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Web is just GNOME Web.
by caslon 5y ago
Web is just GNOME Web.
- OJFord 5y ago..ok. So they didn't have to put much/any effort in? Still though, how many users are actually going to use 'GNOME Web'? If I installed this, even for an elderly relative or whatever rather than myself, probably my next step would be to install Firefox. (And for others it might be Chrome of course.)
- luke2m 5y agoWhy? Gnome web is actually simpler and easier to use than Firefox for elderly people. It performs surprisingly well, too.
- OJFord 5y agoBecause I've heard of it before this evening, trust it'll get updates, it has a decent privacy/security record, I know where things are if I'm asked for help, ... But mostly it's the first, I couldn't possibly have picked GNOME Web before this conversation, I didn't know it existed!
- doubled112 5y agoIt used to go by Epiphany, but that's probably an even worse name.
- opan 5y agoI prefer it being less generic.
- skyfaller 5y agoIf this helps maintain GNOME Web then that is very good and important. I use Web to test websites for WebKit support on Linux, so that I don't have to operate a macOS/iOS install to run Safari. There are a few other options such as Nyxt https://nyxt.atlas.engineer/ https://nyxt.atlas.engineer/ which also support WebKit, but Web seems the simplest, easiest to install, and most mature / best maintained.