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[Jeff Stone <stone1343@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Dwain, but actually I think Julien's right and I do see more
problems with the script idea I suggested.

To the rest of the list, it looks like PCLXDE (from a separate email) has
quite a good software suite. FWIW, I'm officially on board with Midori.

Which begs the question, is there going to be a lubuntu-restricted-extras,
and are separate plugins needed for Midori to support Flash and multimedia
as mentioned by PCLXDE?

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Dwain Sims <dsims@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The fact that there has been this much discussion on this topic is proof to
> me that Jeff Stone's original idea is the way to go.   If you make a hard to
> change choice, many users will be unhappy.  But if you make a good choice
> with the default (Chromium or Midori or whatever) that will be OK, but make
> easy for folks to make a substitution or addition, most folks will be very
> happy.
>
> I cannot imagine not having FireFox on a system, but I know for this distro
> it would be a poor choice as the default.  I know enough on how to add it
> later, but that is not the case for everyone.  Let's make it easy for those
> folks who have strong opinions about such tools to make their own choices on
> such things.
>
> I continue to agree with Jeff.
>
> Dwain
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Julien Lavergne <julien.lavergne@xxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
>> I know we will not be all agree after this discussion. But I 'm collecting
>> arguments for all browsers to make a decision after the discussion.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Julien Lavergne
>>
>> Le 2 févr. 2010 à 14:14, Glen Bizeau <gbizeau@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>>
>>
>>  I think this is one of those time when we are all going to agree to
>>> disagree...
>>>
>>> Julien, if we go with Midori, can we put a script or shortcut on the
>>> desktop that will install FF?
>>>
>>> Personally I think this would fit the bill, have a lite browser, but
>>> give users who don't know very much a "simple" way to
>>> install FF. I am thinking about the illiterate here, bot people like
>>> us who know what we are doing.
>>>
>>> I'm fine with Midori since it seems to do everything FF does, but I
>>> suspect if we have some way to track it, I think you
>>> would see a lot of FF installs after the fact.
>>>
>>> Glen
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Steve <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:40:49 -0000, Joe <xubuntu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Hi Steve,
>>>>>
>>>>> I found changing preferences to identify as Safari was best for online
>>>>> banking. I think that's because Safari uses webkit too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Joe
>>>>>
>>>>>  I know that trick, I have the User Agent Switcher plugin on FF for
>>>> problems
>>>> like that.  I’m just thinking of users who don’t know or understand
>>>> about
>>>> this.
>>>>
>>>>  On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 22:32 +0000, Steve wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:09:37 -0000, <Support@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  I have found a couple of problems sites with Midori but they appear
>>>>>> to be
>>>>>> known and can be overcome. Sites that claim the browser is unsupported
>>>>>> tend to work OK, a few sites told me FF 3.0, 3.5 & 3.6 was
>>>>>> unsupported.
>>>>>> Online banking sites are another matter, obviously I can only test
>>>>>> mine,
>>>>>> which refuses to cooperate with Midori, Opera and FF 3.5 & 3.6.  I am
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> sure if this will be a major problem, would the target group for this
>>>>>> distro use online banking.
>>>>>> The thing is, just how critical are these two.
>>>>>> http://www.twotoasts.de/bugs/index.php?do=details&task_id=399
>>>>>> http://www.twotoasts.de/bugs/index.php?do=details&task_id=168
>>>>>> It looks like they are not going to get sorted any time soon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Steve
>>>>
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