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

[Julien Olivier <julo altern org>]

Le ven 09/05/2003 �0:44, textshell neutronstar dyndns org a �it :
> 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).
> 
> 

Well, for HTML viewing, I think a Gecko-based view in Nautilus makes
more sense than a web browser.

> Ok, enough useless ranting,
> 	Martin H.
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