Epiphany browser continues to get worse and worse
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From: Mark Allums on 19 Apr 2010 22:50 On 4/19/2010 7:53 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:59:29 -0400 (EDT), Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 2010-04-17 21:32, Stephen Powell wrote: >>> >>> Why did they switch from gecko to webkit anyway? It was working so well. >>> I still use it in Lenny. But not in Squeeze. Not anymore. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebKit#Origins > > Maybe I'm slow, Ron, but I don't follow you. The above link appears to > give the origins of webkit, but I didn't see anything there about why > epiphany-browser decided to switch from gecko, which was working well, > to webkit, which has apparently caused a lot of problems. > Webkit 2.0 is imminent. Perhaps they are considering moving to it. According to various sources, it is the bee's knees. MAA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BCD15D1.9070806(a)allums.com
From: Mark Allums on 19 Apr 2010 23:00 On 4/19/2010 9:46 PM, Mark Allums wrote: > On 4/19/2010 9:00 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: >> On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:01:41 -0400 (EDT), Andrew Malcolmson wrote: >>> Couldn't say why they switched, but I find pages in Epiphany 2.29 in >>> Squeeze look vivid compared with the Gecko version. >> >> I have switched back and forth between epiphany and iceweasel several >> times, on the same computer and monitor, and I have not noticed any >> difference in image quality between iceweasel, which is based on >> gecko (xulrunner-1.9.1) and epiphany-browser, which is based on webkit >> (libwebkit-1.0-2). >> > > One word: Chrome. > > > Sorry. I had an aneurysm, and didn't say what I meant, what with all the blood distracting me, and everything. Disregard. Never mind, carry on... MAA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BCD177C.6040200(a)allums.com
From: Andrew Malcolmson on 20 Apr 2010 20:00 On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Stephen Powell <zlinuxman(a)wowway.com> wrote: > On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:01:41 -0400 (EDT), Andrew Malcolmson wrote: >> Couldn't say why they switched, but I find pages in Epiphany 2.29 in >> Squeeze look vivid compared with the Gecko version. > > I have switched back and forth between epiphany and iceweasel several > times, on the same computer and monitor, and I have not noticed any > difference in image quality between iceweasel, which is based on > gecko (xulrunner-1.9.1) and epiphany-browser, which is based on webkit > (libwebkit-1.0-2). > Well, I could be hallucinating, but FYI I tested this by comparing the two Epiphany versions side by side. Version 2.29 was running in a Sid chroot (schroot -p). The new version looked brighter and a wee bit clearer. I first noticed this improvement on another computer I'd just upgraded to Squeeze. However, maybe the difference is something to do with X.org? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/h2mae6dd7d31004201651q86f93ceq3b03d972803e6583(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Stephen Powell on 22 Apr 2010 20:30 On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:43:51 -0400 (EDT), Andrew Malcolmson wrote: > > To the OP: to workaround the save file bug you're getting, you could > right click on the file, do 'copy link address', then on the command > line hit Shift+Insert to paste the URL as the argument to wget. I do > all my file downloads that way. It's a kludge, but it works. But that doesn't fix my inability to reply to e-mails using my ISP's webmail client. I do that many times a day; and if it doesn't work, the browser is useless to me. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1004626587.249550.1271982279243.JavaMail.root(a)md01.wow.synacor.com
From: Vincent Lefevre on 22 Apr 2010 07:30
On 2010-04-19 21:47:45 -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > Webkit 2.0 is imminent. Perhaps they are considering moving to it. > According to various sources, it is the bee's knees. Webkit-gtk is broken. https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34063 I haven't heard that this bug would be fixed in webkit 2.0. -- Vincent Lef�vre <vincent(a)vinc17.net> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Ar�naire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100422110341.GB7570(a)prunille.vinc17.org |