Firefox etc. default homepage

[Matthew Miller]

On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 07:08:18PM +0200, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote:
> And it is upstream default. People see "firefox" and expect to have a
> google search with firefox tips as the standard homepage. Perhaps it
> could be made into a google (or whatever) search with fedora tips?
[...]
> They are confused because the browser looks like firefox but doesn't
> behave like firefox.

This seems like crazy-talk. The default start page has been a customizable
feature in web browsers since, well, the beginning of web browsers. I don't
think people have any strong expectation of it going to some per-browser
branded page.

I've *never* seen anyone come over to my house and start Firefox and be
confused that it goes to my home page instead of some generic one.

It is also *definitely* wrong to point at Google by default. As cool as they
may be, they're a for-profit commercial entity with no relation to Fedora.

I think the Fedora portal page idea is a good one.

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