On 04/07/2011 05:21 PM, Luke Yelavich wrote: > On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 01:36:01AM EST, 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 the security team does its best to >> prevent regressions, we can't test every case (especially ones we don't >> know about :)). Perhaps, if we can find one with sufficient features, >> switch to a Webkit based browser with a more normal release schedule (6 >> months). We could have an installer like Kubuntu does to install >> Firefox or Chromium on demand. This will also keep the system >> documentation current within the release as the screenshots/menus won't >> be out of date shortly after release. > This raises accessibility concerns, because Chromium is not yet accessible on > Linux, and there is not enough manpower upstream to address that, > particularly since Firefox is working well with regards to accessibility. If > chromium were using libwebkitgtk, then things may be different, since > webkitgtk is getting better and better accessibility wise, but I dare say > that would be a lot of work. > > Luke >
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 :)). Micah -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
