Re: Browser - [was 2.4 Proposed Modules - 2 weeks left]

[textshell neutronstar dyndns org]

On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 02:27:46PM +0200, Murray Cumming Comneon com wrote:
> 
> All browers browse the web. They clearly attempt to solve the same problem.
> 

I think we need to see that this isn't the only task of a webbrowser (or 
something like that) in the Desktop. Html, txt and pdf files are the most 
used formats for documentation and similar texts. The even users without 
any internet connectivity need a application to display html files. I 
think this is a good reason why a usable html browser is important for a 
Desktop.

So this might be a reason reason to put a webbrowser (a pure html viewer 
plus a browser seems bad usabilitywise) in the Desktop. On the other hand 
a tend to like galoen more, i don't need  the  other browser in the 
desktop ;-)

Just thought this might a good reason to have the webbrowser in the 
desktop (Not the web, but the html usage is the key point).


Ok, enough useless ranting,
	Martin H.