I am a kubuntu/kde4 user; here is my point of view on some of the browsers:
I think google’s browser Chrome would have an EULA as well, so it would not be a solution; i consider it very user friendly, but as it is, doesn’t fit very very with the rest of the applications since it doesn’t respect the HIG by not having a menu bar (i find menu bars very 60’s anyway).
Konqueror, although it has a lot of features, shouldn’t even be installed by default since it’s not really worthy as a browser; khtml is rather defunct and i’m really looking forward to (k)Webkit implementation. I use most of the google services, especially gmail and i find the chat a must have feature, can’t just forget about it for the sake of using Konqueror. My main usage for this browser is as a FTP client.
Arora is a very neat qt-browser.
I’ve used IceWeasel for quite some time, i kinda like it.
<b>Firefox -QT i think it won’t really be maintained by Mozilla Foundation and imho it should get it’s own name (and get active maintainers of course). Consider this as branch of Firefox; could be used on both Gnome and KDE with proper integration (plugins anyone?).
Also qt 4.5 as i understand is able to get native GTK+ look as well, so i wonder if it can use the GTK+ file menu in Gnome, like when you are browsing your computer when to save a file or selecting one. </b>
I am a kubuntu/kde4 user; here is my point of view on some of the browsers:
I think google’s browser Chrome would have an EULA as well, so it would not be a solution; i consider it very user friendly, but as it is, doesn’t fit very very with the rest of the applications since it doesn’t respect the HIG by not having a menu bar (i find menu bars very 60’s anyway).
Konqueror, although it has a lot of features, shouldn’t even be installed by default since it’s not really worthy as a browser; khtml is rather defunct and i’m really looking forward to (k)Webkit implementation. I use most of the google services, especially gmail and i find the chat a must have feature, can’t just forget about it for the sake of using Konqueror. My main usage for this browser is as a FTP client.
Arora is a very neat qt-browser.
I’ve used IceWeasel for quite some time, i kinda like it.
<b>Firefox -QT i think it won’t really be maintained by Mozilla Foundation and imho it should get it’s own name (and get active maintainers of course). Consider this as branch of Firefox; could be used on both Gnome and KDE with proper integration (plugins anyone?).
Also qt 4.5 as i understand is able to get native GTK+ look as well, so i wonder if it can use the GTK+ file menu in Gnome, like when you are browsing your computer when to save a file or selecting one. </b>