Been using midori all day long at every site i can think of with no hiccups... going with firefox is a mistake..... if you want a lightweight distro you have to make the number one program used light weight as well... otherwise its a like system but you spend most of your time in a pokey program
> My personal vote is for Firefox and I will tell you why: > > The perfect default browser is one such that everyone will be capable of > using it without requiring to replace it. This, in a perfect world, would > be a simple decision, but we must consider at least two attributes of each > browser: speed and compatibility. > > I am sure no one would disagree that Midori or even Chromium represent > very > fast browsers and even lightweight ones in the case of Midori. > Unfortunately, the web has not adapted to these new browsers as plugins > still will crash in these browsers (Looks at Flash) and some websites will > render incorrectly. These two problems often necessitates the need to > have > a "backup" browser that more websites are compatible with. On Linux, that > backup browser has to be Firefox. > > The fatal flaw with Midori and Chromium is that they necessitate the use > of > a different browser and I think any reasonable inclusion of one of these > would necessitate the inclusion of Firefox for websites that one of these > does not render correctly. I think that just including one of these would > be a big mistake because no one wants a default browser which does not > browse. That would be a major complaint. > > On the other side of the equation, if you include Firefox, anyone who does > not bother to change their browser gets to use the most compatible browser > for the web right now. If someone wants to use one of the lighter > alternatives for most of their browsing, they can easily install it and > they > will be able to have Firefox to browse websites that do not work. > > TL;DR: > > - If you include Firefox as default, people who just want a browser > that > works gets that. > > > - If you include Firefox as default, people who want a faster browser > for > most of their browsing can easily install that and still have Firefox > ready > to go when their favorite browser struggles on that incompatible web > page. > > > - If you include Midori or Chromium, people who just want a browser > will > likely find pages that do not work correctly. > > > - If you include Midori or Chromium, people who like their faster > browsers are happy, but when they encounter a web page that is not > compatable they will either have to forget that web page or install > Firefox. > > > *Conclusion: *Include Firefox because it will avoid the worst possible > outcome without inconveniencing people who want to use a lighter browser > for > most of their experience too much. > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Julien Lavergne <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Le lundi 01 février 2010 à 10:30 -0500, Dwain Sims a écrit : >> > Browsers (especially) are almost like religion. >> Religion for advanced users, others just want something to display >> Internet pages. >> >> Regards, >> Julien Lavergne >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop<https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-desktop> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
