On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 3:08 AM, Felix Miata <mrmazda(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
Eric Griffith composed on 2015-07-24 12:06 (UTC-0400):
> What would it take / whats the protocol to push forward the idea of
> replacing Konqueror as the default web browser? Konqueror doesn't seem like
> its going anywhere, and I really think that the user experience would be
> better served if either Rekonq, or ideally, Firefox were the default
> browsers. Is there any specific reason that Konqueror has stuck around as
> the default for so long?
Where is it you think it needs to go?
1-Its UI is mature (predictable, comfortable for those who need to get work done)
2-It incorporates a choice of two rendering engines, one matching the
functionality of Chromium (WebKit),
It does NOT match the functionality of Chrome
http://html5test.com/
Konqueror with WebKit 355 out of 555
Chrome 526 out of 555
Firefox 467 out of 555
Chrome uses Blink, a fork of WebKit, even when Chrome used WebKit, it
was faster and offered better HTML5 support (maybe kwebkitpart used an
older version of WebKit).
I know that I talk about users I see, developers and new converts to
Linux, but none of them uses Konqueror, the other two are much richer
(HTML5, extensions, etc.) and intuitive.
One basic thing in Konq, when I write google, I can't just press
ctrl+enter to go to
google.com, I know everything is customizable but
defaults are important especially in first impressions.
the other that enables using some web
sites (largely older) as intended without any need for them to be restyled
(KHTML; functionality discarded from all major name browsers: sizing in
physical units that are accurate when logical display density matches display
device density: pt, in, cm, mm; Geckos can so render if restyled using
proprietary mozmm CSS units, but in others it's entirely impossible.).
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