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Been using midori all day long at every site i can think of with no
hiccups... going with firefox is a mistake..... if you want a lightweight
distro you have to make the number one program used light weight as
well... otherwise its a like system but you spend most of your time in a
pokey program


> My personal vote is for Firefox and I will tell you why:
>
> The perfect default browser is one such that everyone will be capable of
> using it without requiring to replace it.  This, in a perfect world, would
> be a simple decision, but we must consider at least two attributes of each
> browser: speed and compatibility.
>
> I am sure no one would disagree that Midori or even Chromium represent
> very
> fast browsers and even lightweight ones in the case of Midori.
> Unfortunately, the web has not adapted to these new browsers as plugins
> still will crash in these browsers (Looks at Flash) and some websites will
> render incorrectly.  These two problems often necessitates the need to
> have
> a "backup" browser that more websites are compatible with.  On Linux, that
> backup browser has to be Firefox.
>
> The fatal flaw with Midori and Chromium is that they necessitate the use
> of
> a different browser and I think any reasonable inclusion of one of these
> would necessitate the inclusion of Firefox for websites that one of these
> does not render correctly.  I think that just including one of these would
> be a big mistake because no one wants a default browser which does not
> browse.  That would be a major complaint.
>
> On the other side of the equation, if you include Firefox, anyone who does
> not bother to change their browser gets to use the most compatible browser
> for the web right now.  If someone wants to use one of the lighter
> alternatives for most of their browsing, they can easily install it and
> they
> will be able to have Firefox to browse websites that do not work.
>
> TL;DR:
>
>    - If you include Firefox as default, people who just want a browser
> that
>    works gets that.
>
>
>    - If you include Firefox as default, people who want a faster browser
> for
>    most of their browsing can easily install that and still have Firefox
> ready
>    to go when their favorite browser struggles on that incompatible web
> page.
>
>
>    - If you include Midori or Chromium, people who just want a browser
> will
>    likely find pages that do not work correctly.
>
>
>    - If you include Midori or Chromium, people who like their faster
>    browsers are happy, but when they encounter a web page that is not
>    compatable they will either have to forget that web page or install
> Firefox.
>
>
> *Conclusion: *Include Firefox because it will avoid the worst possible
> outcome without inconveniencing people who want to use a lighter browser
> for
> most of their experience too much.
>
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Le lundi 01 février 2010 à 10:30 -0500, Dwain Sims a écrit :
>> > Browsers (especially) are almost like religion.
>> Religion for advanced users, others just want something to display
>> Internet pages.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Julien Lavergne
>>
>>
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