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hoschi

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From: Ulm (Germany)

Registered: 2008-11-03

Posts: 468

Epiphany 3.4

Hello!

Am I right, that...

• Epiphany doesn't offer anymore a setting for homepage/start-page, or any logical behaviour, like open the old tabs again?

• Epiphany doesn't any type of bookmark-bar?

• Epiphany does't offers much "pixels" to drag the window from top down, get non-fullscreen window? Between the forward/backward button are some pixels...great usability

I just looks like that Epiphany is the only browser for GTK which offers smooth-scrolling currently. And the only browser which is totally unusable (see above)?

GERGE

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From: Turkey

Registered: 2008-09-29

Posts: 157

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Re: Epiphany 3.4

Epiphany is taking a different direction about browsing. It was clear that it won't even have a %0.5 percent market share, so they are changing the focus. Epiphany is all about web applications now and it is doing web app thingy quite well (for things like Rdio, at least).

Last edited by GERGE (2012-04-27 13:00:10)

jakobcreutzfeldt

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Registered: 2011-05-12

Posts: 1,041

Re: Epiphany 3.4

Hello!

Am I right, that...

• Epiphany doesn't offer anymore a setting for homepage/start-page, or any logical behaviour, like open the old tabs again?

• Epiphany doesn't any type of bookmark-bar?

• Epiphany does't offers much "pixels" to drag the window from top down, get non-fullscreen window? Between the forward/backward button are some pixels...great usability

I just looks like that Epiphany is the only browser for GTK which offers smooth-scrolling currently. And the only browser which is totally unusable (see above)?

1) You can set a homepage (and many other options) using dconf (org.gnome.epiphany.homepage-url). Maybe not ideal compared to having them in a settings dialog, but oh well. I pretty much treat dconf-editor as an "Advanced Settings" dialog for all Gnome programs. Learn it and love it...
2) Epiphany never had the means to re-open old tabs. There was an extension for this but I never got it to work (or never figured out the key-combo to do it).
3) Either click the Application menu at the top of the screen and click the conspicuously named "Bookmarks" option or click on the "gear" menu in the top-right corner and go to the conspicuously labeled "Bookmarks" menu item. There is no bookmarks bar since, as you can tell, they're going for a completely minimal user interface.
4) In truth, there isn't much room when it's maximized but pretty much any of those pixels around the back/forward buttons, the address bar and the "gear" menu will work. Or, you can use the Alt-F10 keyboard combination
5) Firefox supports smooth scrolling: Preferences -> Advanced -> General - Smooth Scrolling

Since the 3.4 upgrade I've been using Epiphany as my main browser and I've been enjoying it. I've had some crashing problems but generally it's ok. I'm just waiting for someone to implement NoScript and Https-everywhere plugins for it.

Last edited by jakobcreutzfeldt (2012-04-27 13:55:02)

mx_joao

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From: Brasil

Registered: 2011-12-02

Posts: 46

Re: Epiphany 3.4

You can drag the gnome-shell "panel" to unmaximize the WEB window.

hoschi

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From: Ulm (Germany)

Registered: 2008-11-03

Posts: 468

Re: Epiphany 3.4

1) You can set a homepage (and many other options) using dconf (org.gnome.epiphany.homepage-url). Maybe not ideal compared to having them in a settings dialog, but oh well. I pretty much treat dconf-editor as an "Advanced Settings" dialog for all Gnome programs. Learn it and love it...

Like always with Gnome. The old, less tested, hidden and really important settings are their.
Setting a homepage is a thing a average user wants.

2) Epiphany never had the means to re-open old tabs. There was an extension for this but I never got it to work (or never figured out the key-combo to do it).

Well. If Epiphany terminated correctly it works.
Keeping old tabs open is a thing which a average user wants.

3) Either click the Application menu at the top of the screen and click the conspicuously named "Bookmarks" option or click on the "gear" menu in the top-right corner and go to the conspicuously labeled "Bookmarks" menu item. There is no bookmarks bar since, as you can tell, they're going for a completely minimal user interface.

Knowing an address is okay, Bookmarkstoolbar is okay, Side-Panel is okay, but an ugly new window hidden behind a menu is not okay.

4) In truth, there isn't much room when it's maximized but pretty much any of those pixels around the back/forward buttons, the address bar and the "gear" menu will work. Or, you can use the Alt-F10 keyboard combination

I use Alt+F10 (which is no longer default...), or Alt+Mouse. The funny fact is, the gnome-shell panel can be "dragged".
A average user...don't know any of this.

5) Firefox supports smooth scrolling: Preferences -> Advanced -> General - Smooth Scrolling

Firefox does this since Mozilla 1.3 or 1.4, but it just a software emulation and requires much processor-time (same for KHTML).
It is not pixel-based smooth scrolling like iOS, Android, MacBook+Safari or Gnome. You can't compare this

Since the 3.4 upgrade I've been using Epiphany as my main browser and I've been enjoying it. I've had some crashing problems but generally it's ok. I'm just waiting for someone to implement NoScript and Https-everywhere plugins for it.

Lot of people argue about Gnome, that they copy Apple (remove of power-features, restrictions, only on program at one time...). But Epiphany is even worse, im pretty sure iOS offer more features in its webbrowser

Last edited by hoschi (2012-04-30 13:23:25)