lør, 07.05.2005 kl. 17.52 skrev nodata: > On Sat, 2005-05-07 at 14:32 +0200, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote: > > Today we use the release notes as standard homepage for all browsers, > > instead of whatever is upstream default. Why do we do that, while > > constantly repeating the mantra "upstream!, upstream!, upstream!"? > > > > In my personal opinion, the release notes belong in "help" or something > > like that (even a shortcut on the standard desktop would be more > > intuitive) - not as the standard homepage in every browser. > > Why should loading the Google homepage be more correct that showing the > release notes for the operating system I've just installed? > Because the average end-user (non-admin) is more interested in googling for her friend's hollyday picures than reading a bunch of non-interesting technical documentation. > Google has nothing to do with Firefox, except that it's a search engine > that I might use with it. People that want to use Google can type > something in the search box. > And it is upstream default. People see "firefox" and expect to have a google search with firefox tips as the standard homepage. Perhaps it could be made into a google (or whatever) search with fedora tips? > > This confuses people, and addmitedly, the release notes aren't that much > > usefull to the users as the standard homepage - especially in firefox, > > Who does it confuse? Why were they confused? > They are confused because the browser looks like firefox but doesn't behave like firefox. > > where the standard is: > > http://www.google.no/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:nb-NO:official > > which is simply a google search with some hints on using firefox etc. > > > > Kyrre Ness Sjøbæk >