Chromium

[Phill Whiteside]

We did hold a poll.

The result was not "which browser do I prefer", it was "which browser works
best with Low RAM". And, on this check; the slimmed down version of firefox
was found to be the better browser. As I stated earlier, I run both. The
question that has to be resolved is which is best for low-RAM machines.
After much testing, it was decided that firefox is better for 13.10. This
issue of which is the "best" browser will be re visited for 14.04. Get the
suggestion logged onto
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/~lubuntu-brainstorming

regards,

Phill.


On 13 October 2013 01:09, Ronald <ron4ld at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Phil,
>
> Very interesting. I certainly have used them both recently, and
> Chrome/Chromium
> still feel faster than Firefox. This is a subjective opinion of course.
>
> Couldn't we do a user poll first before switching? I'm pretty sure the
> majority of
> Lubuntu users would prefer Chromium than Firefox.
>
> Regards
> Ronald
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 13 October 2013 10:33, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ronald,
>>
>> firefox went on to a diet. when
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1096603first arrived, it was "all hands to the pumps". a LOT of testing was
>> carried out. The most telling comment was
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1096603/comments/4I've been in regular contact with Chad (he's even put up my occaisonal
>> frustrations). I happen to like chromium and will continue to use it along
>> with firefox (they are both currently running on my system). Should it
>> happen that chromum becomes less RAM hungry for the low resource machines,
>> lubuntu will switch back faster than you can blink! We are browser
>> agnostic, and will ship which ever one that servers the low resource
>> machines the best.
>>
>> I cannot immediately put my hands on the discussions, but they are in our
>> mailing list archives.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Phill.
>>
>>
>> On 12 October 2013 22:54, Ronald <ron4ld at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Phil,
>>>
>>> Really?? I will be really surprised,
>>> do you have the link to the test result?
>>>
>>> Ronald
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sunday, 13 October 2013, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Ronald,
>>>>
>>>> on the tests carried out earlier in the cycle, Firefox was found to out
>>>> perform chromium on low ram machines.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Phill.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12 October 2013 00:57, Ronald <ron4ld at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What's the reason to move to Firefox? Chromium is a much better browser
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Saturday, 12 October 2013, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> whilst in 13.10 we are moving to firefox as the default browser,
>>>>>> support for chromium continues. To this end, version 30 has hit testing.
>>>>>> Chad would specifically like it tested on low ram machines to check it is
>>>>>> okay on low ram machines. The chase for
>>>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1096603
>>>>>>  continues!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can grab v30 from
>>>>>> https://launchpad.net/~cmiller/+archive/chromium-browser-stable-daily if
>>>>>> you're not familiar with adding PPA's, head over to
>>>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PPA_Testing
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That PPA can be trusted :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Phill.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>
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