On "menu options" I really never liked how it felt to have this firefox icon I never used in my menu. An average user isn't going to know how to remove the "kubuntu-firefox-installer" package if they don't intend to use Firefox.
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Ho Wan Chan <[email protected]> wrote: > I knew I am a new guy on Kubuntu, but here are my suggestions. > > You see, I am also subscribed to Lubuntu's QA list. From what I saw in the > mailing list, updating Chromium is a difficult thing to do. Also I think > that since Chromium is not that stable (sort of like Google Chrome > Dev/Canary channel). I would not choose Chromium. > > Firefox is much better. Less bugs, and more stable. Although it's KDE > support/integration is not well, it is still a strong solution. If not, why > would Ubuntu/Edubuntu/Xubuntu/Ubuntu Studio be still using it? > > One thing that's great about rekonq is that it ensures good KDE > integration. That is one important factor to be considered. > > So here are my suggestions: Keep rekonq as the default browser, but ask if > they want Firefox or rekonq at installation. We should also provide menu > items, so if people are installing Kubuntu on top of things like the mini > ISO, we could let them know they could use Firefox or Chromium. > > smartboyhw > On 2013-2-1 上午12:30, "Rohan Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sounds like a good idea. Anyone opposed to having the firefox >> installer in the kickoff? >> >> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Scott Kitterman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > On Thursday, January 31, 2013 08:24:45 PM Rohan Garg wrote: >> >> > In this case, you still get rekonq if there's no network during >> install. >> >> >> >> Yep, the same way you get a Kubuntu without multimedia codecs without a >> >> network. >> >> > I don't see any significant advantage for doing it during the install >> >> > versus making it easy to do post-install. Why do you think it's >> better? >> >> >> >> I'm open to suggestions on how to make it super easy for users to >> >> install another browser post-install. Especially since users migrating >> >> from Windows/OS X have no concept of 'packages' and even installing >> >> something like firefox can be daunting task. Personally, I'd expect >> >> them to go to firefox.com and download the sources instead of >> >> downloading the binary packages since that's what they're accustomed >> >> to. >> > >> > How about putting the Firefox installer in the 'favorites' so that if >> someone >> > can at least click on the K menu they'll see the familiar icon and >> (hopefully) >> > click on it? >> > >> >> > Also, if we start having application selection during install, what >> else >> >> > ends up there? It's a slippery slope. >> >> >> >> True. As always there are tradeoffs to be made here. But if you have a >> >> look around, people seem to be comfortable with dragon as their video >> >> player as compared to rekonq as their default browser ( just an >> >> example ). >> > >> > There was a time where Kaffeine versus Dragon was just as controversial. >> > >> > Scott K >> > >> > -- >> > kubuntu-devel mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel >> >> -- >> kubuntu-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel >> > > -- > kubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel > >
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