On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:57 AM, S.Kemter <buergermeister@karl-tux-stadt.de> wrote:

Hi Nelson,

Do u know we have a great service for feature wishes, its called openFATE

You can find it under http://features.opensuse.org ;)

Indeed... I was hoping to skip the part when we have to rally a large mob to support the feature :~) nmarques.

br gnokii

Am Dienstag 07 Dezember 2010, 00:43:26 schrieb Nelson Marques:

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Dear all,

'browser' is most likely one of the most universal words in our society. I haven't checked years of background information, so feel free to blame if somehow this was discussed/approached in the past. To be short and objective... when I installed my system, I ended up by bringing up Firefox. I took a minute to look at it and I got a Firefox beta promo page and openSUSE.org tab. Both ways.... this 2 pages for me (most likely for a lot of people out there) do not require much interaction from the user and force him to go to the preferences and change home page. Anyway we could add like 'Ubuntu' does a search engine (like the evil one) on the start page and some cool links like:

 * openSUSE > the generic page that exists already on another tab.  * openSUSE Forums > kinda interesting and somehow a more human thing for new comers.  * (Online) Documentation > Documentation sites.  * openSUSE Ambassadors > I think this one is _IMPORTANT_.  High visibility.

If the browser initial page is useful... example: very used search engine. Many won't change it, just by lazyness and because it serves them... and we keep high visibility with our users.

Could anyone make such a thing happen?

(And all the other pages, like firefox beta or any other become secondary, this means, they get a cool tab for themselves, but not the first).

Please make this happen if you can.

Nelson.

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On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 07:32, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote:

Hi,

Am 07.12.2010 00:43, schrieb Nelson Marques:

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'browser' is most likely one of the most universal words in our society. I haven't checked years of background information, so feel free to blame if somehow this was discussed/approached in the past. To be short and objective... when I installed my system, I ended up by bringing up Firefox. I took a minute to look at it and I got a Firefox beta promo page and openSUSE.org tab. Both ways.... this 2 pages for me (most likely for a lot of people out there) do not require much interaction from the user and force him to go to the preferences and change home page. Anyway we could add like 'Ubuntu' does a search engine (like the evil one) on the start page and some cool links like:

 * openSUSE > the generic page that exists already on another tab.  * openSUSE Forums > kinda interesting and somehow a more human thing for new comers.  * (Online) Documentation > Documentation sites.  * openSUSE Ambassadors > I think this one is _IMPORTANT_.  High visibility.

If the browser initial page is useful... example: very used search engine. Many won't change it, just by lazyness and because it serves them... and we keep high visibility with our users.

Please check this thread: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2010-01/msg00003.html

Last time I proposed something like that I got insulted. But I'm all for it to change the default if someone comes up with a nice start page.

Aww don't let Basil's occasional grumpiness put you off :-) I was wondering what had happened to this idea... it sort of died off. I think it'd be a good idea to do something like this too... especially if there is a revenue agreement in place. that money could be used to fund openSUSE events, a developer... whatever. Those who hate it with a passion (see the previous discussion) can change it with a click or two. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 08:10, Basil Chupin wrote:

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Aww don't let Basil's occasional grumpiness put you off :-)

Awww, jeesh, that was almost 12 months ago! (I, too, have a long memory! :-) .)

I am "grumpy" no more. Now I am just plain "angry"! GRRRRR! :-) .

Hahaha... it's good to move on to bigger and better things :-) C -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org