On 2011-07-13 Bruno wrote: <snip> > The default home page of all browsers on opensuse points to a very >> simple url, like opensuse.org/home >> >> That page is so usefull that almost all users will appreciate it. >> >> For example, it just consists of a very plain and simple >> search bar (like this well-known one: http://www.google.de/firefox/). >> Or, maybe even better, it simply offers a number of search engines, >> and it will, based on a cookie, from here on replace itself with that >> search engine --- or even a blank page (about:blank). <snip> > Even if the idea seems nice, it has lots of limits. > Firstly you will never see my browser here, that will not be my > homepage :-) Nor for the openSUSE I install. > > Next you get a cookie, but it's totally false assumption that the > desktop is installed how would you differentiate livecd with new > cookie each time, or desktop installed and then replace by another > distribution by the end user ? > > How accurate will be your stats based on biased sources ?
I also wonder - is this more accurate than counting the visits of a system to download.opensuse.org? I thought we had a reasonably accurate way of distinguising systems there? Not every system uses firefox (servers don't, lots of chromium, opera and other users out there). I do like the idea of having a nice custom homepage for firefox so in that regard I'm all for it. And, following manu, I can only ask if anyone here or on the artist list (CC'ed) might be interested in making such a standard homepage?
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