On 06/06/2014 05:52 PM, Elad Alfassa wrote:
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
It's supported by Firefox. But it depends what do you actually means -
there are many layers of acceleration. Can you be more specific here? Do
you have any #BZ?
* Integration with the desktop's geolocation services
* On that note, geolocation doesn't work at all in Fedora's firefox at
the moment
It's because we need an API key to Google Geolocation service. If Evince
has the API key, we can use it in Firefox too (see rhbz#1063739).
* Integration with the desktop's notification system
That's true. It's on our TODO list. Patches are always welcome :)
* Support of url scheme handlers (this used to work)
Can you point me to #BZ? I'm not aware of it.
* UI that matches the rest of the desktop (without installing 3rd party
theme and extensions)
* GTK3 support
Will be addressed by Gtk3 port. Our optimistic target is Firefox 32.
* High-DPI support
Already on TODO list - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=975919
* Touch input support
On progress - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=978679
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).
Can you be more specific here what is leaved behind? All upstream Gtk3
bugs should be registered to:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=627699
And as you can see, various people are submitting patches and the
project is moving rapidly. And I'm picking the "unowned" bugs.
Meanwhile, Epiphany (GNOME Web) keeps getting better and better, perhaps we
should consider it as the default?
Mozilla invests money and people to the Firefox Gtk3 port (for instance
Collabora writes the gtk2 plugin support code - mozbz#624422) and so we
should do. It would be a wrong signal from us to leave the Gtk3 Firefox
behind.
ma.
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