lubuntu-desktop team mailing list archive

[Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Just be aware that I think chromium is not packaged on PCLinuxOS, so
they don't have the chromium choice. It's also the case for Debian and
Fedora.

Regards,
Julien Lavergne

Le mardi 02 février 2010 à 12:01 -0400, Glen Bizeau a écrit :
> Doing some looking at what some other distros do.
> 
> http://blog.lxde.org/?p=423 PCLXDE (PCLinuxOS)
> 
> They include Midori as well.
> 
> http://blog.lxde.org/?p=569
> 
> Fedora 12 LXDE Spin includes FF
> 
> and I know the XFCE-LXDE of Debian does FF.
> 
> 
> I am changing my Vote to Midori, it seems to cover the bases enough to
> be a FF replacement.
> 
> Glen
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 11:38 AM, jo franz <jo.ge.spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > what about a little script that checks the amount of ram of the computer and
> > then set FF for more than 512mb ram as default and others when theres less
> > ram?
> >  a window opening at first launch of the browser where you can choose
> > between some browsers seems also ok, but it has to be easy and clear. The
> > users we aim at don want to decide between "browsers" (whats this?) they
> > never heard of, we should make a good default for them.
> >
> > lg jo
> >
> > 2010/2/2 Julien Lavergne <julien.lavergne@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> 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
> >>>>
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
> >>>> Post to     : lubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
> >>>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
> >>> Post to     : lubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
> >>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
> >> Post to     : lubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop
> >> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
> >
> >