First of all, swiftfox is an architecture dependent version of firefox, there is no way to include it. Not to mention, it is highly unstable in my experience.
About sylpheed: it is now called Claws Mail and it is GTK2 based, and you can view feeds and html pages with it. On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 09:49:29 -0700 "Joshua Gardner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As for myself, I use Swiftfox, which is faster and seems to be in > keeping with Xubuntu's spirit of speed. Abiword I used to use, but it > doesn't work with MS Word or pictures very well, and I find myself > using Google Docs for my quick stuff lately. But still, Abiword is > useful and works well. > > I've never used Sylpheed, except the old original Sylpheed that's > included in DSL. I didn't like it but as a general rule GTK+1 apps > stink. I like the way that Thunderbird handles feeds and > HTML-formatted mails, using Gecko. But I haven't used Thunderbird > recently, using Gmail + a slew of Firefox extensions and GreaseMonkey > scripts instead. > > I vote to keep Firefox or get Swiftfox put into the repos and used. I > don't really care about the email client though. > > -cellofellow > > On 12/6/06, john levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Oblio wrote: > > >> wow, that was fast ... i clicked send and already 2 replies. > > >> > > >> i think opera is a bad idea, i can't stand the browser and i > > >> don't > > think > > >> we can package it on the distro cd because it isn't open > > >> source ... not sure > > >> about the licensing on that. > > >> > > >> -Adam > > > > > > > > > I know, but after all, it comes down to preference. Xubuntu will > > > ship Firefox > > > because it can be supported, and it's Open Source, and someone > > > with > > older > > > machines can install Opera because it's faster. > > > > > > Basically, this problem can't be solved: > > > - all Gecko based browser are slow (seems it's going to be > > > solved); actually not > > > slow, but huge memory munchers > > > - Konqueror is KDE based > > > - all other lightweight browsers are unsuitable for general use > > > - Opera is closed source > > > > > > So Firefox it shall be :) > > > > > > > Has anyone tried Skipstone? > > http://www.muhri.net/skipstone/ > > It aims to be a light and fast gecko browser, in GTK with few > > dependencies. > > > > John > > > > -- > > xubuntu-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
