Ubuntu is not Firefox friendly

[Michael M.]

On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 10:49 +0800, Senectus . wrote:
> Just out of interest.. is there a specific reason why we aren't
> supporting epiphany in Ubuntu as the default standard?
> 
> It seems to be a fair bit "slicker" in Gnome than Firefox is, and uses
> the same (similar) back end...

Probably because Firefox is x-platform and therefore better known?  It
can be comforting, in a way, when you're trying out something new (like
a whole different OS) to find a few familiar friends to ease the
transition.

Personally, the first thing I installed after installing Breezy was
Epiphany.  It fits much better into Gnome, it's faster and snappier,
doesn't sit there consuming cycles like Firefox, doesn't take up to 6
seconds to open a new tab like Firefox, and has yet to crash on me
unlike Firefox.  Plus the bookmark system is more advanced and easier to
use/organize.

Debian Etch's Epiphany is a little farther along than the version is
Breezy, but I presume Dapper will catch up.  Etch's accompanying
extensions package includes Greasemonkey support and adblocking among a
few other useful extras that aren't yet in Breezy.

Epiphany reminds me of what Firefox was like when I first started using
in around v.0.5 or so -- a nice extendable lightweight browser.
Hopefully the feature-bloat that has set into Firefox development won't
plague Epiphany down the road.

I would also like to try Seamonkey when an official package is ready.

-- 
Michael M. -- Portland, OR -- USA
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