I personally use firefox on desktop and safari on my mobile (im lazy to install an web
browser on mobile lol) but I don't think we should make users feel like we're
pushing them towards a certain browser because someone(s) agree the browser is
recommended. While yes people may see the list and get overwhelmed and not update but at
the same time not showing them more than one option can cause the same thing because they
feel we support one thing over another. All in all I have no issue recommending firefox i
just have an issue not giving the user a feeling of choice of modern browsers.
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On Sep 1, 2017, at 5:56 PM, Neil Patel Quinn
<nquinn(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
I understand the desire to avoid playing favorites by directing users to a
list of browsers rather than a single one, but I think that cuts against *both
*the goals of doing this in the first place.
The first goal is to nudge users to upgrade from an insecure, less-capable
browser to a modern one. But if we present them a list of 10 alternatives
(or even 2), they're far more likely to get stuck in choice paralysis [1]
and far less likely to actually do what we want and upgrade.
The second goal is to strengthen non-profit, open-web-focused browser
makers by increasing their market share. As I see it, the best way to do
this is to nudge all our users towards a single, high-quality browser which
already has significant market share, rather than distributing them across
many different browsers with tiny market shares.
I'd suggest that the best areas for debate are (1) whether these are good
goals, (2) whether their benefits justify interrupting users' browsing, and
(3) which single browser would be the best destination
Obviously, my answers are (1) yes, (2) yes, and (3) Firefox, but some will
disagree :)
[1]:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis_paralysis
On 1 September 2017 at 12:15, zppix e
<megadev44s.mail(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Why dont we link to an list of web browsers compatible with wmf projects
and let the user decide
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On Sep 1, 2017, at 12:09 PM, Chad
<innocentkiller(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 6:55 AM Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
At least until a proper resource exists, just
directing people to the
latest Firefox is probably the most reasonable option (we certainly
can't support the incumbent).
Is linking to Firefox and Chromium an option?
-Chad
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