On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 16:57 +0000, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Gilboa Davara <gilboad <at> gmail.com> writes: > > You don't want to remove Firefox because Konq is the better tool - you > > want to remove [Firefox]* because it doesn't fit your purist view of KDE-only > > distribution. > > Not really (though I see how you could get that impression). I use some non-KDE > apps daily, X-Chat for example. (I like its C plugin interface, I have written > a few script-like plugins in C for X-Chat. Most users will probably be happy > with Konversation though, if they even use IRC at all.) I doubt the usefulness > of Firefox in particular (over Konqueror) though (and the usefulness of > Evolution even more, considering that I never use it whereas I use KMail all > the time, and that AFAICS it gets more flames than any other application which > ships with Fedora). Personally, I'd rather have X-Chat available than Firefox > or Evolution, but that is my very biased personal preference. > > As for generally useful non-KDE apps (not just the one I happen to use the > most ;-) ), I think OO.o and GIMP qualify, but IMHO not Firefox and definitely > not Evolution. Ekiga might also be interesting, though that probably drags in > several GNOME libs too. > > * I guess that's what you meant because otherwise your sentence makes no > sense. ;-) > > Kevin Kofler > Guess I jumped the gun. My mistake, I apologize. I seem to be suffering from a mild case of sleep deprivation which makes a bit jumpy. Firefox is not a leanest/cleanest product - no arguments there. (Hopefully FF 3.0 will be a major improvement when it comes to bloat) But for now, firefox has 3 major advantages: A. Extensions. B. Better site compatibility. C. ... Extensions. A well configured (and extended) FF 1.5 runs circles around Konq/Opera/IE7. I'm not saying the Konq doesn't work for you - or that Firefox should be the default browser. I am saying the removing it from the ISO is a big mistake. - Gilboa -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
