Re: Re: [Galeon-announce] The future of Galeon

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On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 13:35 +0200, Honza Pazdziora wrote:
> What does Epiphany have (philosophy-wise, not feature-wise) that
> Firefox does not?

http://live.gnome.org/Epiphany_2fFrequentlyAskedQuestions -- check out
FAQ number 2.1.

Mainly, the philosophy is "simplicity". Firefox aims to be the most
super-duper web browser ever; Epiphany aims to be so invisible you don't
realize it exists.

Epiphany is GNOME-centered, but hell, so is Galeon, so not much change
there. As a GNOME browser, Epiphany can in the future get such features
as keyring integration[1] or Nautilus integration[2], which would be
difficult to implement with Firefox since it's cross-platform. In other
words, Epiphany has more focus (which is both a plus and a minus).

Also, Epiphany extensions can be written in C or Python (or C#, but that
loader is incomplete). There are big advantages to both:
- C: Faster than JavaScript, and can tie in with system libraries. This
is demonstrated in the error-viewer extension, which checks a page's
source code just like the W3C validator, without going online.
- Python: Simpler than JavaScript, and more portable than compiled C
binaries. A useful extension could fit into 10 lines of code. And if a C
wrapper exists, Python code can tie in with system libraries too (e.g.,
SQLite, DBus, gnome-vfs, GTK). Unfortunately, Epiphany's Python loader
can't tie in with everything inside Firefox yet (most notably the DOM
tree, to manipulate pages' HTML); but we have gotten a prototype working
that can, and it's really, REALLY cool.

[1] http://live.gnome.org/Epiphany_2fFeatureDesign_2fGnomeKeyring
[2] http://live.gnome.org/Epiphany_2fFeatureDesign_2fDownloadIntegration
and check out the video at
http://raphael.slinckx.net/blog/index.php/2005-06-11/nautilus-part-2

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Adam Hooper <[email protected]>

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