Browser selection from Ubiquity

[Scott Kitterman]

On Thursday, January 31, 2013 08:36:59 PM Aleix Pol wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Rohan Garg <rohangarg at kubuntu.org> wrote:
> > Hi everyone
> > Since the default browser seems to be a fairly hot topic in Kubuntu
> > I'd like to propose the following :
> > 
> > * Keep rekonq as the default browser
> > * Add a new browser selection page in Ubiquity right after the
> > "Prepare" page which allows the user to pick one of the the 3
> > available choices Firefox/Chromium/Rekonq ( rekonq selected by default
> > )
> > 
> > Pro's : People don't complain (loudly) about our browser selection
> > 
> >            For people trying out Kubuntu for the first time who know
> > 
> > nothing about packages and how to install software, it gives them an
> > easy way to choose a more feature complete browser.
> > 
> > Con's : Adds another step in the installer
> > 
> > While some people might argue that users might not be able to choose
> > one over the other, this will not hold true for most of the users
> > since we can safely assume that they have used/heard about either one
> > of the browsers in the past and already have a preference.
> > 
> > I've also heard some issues being raised about chromium not having a
> > security cycle in tune with our release cycle, but it seems that
> > Lubuntu ships Chromium as their default browser.
> > 
> > I'd like to hear everyone's opinions on this.
> > 
> > Regards
> > Rohan Garg
> > 
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> Personally I wouldn't do that. If a user is smart enough for wanting
> another browser, he should be able to go and install it himself.
> 
> Maybe here the problem is that Kubuntu is not advertising the software
> centers properly.
> From my side, if there's anything we can do to improve this situation from
> Muon, I think it would be a huge step forward, and not only for browsers,
> but other areas could benefit from such deals. Maybe rekonq can provide a
> list of alternatives and use muon to install them? Afterall, chromium
> already suggests you other browsers, IIRC.
> 
> Additionally, you didn't mention in the Con's that it means to add GTK
> dependencies, which I'm fine with by the way, but AFAIK right now ubuntu
> forked the kde-gtk-config package to not need GTK.

I think it would be good to have a slide for "here's how you get more stuff" 
and possibly "Here's how you get a different web browser" in the feature tour 
the runs during the installation.  The content of the slide show hasn't 
changed in awhile and I think this would be a good improvement.  

That'd be a way to introduce the idea of package management and our tools for 
getting/updating packaging.

Scott K