what is the reason for not making epiphany the default browser?

[Lionel Dricot (aka Ploum)]

It was (very quickly) discussed on ubuntu-desktop :
http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-desktop/2005-October/000013.html

;-)


PS : By the way, I'm very proud to announce the release of my Ubuntu book,
in French :
http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?2006/01/06/88-ubuntu-le-livre
http://www.eyrolles.com/Accueil/Livre/9782212116083/

On 06/01/06, James Livingston <doclivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 13:46 +0100, Lea Gris wrote:
> > There is no easy way to configure proxy in Epiphany and you have to go
> > to about:config (not particularly user friendly)
> >
> > You can't easyly select protocol handlers except by editing prefs.js or
> > about:config. So, if you want another email client to pop when you
> > select a mailto: url, that's very complicated to se up (same with
> > firefox though).
>
> For both of these, Epiphany uses the Gnome-wide settings - which I'd
> count as a feature.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> James "Doc" Livingston
> --
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