[Oneiric-Topic] Default Browser

[Marc Deslauriers]

On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 10:36 -0500, Micah Gersten wrote:
> Since now both Firefox and Chromium have committed to rapid release
> schedules, I think it's time to reevaluate the default browser in
> Ubuntu.  I am concerned that some of these upgrades might break system
> integration at some point.  While the security team does its best to
> prevent regressions, we can't test every case (especially ones we don't
> know about :)). Perhaps, if we can find one with sufficient features,
> switch to a Webkit based browser with a more normal release schedule (6
> months).  We could have an installer like Kubuntu does to install
> Firefox or Chromium on demand.  This will also keep the system
> documentation current within the release as the screenshots/menus won't
> be out of date shortly after release.

I suspect this will be problematic for certain websites that only work
with a whitelist of common browsers, such as banking sites. At this
point in time, Firefox has the advantage that regular users can pretty
much count on it working everywhere.

Marc.