On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Ricardo Veguilla wrote: > Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > > >Le mardi 12 octobre 2004 à 06:48 -0400, Ricardo Veguilla a écrit : > > > > > > > >>Well, epiphany isn't trying (as far as I know) to establish itself as > >>the ultimate browser or to become the most popular browser in order to > >>ratify being the default Gnome browser. And I don't think it needs to. > >>Epiphany is the default Gnome browser because, the Gnome folks decided > >>it was the kind of browser they wanted as official browser. > >> > >> > > > >However if epiphany is not interested by the masses then it has no > >business being Fedora's default browser (as the Firefox people argue now > >and others did in the past). Fedora is anything but a niche > >distribution. > > > > > Again, default browser only means, that it will be used by those who > don't know any other browser. > If I use firefox (which will be included in FC3) I will look for it in > the Application menu. > > Its pretty simple, here are the two scenarios: > > a) I know what browser I want to use, (firefox, mozilla, konqueror or > epiphany). Does it matter which one is default? No, I'll look for it, I > know it exists, I know what is called, etc. > b) I don't know any browser. I just want to go to google.com or cnn.com > or whatever. I click in the menu where it says Internet Browser, and I > get a very simple browser....thats what epiphany was designed for. So people who don't know better should be pointed to an inferior browser (well, any given application to perform some particular task)? > > People are obsesed with making the most popular browser the default as > if it really were a statement of what browser fedora user like. It is > not, and it shouldn't, in my opinion. Defaults should IMNSHO be about offering the best-of-breed applications to users. - Panu -
