On 8/6/07, Giuseppe Torelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/6/07, Jani Monoses <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree it would be nice to have search and similar extras that a > browser does not have. > > But I still think using the default web browser is better for the > following reasons > > > > 1) Resource consumption : if the browser is too heavy to read the help > it is probably too heavy to > > use it to browse the web. I am not sure how many Xubuntu desktops are > not using a web browser. > > Please guys, let's take an agreement. I don't want to waste my time in > developing an application that will never be included because there is > already a web browser in Xubuntu!! From now on I will not code a > single line of code for Xhelp until we come to a conclusion.
Giuseppe. You job is not a waste time. I havent been in a meeting yet but if you read the log is a fact we need a Xhelp. I think you count on the support of the people here. I you do a good application I don't know why is not going to be included. > 2) Consistency: the Xfce docs have links to external http URLs. What > happens with those if the user > > follows them? Launch the web browser or render those sites poorly (I am > pretty sure CSS and JS won't > > be supported by Xhelp)? > > If libgtkhtml2 supports them, Xhelp will support them too but I think > the best way will be to launch the default web browser for this. > > > So I think the efforts would be much better spent on completing the > Xubuntu desktop guide and the Xfce docs > > than writing an app to show incomplete docs. > > ... > -- > Colossus > Xarchiver, a Linux GTK+2 only archive manager - http://xarchiver.xfce.org > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel >
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