Re: [gentoo-user] browser advice

[Jorge Almeida]

On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Thomas Rösner wrote:

> Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
>>  On Thursday 30 November 2006 10:22, Jorge Almeida wrote:
>>
>>
>> >  On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Dale wrote:
>> >
>> > >  used epiphany before.  What's it look like?
>> > >
>> >  Have no idea, I didn't tried either. Being something from Gnome, I
>> >  suspect it's not very customizable, but I may be completely wrong.
>> >
>
> If all apps were like Epiphany, Gnome wouldn't be beaten around that much, me
> thinks (and I wouldn't use ROX-Filer instead of Nautilus). If you want to try
> something fresh, perhaps you find this article gives you an impulse:
>
> http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?2006/03/15/100-why-you-should-try-epiphany-as-your-default-browser-with-gnome-214
>
Thanks for your suggestion, Thomas, but the key word is "with-gnome". I
won't comment on the customizability of Epiphany, since I haven't tried
it. But I checked that it requires a lot of Gnome dependencies, which
I'm not willing to install. And I use KDE, not because I find it perfect
but because AFAIK it's the only DE that has two features that for me are
a must: (1) Several virtual desktops, plus the possibility to switch
desktops via configurable keyboard shortcuts, and (2) the possibility of
setting different background images for different desktops.
The latter is not just a matter of eye candy, it's just how I see which
virtual desktop is the current one.

I don't think Gnome can do this, at least not unless you're a
guru-wizard, which I'm not.

Cheers.
-- 
Jorge