Re: 3.18 big release and future plans

[Bastián Díaz <diaz bastian openmailbox org>]

@Michael

El 03-10-2015 11:18, Michael Catanzaro escribió:
> On Fri, 2015-10-02 at 16:12 -0300, Bastián Díaz wrote:
> > Hello, I am delighted the evolution that epiphany has taken, and this
> > release I have become my default web browser.
> > However, I have some doubts about its future performance and features
> > that would make before writing a report.
>
> Hi, glad you're enjoying Epiphany!
>
> Since the development team is small, and I'm personally more interested
> in working on security features, the common refrain for my answers here
> is unfortunately "patches welcome," but most of these would be good
> (not-too-complicated) projects for new contributors.

Thank you very much for your honest answer. I really like getting 
feedback from a software developer with respect to a particular project.

> > Warning when closing multiple tabs: It may seem minor, but it is
> > important to avoid mistakes.
>
> I'm not sure what the problem is here? If you have any modified forms,
> you'll get a warning. Otherwise, closing the browser is harmless: all
> your pages will be loaded again next time you start the browser.

As you know, websites are dynamic and sometimes execute processes that 
closing the web browser,  allow data loss. A warning helps prevent 
accidental errors. Moreover, you are right, I think it also greatly 
influences the workflow imposed by other web browsers.

> > Evince browser plugin: An excellent alternative to read pdf directly
> > in
> > the web browser. Unfortunately the only way to install is via
> > terminal.
> > Is it possible to add as a complement or recommend it to be seen and
> > installed from gnome-software?
>
> GNOME expects it to be installed and enabled by default, but
> distributions have the final say on this and can screw that up
> intentionally or unintentionally. You can file a bug report with your
> distro. It's enabled by default in Fedora Workstation.

Is that really so?. For years I use fedora and perform clean 
installations. I remember in F22 to install the plugin manually, like 
F23 beta testing(gnome).
However, my point is the low visibility of the plugin in gnome-software 
(easiest method of package management for new users). The only visible 
plugin (recommended?) Is the Java plugin (iced-tea). Is this a appdata 
issue on epiphany or evince?

> > Plugin manager: The current ad blocker is very general.It does not
> > allow
> > enable/disable for some websites or block particular elements.
>
>
> I'm planning to work on improving this.

Great!

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For other issues, is not a nuisance to write reports for improvement?.
- Pin Epiphany tabs
- Reading view
- Webextensión API

I also noticed that there is some suspicion in the incorporation of new 
icons (functions) in the headerbar. Therefore, does the possibility of a 
button is out to "add bookmarks"? , O include a progress bar similar to 
the new file progress operations from nautilus?

Cheers

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Bastián Díaz