Doing some looking at what some other distros do. http://blog.lxde.org/?p=423 PCLXDE (PCLinuxOS)
They include Midori as well. http://blog.lxde.org/?p=569 Fedora 12 LXDE Spin includes FF and I know the XFCE-LXDE of Debian does FF. I am changing my Vote to Midori, it seems to cover the bases enough to be a FF replacement. Glen On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 11:38 AM, jo franz <[email protected]> wrote: > what about a little script that checks the amount of ram of the computer and > then set FF for more than 512mb ram as default and others when theres less > ram? > a window opening at first launch of the browser where you can choose > between some browsers seems also ok, but it has to be easy and clear. The > users we aim at don want to decide between "browsers" (whats this?) they > never heard of, we should make a good default for them. > > lg jo > > 2010/2/2 Julien Lavergne <[email protected]> >> >> I know we will not be all agree after this discussion. But I 'm collecting >> arguments for all browsers to make a decision after the discussion. >> >> Regards, >> Julien Lavergne >> >> Le 2 févr. 2010 à 14:14, Glen Bizeau <[email protected]> a écrit : >> >>> I think this is one of those time when we are all going to agree to >>> disagree... >>> >>> Julien, if we go with Midori, can we put a script or shortcut on the >>> desktop that will install FF? >>> >>> Personally I think this would fit the bill, have a lite browser, but >>> give users who don't know very much a "simple" way to >>> install FF. I am thinking about the illiterate here, bot people like >>> us who know what we are doing. >>> >>> I'm fine with Midori since it seems to do everything FF does, but I >>> suspect if we have some way to track it, I think you >>> would see a lot of FF installs after the fact. >>> >>> Glen >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Steve <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:40:49 -0000, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Steve, >>>>> >>>>> I found changing preferences to identify as Safari was best for online >>>>> banking. I think that's because Safari uses webkit too. >>>>> >>>>> Joe >>>>> >>>> I know that trick, I have the User Agent Switcher plugin on FF for >>>> problems >>>> like that. I’m just thinking of users who don’t know or understand >>>> about >>>> this. >>>> >>>>> On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 22:32 +0000, Steve wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:09:37 -0000, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>> >>>>>> I have found a couple of problems sites with Midori but they appear to >>>>>> be >>>>>> known and can be overcome. Sites that claim the browser is unsupported >>>>>> tend to work OK, a few sites told me FF 3.0, 3.5 & 3.6 was >>>>>> unsupported. >>>>>> Online banking sites are another matter, obviously I can only test >>>>>> mine, >>>>>> which refuses to cooperate with Midori, Opera and FF 3.5 & 3.6. I am >>>>>> not >>>>>> sure if this will be a major problem, would the target group for this >>>>>> distro use online banking. >>>>>> The thing is, just how critical are these two. >>>>>> http://www.twotoasts.de/bugs/index.php?do=details&task_id=399 >>>>>> http://www.twotoasts.de/bugs/index.php?do=details&task_id=168 >>>>>> It looks like they are not going to get sorted any time soon. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
