Re: Choice of default browser for etch

[Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@corsac.net>]

On mar, 2007-01-16 at 12:20 +0100, Loïc Minier wrote:
>  I followed the debate on firefox versus epiphany on the Ubuntu lists,
>  and I think the biggest arguments back then were the number of
> features
>  Firefox had that Epiphany lacked and the name "Firefox" being
> popular.
> 
>  Today, I think these arguments need to be revisited as Epiphany
> gained
>  features and plenty of plugins, and Firefox was renamed to IceWeasel.
> 
> 
>  I don't know who and how we will decide what the default browser will
>  be (a poll? :), but my order of preference for installed browsers in
>  default installs would be:
>  1) epiphany + iceweasel
>  2) epiphany
>  3) iceweasel 

For Xfce, I guess the default browser will be Iceweasel. For my part I
prefer epiphany, but we don't want to pull too many gnome dependencies,
and IW is the only real choice when you come to gk2 browser. Of course
you don't have this requirement in GNOME task :)

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis