Hi, On 09/01/2017 07:06 PM, Chad wrote: > (3) I would *really* like to have 2--maybe 3--browsers to list. There's > zero reason to make users think there's only one option when there's a > couple of valid ones.
I think Neil hit my goals on the head, and ideally there would be multiple browsers we could recommend. Skipping the "support a like minded organization" part for a bit, here's the criterion I would want to see for a web browser we recommend: 1. Free software/open source 2. Privacy friendly 3. Good security track record and active security team 4. Easy for non-technical users to use Firefox and Chromium both clear 1-3 pretty easily. For #4 I think Firefox also meets it - I know people have concerns with Firefox dropping legacy XUL addons or other changes to defaults, but I don't think people coming from IE 8 would really care or even notice. According to the "Download Chromium" page[1], their builds are based on the current master, and don't auto update. So I don't think that would meet the criteria for #4 since users would need to download updates manually. And Google Chrome, which does have auto updating, doesn't meet #1 or #2. After Firefox and Chromium, there's a bunch of open source web browsers listed on [2], but a brief spot check showed many as being Linux only (or outdated Mac builds). One that looked promising was Brave[3], though it's a relatively new browser and I would need to do more research regarding #3. Ultimately I think Firefox is the best and probably only choice for us to recommend to users. Given that Mozilla is an organization that is aligned with us ideologically, I feel comfortable recommending their product on Wikimedia sites, and trust they're not suddenly going to add privacy invasive features. That said, if there's another browser that also meets the criterion listed above, I would be totally open to recommending it well. [1] https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser) -- Legoktm _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
