On 06/06/2014 05:52 PM, Elad Alfassa wrote:It's supported by Firefox. But it depends what do you actually means - there are many layers of acceleration. Can you be more specific here? Do you have any #BZ?
Should Firefox stay the default browser in Fedora Workstation?
I know it's powerful, it has a lot of extensions, and it's popular. But
it's integration with our desktop is lacking and getting worse all the time.
Here's a list of things Firefox lacks in Fedora:
* GPU acceleration
It's because we need an API key to Google Geolocation service. If Evince has the API key, we can use it in Firefox too (see rhbz#1063739).
* Integration with the desktop's geolocation services
* On that note, geolocation doesn't work at all in Fedora's firefox at
the moment
That's true. It's on our TODO list. Patches are always welcome :)
* Integration with the desktop's notification system
Can you point me to #BZ? I'm not aware of it.
* Support of url scheme handlers (this used to work)
Will be addressed by Gtk3 port. Our optimistic target is Firefox 32.
* UI that matches the rest of the desktop (without installing 3rd party
theme and extensions)
* GTK3 support
* High-DPI support
Already on TODO list - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=975919
* Touch input support
On progress - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=978679
Can you be more specific here what is leaved behind? All upstream Gtk3 bugs should be registered to:
Some of those issues are being actively worked on, other have incomplete
patches in upstream's bugzilla with nobody working to finish them, and some
of them seem to be issues that will never be solved (such as making the UI
feel more "native" to GNOME).
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=627699
And as you can see, various people are submitting patches and the project is moving rapidly. And I'm picking the "unowned" bugs.
Mozilla invests money and people to the Firefox Gtk3 port (for instance Collabora writes the gtk2 plugin support code - mozbz#624422) and so we should do. It would be a wrong signal from us to leave the Gtk3 Firefox behind.
Meanwhile, Epiphany (GNOME Web) keeps getting better and better, perhaps we
should consider it as the default?
ma.
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