Browser selection from Ubiquity

[Sam Sarette]

I really like scott's idea.
Make good use of the 10 minutes to install.


On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com>wrote:

> 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
>
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