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[Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Just a remember before I answer to all the replies : the goal is not to
determine the best browser for everyone and for all cases. This is for
standard Ubuntu version :) The goal is to determine the best browser for
the Lubuntu scope :
- Old hardware
- Possible small screen resolution
- Easy to use (mean GUI stuff :))
The goal since the beginning is to use less ressources as possible, but
to remain easy to use.

Firefox is maybe the best browser for common use cases, but there is
real problem on limited hardware and ressources (that's why I proposed
to change it).

Regards,
Julien Lavergne

Le samedi 30 janvier 2010 à 01:23 +0100, Julien Lavergne a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> Many people complained about the choice of Firefox on Lubuntu. It's time
> to discuss it, to see if it's useful to change for another one. I can
> see 3 possibles choices :
> 
> == Keep Firefox ==
> + Firefox is well-known
> + Well maintained upstream and on Ubuntu
> + Many features
> - Slow on startup
> - Memory usage
> ? Rendering seems slower
> 
> == Switch to Midori ==
> + Small and fast
> + Memory usage
> - Upstream active but with limited developers compared to the 2 others.
> - Features limited
> 
> == Switch to Chromium ==
> + Similar to Chrome, which begin to be well-known
> + Good interface for small screen
> + Upstream active, supported by Google
> +- Firefox have still more possibility and features than Chromium
> ? Maybe be maintained by Mobile Team
> ? Private data send ?
> 
> 
> This is a quick benchmark I made, to have a quick view of performance
> for those 3 browsers. 
> 
> Startup : time to startup
> Memory 1 : Memory with google.com, wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu and gmail.com
> connected.
> Memory 2 : Same that 1 + 5 ubuntu.com pages
> Memory 3 : Closing all the pages except google.com
> 
> . 	.	Firefox	.	 Midori	.	Chromium
> Startup 	3.4s 		1.8s 		1.5s
> 
> Memory using Xfce task manager
> 
> .	.	Firefox .	Midori .	Chromium
> Memory 1	70Mo		33Mo		28Mo
> Memory 2	83Mo		78Mo		33Mo
> Memory 3	58Mo		45Mo		32Mo
> 
> Memory using about:memory of Chromium
> 
> . 	.	Firefox	. 	Midori .	Chromium
> Memory 1	70Mo		21Mo		18Mo
> Memory 2	91Mo		72Mo		18Mo
> Memory 3	50Mo		38Mo		18Mo
> 
> 
> == Others choice ==
> * Opera: Closed source.
> * Aurora: I can't see any advantage over Midori, with QT depends.
> * Epiphany: Too much GNOME depends.
> 
> For now, I'm more for the Chromium option. Midori is nice, but I don't
> think we will have enough time to test and maintain it correctly.
> 
> I'm interesting to have user experience with those browser on low
> ressources computers. If you are running Lucid, you can install them
> from official repository, and play with them :)
> 
> Regards,
> Juline Lavergne
>