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Message #00076
Re: Installing Firefox
+1 for Chrome/Chromium. But since Chrome is not OSS, I think it cannot be
included. And Chromium doesn't have stable releases.
And yeah, an option in Ubiquity will be great!
On Thursday, October 25, 2012, Nathanel Titane wrote:
> OK, so let us do this the good old fashioned way, list all the given
> positive points to the browser you would like to see in the distribution?
>
> Chrome/ium:
> Out of the box web intergration features (google account)
> Extensive array of plugins and extensions
> Complies with Ubuntu open standards - Flash easily deployed to or comes
> preinstalled with.
> Ease of use and visual simplicity comparable to 'Web' (Epiphany)
> Built in visual, technical and customization oriented features (GTK theme
> selection, privacy, cloud, etc)
> --Does not clash with the rest of the application set (visually at least)
> Does not require dragging dependencies or modifying package descriptors
> (stated earlier), nor is the Unity, or global-menu integration.
> Good choice because Firefox is not a strict feature requirement to this
> spin
> Provides robust settings sync over the web.
>
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> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@xxxxxxxxxx<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'jbicha@xxxxxxxxxx');>
> > wrote:
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>> On 24 October 2012 14:56, Alessandro Scarozza <xan.scale@xxxxxxxxx<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'xan.scale@xxxxxxxxx');>>
>> wrote:
>> > if the first start up it's open an application that lets you choose a
>> number of things:
>> > - add gnome3 ppa
>> > - to install LibreOffice
>> > - to install firefox
>> > - more...
>>
>> Kubuntu did ship a Firefox installer launcher for a while. I don't
>> think that's something we want as I want users to be able to easily
>> install anything, not just Firefox.
>>
>> Let's use a different discussion thread if we want to discuss shipping
>> LibreOffice and reserve this one for web browsers.
>>
>> Jeremy
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