firefox vs epiphany

Denis Leroy denis at poolshark.org
Mon Dec 3 08:42:37 UTC 2007


Callum Lerwick wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 05:38 +0100, David Nielsen wrote:
>> I use Epiphany, it does what I need without looking out of place, it
>> integrates nicely and it launches much faster. It lacks a few things but
>> it also leverages a lot of nice features (seemless integration with
>> GNOME, adopts theme, icons. Has more consistent translations which don't
>> break with version upgrades) and it has a powerful plugin system so we
>> can expand it in interesting ways.
> 
> Epiphany can't seem to block cookies like Galeon can. I have it set so
> it accepts session cookies, but blocks all long term cookies. This keeps
> most sites functional. From there I can easily white list sites that I
> *want* to be able to store cookies with a single click, i.e. all the
> sites I actually log in to.
> 
> Keeps my disk untainted by doubleclick bugs and whatnot, while not
> hurting usability on the sites I actually use. And I'm not constantly
> nagged about accepting cookies.
> 
> Galeon is clearly the superior browser. I demand it be made default! I
> AM THE COMMUNITY!

Nope you're not, galeon is my primary browser too :-). And it quits when 
I type 'Ctrl-Q'. And it uses my Gnome font and proxy settings. And it 
loads about 10 times faster than firefox. (Seriously, firefox is slower 
to start than gimp).





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