[Mageia-dev] Talk of Browsers

Fri Oct 1 12:04:26 CEST 2010

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+> Usually the more the extensions you have the
+> heavier/more-ram/more-startup-time firefox gets (and the last time I
+> used AdBlock Plus, about 10 months ago, it leaked memory...). Also
+> it's not useful all over, I think I can do without it if I have
+> noscript installed, (now what would you say if noscript is installed
+> by default?).
+>
+> IMHO, I think no extra extensions should be installed by default, the
+> user should make a choice of which ones he wants (and installing any
+> extensions by default without the "user's consent" isn't ideal too, if
+> it's going to impact the performance of Firefox).
+>
+
+I agree, I think the user should be in charge of the extensions. How 
+many of us have heard people say that "Hey, I never installed the Yahoo! 
+bar!" or "Hey, I never installed Safari!". Users are knowledgeable 
+enough to make up their own mind on extensions. Browser use is generally 
+a user specific preference.
+
+If Mageia is going to focus more on being a good KDE distro, then it 
+should go along with the defaults with KDE -- Kmail/Konqueror. But, if 
+Mageia is to decide on a "flagship" choice of browser, I think that most 
+computer users these days know of Firefox and this would be a good/safe 
+choice to use as a Mageia endorsed/default browser, but without any 
+extensions pre-installed.
+
+The user can tailor his preferences later on depending on his/her 
+browser choice.
+
+
+Marc
+
+