Firefox is a browser that people "expect" to see on a Linux distribution. I know the footprint is a little larger on it, but I think we should stick with the more comfortable/familiar choice in this situation.
Put on FF, if someone wants to change it later, let them do it. Glen On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Chow Loong Jin <hyper...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday 01,February,2010 11:19 PM, Jeff Stone wrote: >> Unfortunately, whichever browser you chose, a bunch of potential users >> are going to be turned off. An alternative to consider is initially >> install no browser, then have a post-install script that will ask the >> user to decide, something like this: >> >> Browser: >> 1. Firefox (default) >> 2. Midori >> 3. Epiphany >> 4. Arora >> 5. Chromium >> 6. none >> etc. >> >> Office: >> 1. Abiword + Gnumeric (default) >> 2. Openoffice.org >> 3. none >> >> Image editor: >> >> Music player: >> >> Launcher: >> 1. Kupfer >> >> IM Client: >> >> etc >> >> The script might not have to do anything more than a few sudo apt-get >> installs. I don't know if this breaks some Ubuntu philosopy, but I think >> it opens the distro up to a *much* wider audience. >> >> I'm sure you can't make dramatic changes to Ubiquity, and I know you >> don't want the user to have to make a lot of decisions at install time, >> but I'd *FAR* rather pick between a), b) and c), and know that the >> config is setup properly than to have to figure out how to delete one >> package and install another. You could even start with with the question >> "Do you want to select packages other than the defaults (Firefox, >> Abiword, Gnumeric etc)?" > > I prefer to have sensible defaults in the installer, with the option of > changing > these later on after the installation, not during. Even if browser choice is a > fairly religious thing, as long as you don't prevent people from using the > browser they want to use, it's fine. > > -- > Kind regards, > Chow Loong Jin > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp