- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
- firefox@lemmy.ml
cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/firefox@lemmy.ml/t/476611
What if we got to easily choose our web browser, and didn’t have to rely on complex operating system settings to change the pre-installed default?
Do you keep the default browser on your Linux distro, or do you change it? If yes, why?
Rexios ( @Rexios@lemm.ee ) 86•9 months agoThere is literally no way 98% of people even know what a browser is
KSP Atlas ( @KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz ) 15•9 months agoProbably some selection bias there
aeternum ( @aeternum@kbin.social ) 9•9 months agoit’s the blue e, right?
yum13241 ( @yum13241@lemm.ee ) 1•9 months agoAs a kid, I used to call IE “Saturn E”. Ya know, cuz IE has a ring around it?
duncesplayed ( @duncesplayed@lemmy.one ) English5•9 months agoIf you ever see a headline that says “x% of people believe/want/feel y”, it’s nonsense. You can manufacture a crooked methodology to get x% of people to say anything.
“Can I have a minute of your time? There has been evidence that people who use alternative browsers are more likely to commit acts of terrorism and human trafficking. Would you be in favour of more support for alternative browsers, or would you rather have higher quality public schools?”
And just like magic, you can now write a headline that only 2% of people want a browser choice screen.
Yes, the percentage is high. Most people would be annoyed to have another selection screen in the setup process.
But I do think I saw more people using non-Google search engines since Google was forced to provide a search engine selection screen in the setup process.
Grangle1 ( @Grangle1@lemm.ee ) 5•9 months agoTo me it sounds like an idea most people would say is a good idea because people like choice on principle, but the vast majority of people will then just use Chrome anyway.
But at least they can decide for themselves, even if it’s just because of the logo. The friction to switch the browser after the fact is way too high, especially on mobile nearly all people use the default browser.
Ulu-Mulu-no-die ( @ulu_mulu@lemm.ee ) English36•9 months agoThis is about Windows, why did you post it here?
The study is also about Android. But the main reason I crossposted here is because I was curious what the opinion of this community about browser screens in the setup process is.
Our research involved 12,000 people in Germany, Spain and Poland setting up a highly realistic virtual Windows or Android device.
https://research.mozilla.org/browser-competition/choicescreen/
Edit: I believe that this study is also applicable to desktop Linux users, since those are generally more tech-savy.
silasmariner ( @silasmariner@programming.dev ) 11•9 months agoI usually install like 4 browsers, and keep a chromium one for a few tabs that for whatever reason are hostile to the others
kaboom36 ( @kaboom36@ani.social ) 8•9 months agoI kept the default browser on my distro of choice but that was because firefox is my personal browser of choice anyways
Retiring ( @Retiring@lemmy.ml ) 8•9 months agoI change it, because my distro came with pale moon browser which looks like something from the early 2000s
Which distro is that, if you don’t mind?
Retiring ( @Retiring@lemmy.ml ) 2•9 months ago
s20 ( @s20@lemmy.ml ) 2•9 months agoOut of curiosity, what distro comes with Pale Moon as the default browser?
Retiring ( @Retiring@lemmy.ml ) 5•9 months ago s20 ( @s20@lemmy.ml ) 1•9 months agoReally? Huh.
Yeah, that kinda tracks. Thanks!
FarLine99 ( @FarLine99@lemm.ee ) English7•9 months agoFirefox hardened with Betterfox, Chromium for some sites which are broken because of ad/fingerprint blocker, firefox itself.
sounddrill ( @sounddrill@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz ) English3•9 months agoI use regular firefox and cromite on android
varaki ( @varaki@lemm.ee ) 5•9 months agoSame here, but on Linux I use a customized version of betterfox user.js
Engywuck ( @Engywuck@lemm.ee ) 5•9 months agoBetter if Mozilla stop crying and unfuck their browser, instead of spending money on useless shit and offensive CEO paychecks and blaming eveyone but themselves for their failure.
NateSwift ( @NateSwift@beehaw.org ) English16•9 months agoWhat are your issues with Firefox? Been great for me
Engywuck ( @Engywuck@lemm.ee ) 1•9 months agoMany. Mozilla being the first.
Elise ( @xilliah@beehaw.org ) 6•9 months agoOh my that’s quite a lot
Engywuck ( @Engywuck@lemm.ee ) 1•9 months agoIndeed
somenonewho ( @somenonewho@feddit.de ) 3•9 months agoAt work I use Ubuntu which comes with Firefox by default so yeah I use the default.
At home with arch I have to download one anyway … so I use Firefox.
There has been only a brief period since I first started using Firefox that I used another browser as my main (chrome/chromium back when Netflix only worked on it properly) When Firefox rolled out “quantum” I jumped back never regretted it. Still one of the only remaining browsers.