On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 19:05 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote: > > How do you suggest that we persuade the distros to use Epiphany given > that we've failed to do that so far?
That sounds funny to me considering the two distros I have installed, Debian and Arch Linux, both install Epiphany as the default (and only graphical) web browser when you install Gnome. On both distros, you have to explicitly install Firefox (er .. Iceweasel, on Debian). I don't understand the concern about what various distros install by default. Firefox has the advantages of being cross-platform, having a lot of publicity and marketing, and of being DE/WM agnostic on Linux. It has mindshare and it's very flexible, so of course people will use it, primarily because you can use it anywhere, and it mostly works pretty well anywhere you use it. That's very convenient. People who use Windows at work and Linux at home can use it both places and sync their browsing. Ditto for people who have PCs and Mac. OTOH, Epiphany is better suited than Firefox to using under Gnome. I've never tried running Epiphany under XFCE or KDE or any particular WM, but I don't imagine it would be as satisfying. (Anyway, I run Gnome most of the time.) If there's any reason for concern, it might be only that some Gnome users don't know about Epiphany and don't know what they are missing. But I've certainly seen ringing endorsements and recommendations of Epiphany even in places like the Ubuntu forums and wiki. I wouldn't expect any distro that's aiming (primarily) at Windows converts to push anything other than Firefox; but I would expect that, eventually, some of those who gravitate toward Gnome will discover that Epiphany is a better option for them. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream." --S. Jackson _______________________________________________ epiphany-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/epiphany-list
