[Oneiric-Topic] Default Browser

[Jacky Alcine]

Sounds like Chromium meets the standards for that one. I'm assuming
that there'd be Ubuntu-ifed branding for it, similar to that of
Firefox (ubu-fox)? That's if it were to become standard.

On 2011-04-09, Dylan McCall <dylanmccall at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Micah Gersten <micahg at ubuntu.com> 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.
>
> One nice thing with Chromium and Epiphany is they store passwords
> using the native keyring daemon. (Epiphany always has, Chromium
> recently has and it should be enabled by default at this point). That
> is, passwords are properly encrypted at no cost to the user. As we
> move towards enabling third party apps through Software Centre, it is
> worth exploring ways we can improve personal security with features
> such as that. This, of course, demands considerable integration work
> in the default web browser ;)
>
> Dylan
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