On Thursday, January 31, 2013 08:36:59 PM Aleix Pol wrote: > On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Rohan Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everyone > > Since the default browser seems to be a fairly hot topic in Kubuntu > > I'd like to propose the following : > > > > * Keep rekonq as the default browser > > * Add a new browser selection page in Ubiquity right after the > > "Prepare" page which allows the user to pick one of the the 3 > > available choices Firefox/Chromium/Rekonq ( rekonq selected by default > > ) > > > > Pro's : People don't complain (loudly) about our browser selection > > > > For people trying out Kubuntu for the first time who know > > > > nothing about packages and how to install software, it gives them an > > easy way to choose a more feature complete browser. > > > > Con's : Adds another step in the installer > > > > While some people might argue that users might not be able to choose > > one over the other, this will not hold true for most of the users > > since we can safely assume that they have used/heard about either one > > of the browsers in the past and already have a preference. > > > > I've also heard some issues being raised about chromium not having a > > security cycle in tune with our release cycle, but it seems that > > Lubuntu ships Chromium as their default browser. > > > > I'd like to hear everyone's opinions on this. > > > > Regards > > Rohan Garg > > > > -- > > kubuntu-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel > > Personally I wouldn't do that. If a user is smart enough for wanting > another browser, he should be able to go and install it himself. > > Maybe here the problem is that Kubuntu is not advertising the software > centers properly. > From my side, if there's anything we can do to improve this situation from > Muon, I think it would be a huge step forward, and not only for browsers, > but other areas could benefit from such deals. Maybe rekonq can provide a > list of alternatives and use muon to install them? Afterall, chromium > already suggests you other browsers, IIRC. > > Additionally, you didn't mention in the Con's that it means to add GTK > dependencies, which I'm fine with by the way, but AFAIK right now ubuntu > forked the kde-gtk-config package to not need GTK.
I think it would be good to have a slide for "here's how you get more stuff" and possibly "Here's how you get a different web browser" in the feature tour the runs during the installation. The content of the slide show hasn't changed in awhile and I think this would be a good improvement. That'd be a way to introduce the idea of package management and our tools for getting/updating packaging. Scott K -- kubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
