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Re: Default Browser

 

Firefox is a browser that people "expect" to see on a Linux
distribution. I know the footprint is a little larger on it, but I
think we should stick with the more comfortable/familiar choice in
this situation.

Put on FF, if someone wants to change it later, let them do it.

Glen

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Chow Loong Jin <hyperair@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Monday 01,February,2010 11:19 PM, Jeff Stone wrote:
>> Unfortunately, whichever browser you chose, a bunch of potential users
>> are going to be turned off. An alternative to consider is initially
>> install no browser, then have a post-install script that will ask the
>> user to decide, something like this:
>>
>> Browser:
>> 1. Firefox (default)
>> 2. Midori
>> 3. Epiphany
>> 4. Arora
>> 5. Chromium
>> 6. none
>> etc.
>>
>> Office:
>> 1. Abiword + Gnumeric (default)
>> 2. Openoffice.org
>> 3. none
>>
>> Image editor:
>>
>> Music player:
>>
>> Launcher:
>> 1. Kupfer
>>
>> IM Client:
>>
>> etc
>>
>> The script might not have to do anything more than a few sudo apt-get
>> installs. I don't know if this breaks some Ubuntu philosopy, but I think
>> it opens the distro up to a *much* wider audience.
>>
>> I'm sure you can't make dramatic changes to Ubiquity, and I know you
>> don't want the user to have to make a lot of decisions at install time,
>> but I'd *FAR* rather pick between a), b) and c), and know that the
>> config is setup properly than to have to figure out how to delete one
>> package and install another. You could even start with with the question
>> "Do you want to select packages other than the defaults (Firefox,
>> Abiword, Gnumeric etc)?"
>
> I prefer to have sensible defaults in the installer, with the option of changing
> these later on after the installation, not during. Even if browser choice is a
> fairly religious thing, as long as you don't prevent people from using the
> browser they want to use, it's fine.
>
> --
> Kind regards,
> Chow Loong Jin
>
>
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