Hi Elad,
Some of the issues you mention we actually have people in the desktop team at Red Hat
working on, like the GTK3 port.
In general I am tempted to keep Firefox as our primary browser for a variety of reasons
like brand recognition, security
updates and web site support. So while I am positive to the effort the Web team are
undertaking I am having a hard time
convincing myself they would be a better choice for us despite the integration advantage
they bring.
Christian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elad Alfassa" <elad(a)fedoraproject.org>
To: "Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop"
<desktop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
Sent: Friday, June 6, 2014 5:52:33 PM
Subject: Should Firefox stay the default browser in Fedora Workstation?
Should Firefox stay the default browser in Fedora Workstation?
I know it's powerful, it has a lot of extensions, and it's popular. But it's
integration with our desktop is lacking and getting worse all the time.
Here's a list of things Firefox lacks in Fedora:
* GPU acceleration
* Integration with the desktop's geolocation services
* On that note, geolocation doesn't work at all in Fedora's firefox at the
moment
* Integration with the desktop's notification system
* Support of url scheme handlers (this used to work)
* UI that matches the rest of the desktop (without installing 3rd party theme
and extensions)
* GTK3 support
* High-DPI support
* Touch input support
Some of those issues are being actively worked on, other have incomplete
patches in upstream's bugzilla with nobody working to finish them, and some
of them seem to be issues that will never be solved (such as making the UI
feel more "native" to GNOME).
Meanwhile, Epiphany (GNOME Web) keeps getting better and better, perhaps we
should consider it as the default?
--
-Elad Alfassa.
--
desktop mailing list
desktop(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop