Re: Re: Changes... Galeon 1.3.21... ick...

On 06/21/05 15:21:20, ben wrote:
> On 2005-06-21 23:43, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> > I suggest that you read some of the UI research done by groups like
> > Apple and GNOME. They are very enlightening. Most people don't use
> > most of the features given to them, and all these features do is
> > create extra bloat, bugs and confusion for the average user.
> 
> If Galeon is going after the mainstream browser market, then you are
> right.  Most people will never use most features.  But what the
> Galeon developers seem not to have come to terms with (yet?) is that  
> most users won't upgrade to a different browser at all.  The day  
> Galeon ships with MSWindows is the day that it needs to have a  
> simple, clean, next-to-useless option set.

And on the other side of that coin, I think what makes a lot of us  
unhappy is that we aren't "the average user", and we want a Power  
Browser for the power user.  And back in the day, Galeon was the best  
thing going so far as power browsers go, but it has since backed off  
that high-water mark, and nothing else has moved in to fill the now- 
empty niche.

And, if Ben is right, Galeon has moved to fill a virtually non-existent  
niche.

-- 
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas




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