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This seems like one of the most difficult solutions to the problem of switching to a browser that's not Chrome. Not only are there other browsers like Firefox

This seems like one of the most difficult solutions to the problem of switching to a browser that's not Chrome. Not only are there other browsers like Firefox and Safari, but there are other Chromium-based browsers like Vivaldi and Opera. I would have liked to read about some expected use-cases in the readme.

andrewmcwatters 8y ago
Yeah, Chrome isn't so good that I find a need for the open source community to maintain a fork of it. ⌘Space Safari and I get on with my life. It's been interesting to experience Internet Explorer, then Firefox, Chrome, and finally coming back to operating system default browsers with Edge and Safari and being perfectly content. The leverage Microsoft and Apple are utilizing with their operating system ecosystems is fairly pleasant, creating better out of the box experiences. Installing more software just feels like such a nit-picky user experience that I don't want, especially with refreshing my systems now and again.
- swasheck 8y ago
  Why is this downvoted so heavily? It's a legitimate opinion. I don't agree with it and you may not either, but it highlights the fact that for at least a portion of the user base the default browser may be an acceptable option.
  - andrewmcwatters 8y ago
    I would appreciate it more if people mentioned why my comment doesn't contribute to the discussion, but I think it's more realistic to say that I've been downvoted simply because someone didn't like what I had to say.
    - SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
      I didn't downvote you, but perhaps people are thinking that attitudes like the one presented in your original comment are what lead to IE6 and the general state of the internet in the late 90s / early 2000s?
      - andrewmcwatters 8y ago
        Could be; I can understand that.
plg 8y ago
why not Safari? Or is the issue non-MacOS OSs
- freeone3000 8y ago
  That's a pretty significant issue. "Oh, it's a great browser! No, it doesn't work on 95% of computers."
  - chii 8y ago
    but it only needs to work on _your_ computer (or whoever you're making the recommendation to).
    - tdb7893 8y ago
      The problem for me is that no one I know has a mac (I think their market share is like 10 percent). It's too expensive for many of the people I know and the rest play video games so they can't use a mac.
      - sandov 8y ago
        And in this forum, I would guess the OS being proprietary is a deal braker for many, including me.
        h1d 8y ago
        That is a pure assumption. I don't use Linux for desktop.
        SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
        Well that settles it, the "many" have spoken.
    - sam0x17 8y ago
      My computer isn't a mac.

andrewmcwatters 8y ago

Yeah, Chrome isn't so good that I find a need for the open source community to maintain a fork of it. ⌘Space Safari and I get on with my life. It's been interesting to experience Internet Explorer, then Firefox, Chrome, and finally coming back to operating system default browsers with Edge and Safari and being perfectly content. The leverage Microsoft and Apple are utilizing with their operating system ecosystems is fairly pleasant, creating better out of the box experiences. Installing more software just feels like such a nit-picky user experience that I don't want, especially with refreshing my systems now and again.

swasheck 8y ago
Why is this downvoted so heavily? It's a legitimate opinion. I don't agree with it and you may not either, but it highlights the fact that for at least a portion of the user base the default browser may be an acceptable option.
- andrewmcwatters 8y ago
  I would appreciate it more if people mentioned why my comment doesn't contribute to the discussion, but I think it's more realistic to say that I've been downvoted simply because someone didn't like what I had to say.
  - SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
    I didn't downvote you, but perhaps people are thinking that attitudes like the one presented in your original comment are what lead to IE6 and the general state of the internet in the late 90s / early 2000s?
    - andrewmcwatters 8y ago
      Could be; I can understand that.

plg 8y ago

why not Safari? Or is the issue non-MacOS OSs

freeone3000 8y ago
That's a pretty significant issue. "Oh, it's a great browser! No, it doesn't work on 95% of computers."
- chii 8y ago
  but it only needs to work on _your_ computer (or whoever you're making the recommendation to).
  - tdb7893 8y ago
    The problem for me is that no one I know has a mac (I think their market share is like 10 percent). It's too expensive for many of the people I know and the rest play video games so they can't use a mac.
    - sandov 8y ago
      And in this forum, I would guess the OS being proprietary is a deal braker for many, including me.
      - h1d 8y ago
        That is a pure assumption. I don't use Linux for desktop.
        SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
        Well that settles it, the "many" have spoken.
  - sam0x17 8y ago
    My computer isn't a mac.