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Precisely the last thing we need is more ads and unwanted features in Firefox.

by najqh 5y ago

pizza234 5y ago
DDG has been very lightweight with regard to user experience. And they actually have to, otherwise, they couldn't distinguish themselves from the competition (ie. Google). So there's no realistic risk of invasiveness. WRT the features: Firefox needs market share above all. I'm actually terrified by a future where companies can't be bothered to put even a minimal effort to make a website/service run acceptably on Firefox. Try to use Slack on it, and you'll see what I mean.
- najqh 5y ago
  "Firefox has been very lightweight with regard to user experience. And they actually have to, otherwise, they couldn't distinguish themselves from the competition (ie. Google). So there's no realistic risk of invasiveness."
- deadbunny 5y ago
  > I'm actually terrified by a future where companies can't be bothered to put even a minimal effort to make a website/service run acceptably on Firefox This isn't the future unfortunately. This is the present.
- neoberg 5y ago
  Future? As a webdev I don't remember having to check if something works on Firefox since probably 7-8 years at least. Userbase is too small to justify allocating resources.
  - mtberatwork 5y ago
    Too small? According to this site [1], market share is about equal to Safari and Edge+IE. If you are supporting Safari, Edge/IE there is no justifiable reason not to support Firefox. [1] https://kinsta.com/browser-market-share/ https://kinsta.com/browser-market-share/
    - whywhywhywhy 5y ago
      Lots of devs (the ones I work with, anyway) don’t even test in Safari until you point out it’s broken in it. Really feels dev culture has regressed since the early chrome/safari days where working in multiple browsers was seen as priority.
      - stjohnswarts 5y ago
        I never did when I was maintaining an embedded web app. I checked in Chrome and Firefox. I would go in and figure it out if someone reported a bug in Safari but mostly no one at the company used Safari so it was really not tested for and the app just was never meant to run on mobile at all so safari wasn't much of concern.
sh4un 5y ago
The best is the furniture maker splash screen. My wife says what does it have to do with the internet. I told her Mozilla has conflicting priorities.

Precisely the last thing we need is more ads and unwanted features in Firefox.

by najqh 5y ago

Precisely the last thing we need is more ads and unwanted features in Firefox.

DDG has been very lightweight with regard to user experience. And they actually have to, otherwise, they couldn't distinguish themselves from the competition (ie. Google). So there's no realistic risk of invasiveness. WRT the features: Firefox needs market share above all. I'm actually terrified by a future where companies can't be bothered to put even a minimal effort to make a website/service run acceptably on Firefox. Try to use Slack on it, and you'll see what I mean.

najqh 5y ago
"Firefox has been very lightweight with regard to user experience. And they actually have to, otherwise, they couldn't distinguish themselves from the competition (ie. Google). So there's no realistic risk of invasiveness."
deadbunny 5y ago
> I'm actually terrified by a future where companies can't be bothered to put even a minimal effort to make a website/service run acceptably on Firefox This isn't the future unfortunately. This is the present.
neoberg 5y ago
Future? As a webdev I don't remember having to check if something works on Firefox since probably 7-8 years at least. Userbase is too small to justify allocating resources.
- mtberatwork 5y ago
  Too small? According to this site [1], market share is about equal to Safari and Edge+IE. If you are supporting Safari, Edge/IE there is no justifiable reason not to support Firefox. [1] https://kinsta.com/browser-market-share/ https://kinsta.com/browser-market-share/
  - whywhywhywhy 5y ago
    Lots of devs (the ones I work with, anyway) don’t even test in Safari until you point out it’s broken in it. Really feels dev culture has regressed since the early chrome/safari days where working in multiple browsers was seen as priority.
    - stjohnswarts 5y ago
      I never did when I was maintaining an embedded web app. I checked in Chrome and Firefox. I would go in and figure it out if someone reported a bug in Safari but mostly no one at the company used Safari so it was really not tested for and the app just was never meant to run on mobile at all so safari wasn't much of concern.

sh4un 5y ago

The best is the furniture maker splash screen. My wife says what does it have to do with the internet. I told her Mozilla has conflicting priorities.