupzilla - it's to facilitate exposure. If they try it, they may find they like it. Will it be my primary browser - no, but I do find myself using it more frequently. As another user pointed out, Firefox has quite a few GTK dependencies that are really not necessary - and when we load Firefox, everyone gets them, whether they want them or not.
I agree that the vast majority of Fedora KDE users are quite capable to find and install whatever browser they wish. That is the nature of our user base. I don't view the choice of default browser as being driven to "help the neophyte user to find browser nirvana". Chances are most people who try out Fedora aren't going to be using KDE in the first place. They are going to be using GNOME. That's just a fact. They have to seek out KDE - and when they do find us, we should be showing them what KDE/Qt has to offer - like we do with KMail, Kate, KGet, etc. Automatically giving them Firefox just sends the wrong message.
People keep conflating this decision with personal choice. It doesn't have anything to do with that. It's about messaging.
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