Re: [Oneiric-Topic] Default Browser

2011-04-28 Thread Chris Coulson
Hi, On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 17:52 -0500, Micah Gersten wrote: Apologies for the delay in response, responses inline. This isn't about maintenance as much as a uniform browser experience. The theory being that casual users don't care about the latest and greatest stuff as long as they know

Re: [Oneiric-Topic] Default Browser

2011-04-27 Thread Micah Gersten
Apologies for the delay in response, responses inline. On 04/18/2011 09:05 AM, Chris Coulson wrote: On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 10:36 -0500, Micah Gersten wrote: Since now both Firefox and Chromium have committed to rapid release schedules, I think it's time to reevaluate the default browser in

Re: [Oneiric-Topic] Default Browser

2011-04-18 Thread Chris Coulson
On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 10:36 -0500, Micah Gersten wrote: Since now both Firefox and Chromium have committed to rapid release schedules, I think it's time to reevaluate the default browser in Ubuntu. I am concerned that some of these upgrades might break system integration at some point. While

Re: [Oneiric-Topic] Default Browser

2011-04-18 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
Le lundi 18 avril 2011 à 15:05 +0100, Chris Coulson a écrit : I see a lot of people are recommending Epiphany. I've used this before, but it's never been my default browser. I used it again today, for the first time in a year or so. Here's a brief summary of some of the things I noticed: -

Re: [Oneiric-Topic] Default Browser

2011-04-09 Thread Marc Deslauriers
On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 10:36 -0500, Micah Gersten wrote: Since now both Firefox and Chromium have committed to rapid release schedules, I think it's time to reevaluate the default browser in Ubuntu. I am concerned that some of these upgrades might break system integration at some point. While

Re: [Oneiric-Topic] Default Browser

2011-04-09 Thread Shane Fagan
Please note, I was suggesting not having Firefox or Chromium as the default, but a webkit based browser with a normal release cycle like Epiphany (which uses webkitgtk :)). Hey all, Well there are two ways you can look at this. 1. Recognized brands like Chrome and Firefox which most people

Re: [Oneiric-Topic] Default Browser

2011-04-09 Thread Shane Fagan
Hi Chris, Maybe I was presuming a bit of things :) Firefox I don't think ever fit in because of XUL. I'd like to know why you think Firefox won't ever fit in because of XUL? After all, it's just another toolkit (like QT is just another toolkit, or perhaps you think that QT wouldn't fit in

Re: [Oneiric-Topic] Default Browser

2011-04-09 Thread Dylan McCall
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Micah Gersten mic...@ubuntu.com wrote: Since now both Firefox and Chromium have committed to rapid release schedules, I think it's time to reevaluate the default browser in Ubuntu.  I am concerned that some of these upgrades might break system integration at

Re: [Oneiric-Topic] Default Browser

2011-04-09 Thread Jacky Alcine
Sounds like Chromium meets the standards for that one. I'm assuming that there'd be Ubuntu-ifed branding for it, similar to that of Firefox (ubu-fox)? That's if it were to become standard. On 2011-04-09, Dylan McCall dylanmcc...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Micah Gersten

Re: [Oneiric-Topic] Default Browser

2011-04-09 Thread Jeremy Bicha
On 9 April 2011 15:55, Dylan McCall dylanmcc...@gmail.com wrote: One nice thing with Chromium and Epiphany is they store passwords using the native keyring daemon. (Epiphany always has, Chromium recently has and it should be enabled by default at this point). That is, passwords are properly

Re: [Oneiric-Topic] Default Browser

2011-04-08 Thread Vishnoo
On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 17:27 -0500, Micah Gersten wrote: Please note, I was suggesting not having Firefox or Chromium as the default, but a webkit based browser with a normal release cycle like Epiphany (which uses webkitgtk :)). If I'v understood that right, what you are suggesting is we use

[Oneiric-Topic] Default Browser

2011-04-07 Thread Micah Gersten
Since now both Firefox and Chromium have committed to rapid release schedules, I think it's time to reevaluate the default browser in Ubuntu. I am concerned that some of these upgrades might break system integration at some point. While the security team does its best to prevent regressions, we