>Why stop at the browser or IM client though? Technically, Gnome itself only exists because of that same mindset (not being satisfied with KDE's initial license).
The trouble with "why stop there" arguments though is that they can make any reasonable suggestion seem absurd.
There was a valid reason to create Gnome, but is there a valid reason for Epiphany?
>I would never presume that people who are predominantly volunteering their time and efforts to work on Gnome have a responsibility to rely on non-Gnome applications for fundamental desktop functionality
The creators of Gnome have no responsibility to their users, but as users we have the privilege of providing them with feedback.
If 99.999% of Gnome users are providing the development team with the feedback that they will not use Epiphany no matter how much more polished it becomes then what should Gnome do?
The way I say it there are three options.
1. Do nothing, continue to develop and polish an application which no one will ever use.
2. Retire Epiphany and then have no "official" Gnome web browser.
3. Retire Epiphany and chose one of the major browsers which most of their user base are already happily using, and then try to make the experience of that browser on their desktop as good as possible.
Maybe I am narrow minded, but are there really any other options?
The trouble with "why stop there" arguments though is that they can make any reasonable suggestion seem absurd.
There was a valid reason to create Gnome, but is there a valid reason for Epiphany?
>I would never presume that people who are predominantly volunteering their time and efforts to work on Gnome have a responsibility to rely on non-Gnome applications for fundamental desktop functionality
The creators of Gnome have no responsibility to their users, but as users we have the privilege of providing them with feedback.
If 99.999% of Gnome users are providing the development team with the feedback that they will not use Epiphany no matter how much more polished it becomes then what should Gnome do?
The way I say it there are three options.
1. Do nothing, continue to develop and polish an application which no one will ever use.
2. Retire Epiphany and then have no "official" Gnome web browser.
3. Retire Epiphany and chose one of the major browsers which most of their user base are already happily using, and then try to make the experience of that browser on their desktop as good as possible.
Maybe I am narrow minded, but are there really any other options?