Firefox etc. default homepage

[Kyrre Ness Sjobak]

lør, 07.05.2005 kl. 17.52 skrev nodata:
> On Sat, 2005-05-07 at 14:32 +0200, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote:
> > Today we use the release notes as standard homepage for all browsers,
> > instead of whatever is upstream default. Why do we do that, while
> > constantly repeating the mantra "upstream!, upstream!, upstream!"?
> > 
> > In my personal opinion, the release notes belong in "help" or something
> > like that (even a shortcut on the standard desktop would be more
> > intuitive) - not as the standard homepage in every browser.
> 
> Why should loading the Google homepage be more correct that showing the
> release notes for the operating system I've just installed?
> 

Because the average end-user (non-admin) is more interested in googling
for her friend's hollyday picures than reading a bunch of
non-interesting technical documentation.

> Google has nothing to do with Firefox, except that it's a search engine
> that I might use with it. People that want to use Google can type
> something in the search box.
> 

And it is upstream default. People see "firefox" and expect to have a
google search with firefox tips as the standard homepage. Perhaps it
could be made into a google (or whatever) search with fedora tips?

> > This confuses people, and addmitedly, the release notes aren't that much
> > usefull to the users as the standard homepage - especially in firefox,
> 
> Who does it confuse? Why were they confused?
> 

They are confused because the browser looks like firefox but doesn't
behave like firefox.

> > where the standard is:
> > http://www.google.no/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:nb-NO:official
> > which is simply a google search with some hints on using firefox etc.
> > 
> > Kyrre Ness Sjøbæk
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