On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 9:15 AM, Ben Rosser <rosser.bjr(a)gmail.com> wrote:
What I guess I'm trying to say is: if you took someone who has
never used
a computer or web browser before and gave them an install of Fedora KDE
with Qupzilla as the default browser, I believe you are correct: they
wouldn't care and just use Qupzilla. But I suspect most *potential* Fedora
users don't fall into that category these days.
(Please note: I'm not saying Qupzilla shouldn't be the default browser for
other, ideological reasons. But if the goal is to convert a large portion
of Fedora KDE users to Qupzilla, I suspect that isn't going to succeed).
The goal (at least in my opinion) isn't to convert users to qupzilla - it's
to facilitate exposure. If they try it, they may find they like it. Will
it be my primary browser - no, but I do find myself using it more
frequently. As another user pointed out, Firefox has quite a few GTK
dependencies that are really not necessary - and when we load Firefox,
everyone gets them, whether they want them or not.
I agree that the vast majority of Fedora KDE users are quite capable to
find and install whatever browser they wish. That is the nature of our
user base. I don't view the choice of default browser as being driven to
"help the neophyte user to find browser nirvana". Chances are most people
who try out Fedora aren't going to be using KDE in the first place. They
are going to be using GNOME. That's just a fact. They have to seek out
KDE - and when they do find us, we should be showing them what KDE/Qt has
to offer - like we do with KMail, Kate, KGet, etc. Automatically giving
them Firefox just sends the wrong message.
People keep conflating this decision with personal choice. It doesn't have
anything to do with that. It's about messaging.