Browser selection from Ubiquity

[Nowardev-Team]

the problem is not a user can google and install a browser in kubutnu

the problem is why should a kubuntu user do that ?

on ubuntu i am user nobody use 2 browser
in kubunut i am sure you use them if not you have removed rekonq



kubuntu should be for human being but actually for browsing is not

tipical ubuntu user

install ubuntu =>get the network => browse the web with firefox

in kubunut

install kubuntu => get the network => where is the browser ? ah this one =>
does it work good ? no ==> install firefox \ chromium


so now ask yourself did the kubuntu-dev do a good thing for the end-user ?

the answer for me is NO.


2013/1/31 Sam Sarette <samuelsarette at linux.com>

> 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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