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[Andrew Woodhead <andrew.woodhead666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You'll find most users simply will not use anything else other than firefox
(sad but true) So will more than likely install it anyway due to ignorance
or some form of loyalty, despite its massive shortcomings (like ridiculous
ram usage)

I personally use Chromium and believe there is a time when we look back at
firefox and say "what were we thinking!!?"
-ActionParsnip (aka andy)


On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:20 AM, mehageg <mehageg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I defectively agree, chrome is a good choice, in condition that it's
> operational by the time of 10.4
> for the case it's not - I'd like to have your opinion regarding arora, I
> really find it mean and lean.
>
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:33 AM, Sylkis <sylkis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 2009/11/15 mehageg <mehageg@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>>  as lubuntu is a fast-lightweight version of ubuntu, maybe it's time to
>>> consider using arora <http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/arora> instead
>>> of firefox as the main web-browser.
>>> from my personal experience, arora fits very well as my main browser, it
>>> supports the main state-of-the art technologies (javascript+ajax, flash,
>>> java applets etc), has the main features you find in firefox (ad-block,
>>> live-http, privacy mode, tabbed surfing, smart bar).
>>>
>>> in the bottom line, it's just as great as firefox, just much faster and
>>> slimmer. matches perfectly the lubuntu/lxde way, as I see it.
>>>
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>> Why not consider google-chrome? I know it's 'beta' status, but as I've
>> been using it for a long time - since version in which plugins are defaultly
>> on it's perfectly stable, and it's really lightweight and fast :) AND it's
>> becoming quite popular, so I think it'd be better for lubuntu to have a
>> popular browser that many people are familiar with, rather than having some
>> exotic one that very little number of people use....
>>
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