Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:48:44 +0100 From: Jose M Rodriguez <josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: re@freebsd.org Subject: Re: use of firefox as 5.4 default web browser Message-ID: <200502202048.44571.josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es> In-Reply-To: <1108921909.36569.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <200502201041.22259.josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es> <1108921909.36569.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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El Domingo, 20 de Febrero de 2005 18:51, Joe Marcus Clarke escribi=F3: > On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 10:41 +0100, Jose M Rodriguez wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm very glad of firefox use over FreeBSD, and think that, after > > firefox-1.0.1 and merge of urihelper patches from mozilla, is a > > good candidate for a 'FreeBSD default graphics web browser'. > > > > So, I open this trying to get epiphany moved from gnome2-lite to > > gnome2, and firefox, al last, in FreeBSD-5.4 disc1. I'll be also > > glad to get some note on release notes about that. > > Firefox will never be made part of the GNOME desktop unless Epiphany > starts to use Firefox as its default Gecko browser (or GNOME chooses > to make Firefox its default browser). > I'm not talking about make firefox part of gnome desktop. I think that=20 the web browser of a gnome desktop must be epiphany, as konqueror must=20 do the same role for kde. I only talking about features/size advantage of firefox againts the=20 mozilla+epiphany duo now in disc1 I see most of our gnome/kde user do network installs. Also, we may include firefox for amd64. We aren't doing the same for=20 epipahny. If mozilla+epiphany+firefox will fit on disc1, great. But if not, my=20 chance is for firefox. > However, since the separation of disc1-gnome and disc1-kde, it may be > possible to get Firefox added as an additional browser choice. > > Joe > =2D- josemi
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