As WFU (We are From Universe Community), the community of IceCat-Dragon Browser developers, we are collecting data for our web browser in the development planning phase. This data and data from many forums will guide us in our development process.
We are not a company. We are an open source software and operating system development community.
The data we are asking you for is the survey options that you will choose of your own free will. We are not interested in information such as your username.
The data we will use is only the survey result. We want to learn your user preferences and create a development roadmap accordingly.
As open source developers, we expect support from open source forums, we should be in solidarity.
Data security
Data privacy
Anonymity (connect to the tor network(e.g. tor browser) and support for extensions that provide anonymity)
Reliability and moderation of the extension store
Existence of an add-on store (e.g. GNU Mozzarella) and the reliability of the extension store
Speed (loading pages fast) or Javascript performance
Performance (ability to perform difficult tasks, high scores in benchmark tests)
Not running Javascript by default, running GNU LibreJS
Supporting container technology
Supporting workspaces and managing workspaces
Supports running websites as a webpanel with sidebar, running websites as a webpanel in the form of a mobile website, and easy access to regularly used websites through the webpanel
The ability to block the creation of your digital twin, support the installation of such plug-ins
Sidebar support or sidebar by default and Provides the comfort of using tabs as vertical panels
PWA (Progressive Web App) support
The ability to block trackers, or the ability to block fingerprints, or the ability to block cross-site cookies
Ability to use tabs by splitting the screen in two, three or four or Ability to install mods, support mods or have a mod store
Support onion sites (e.g. brave)
GPU performance (WebGL and WebGPU performance)
VPN or proxy capability by default
Usability (e.g. Supports shortcut assignment or supporting anything that provides ease of use or Personalization options)
As WFU (We are From Universe Community), the community of IceCat-Dragon Browser developers, we are collecting data for our web browser in the development planning phase. This data and data from many forums will guide us in our development process.
We’ll change the name of our browser.
We are not a company. We are an open source software and operating system development community. Our browser has a similar name. We will fix it.
I like all the features that come with Microsoft’s Edge Browser, it really makes organizing projects and stuff easy.
The main reason I don’t use it or chrome is I don’t trust Microsoft or Google. Browsers are an incredibly personal and private thing. I prefer to use something open source, I can audit the code myself if I want or, more likely, trust people who know more than me to do it.
That why I use Firefox, even though other browsers have features I would love to use.
It is not very polite to use other project’s forum to collect data for your community, even if it is an open source community. Don’t you think that?
We do not take data from anyone by force. Everything is voluntary and open to the community. And the data is just user preferences. I think there’s no need to overdo it, it’s a simple survey. I don’t see anything in the forum rules about asking permission. If you want to establish authority, I won’t bow down. I’m using the survey feature of fedora discussion to find out the browser preferences of fedora users, thanks to watercooler, in an open transparent way on non fedora topics, in accordance with the forum rules. I’m aware of my legal rights, I don’t go outside the framework of the forum rules. I’ve already explained my purpose.
I added our purpose to the subject content. I have permission to edit this thread.
Dear stijn karel (what is the first name?), I find your poll a bit strange.
If you are developing a browser you should concern only about one thing that is compatibility with Web sites. I don’t care of any feature if/when the site doesn’t work and that is obviously becoming more important as sites aren’t simple text and images any more but runtime generated via JS and alike, they stream videos in various formats and so on. Your browser must work with all Google and Microsoft services.
Please note that Firefox fails, it mostly works but not 100%.
My second concern is privacy of course because the Web sites I wrote above are “free” and they try any possible mean to collect data about me. Besides the usual “blockers” (something like uMatrix would be nice) I would say you could implement Tor as default but unfortunately I am seeing most Tor exit points are blocked by the said Web sites, plus it is not good for some uses like videos.
Extensions are the worst idea ever. They looked cool in a more civilized era, before the darkness, before the empire.