Re: roadmap discussion

[Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists epiphany rawuncut elitemail org>]

* Adam Hooper <adamh densi com> [Nov 15, 2004 21:20]:
> > I don't follow this argumentation

> One thing that always bugs me in Windows is that using the mouse wheel
> scrolls the focused window and not the hovered-over window. Another is
> the lack of workspaces.

Not related to Firefox.

> When I had to use Windows over the summer, I had to learn to get used to
> these differences. One difference is very minor; the other is a bit more
> important. However, I found myself -- on Linux at home -- using a single
> workspace and hovering over windows before scrolling.

> Epiphany on Linux feels *very* different from Firefox on Windows. I
> didn't really investigate why. However, if I had been at work for more
> than just the summer, I'd *have* to have done *something*, since using
> the browser at work was unbearable. Firefox isn't a bad browser, but
> it's too "different".

I don't want to be weird, but is Epiphany _more_ like Firefox on
Windows than Firefox on Linux?  I really can't see your argument here.

> Point is, I'm one person, not two, so having two browsers is difficult.
> All the little differences really, really add up. They're why I prefer
> Epiphany -- but if I had to use Firefox every day at work for more than
> just one summer, I'd consider switching at home, too.

OK.  In the end, though, it doesn't seem that Firefox was the major
issue, but that you didn't take the time to set up your Windows
environment.  Sure, you can't get a linux desktopesque Windows, but you
can easily find software that provides whatever functionality it is you
require from workspaces and window hovering.  Even the NViDIA drivers
come with workspace functionality.  I know your not blaming Firefox for
Windows shortcomings, but claiming that it is hard to use because
Windows != Linux Desktop is weird.

In the end, Firefox is targetting a very broad spectra of users.  The
goal for Firefox is basically to become the ubiquitous browser;
Epiphany's goal is far more modest: to become the the ubiquitous GNOME
browser.  Thus differences between the two will always remain and there
is no reason for one to try to become the other.

I think that the main goal for Epiphany should be for UI
experimentation.  Everyone's familiar with the Mosaic-based
functionality of browsers and, even with the recent "tabulution", not
much has changed since the glory days of the NCSA browser.  It's time
for a real revolution in browser "technology".
	nikolai

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