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Finally! No more "You know, you should really get Firefox, it's super easy. First you need to go to this other website though. Yes, I know, I know. Just trust m
by bobsoap 1y ago
Finally! No more "You know, you should really get Firefox, it's super easy. First you need to go to this other website though. Yes, I know, I know. Just trust me, okay?"
- everfree 1y agoChrome = Google.com Edge = Microsoft.com Safari = Apple.com Seems like Firefox is now the outlier, not the other way around. Now Firefox is the only browser with a home page domain the same as its common name. (Note: I’m not saying that I think it’s a bad thing.)
- Medea 1y agochrome.com redirects to www.google.com/chrome/ No one has to download Edge or Safari.
- sebastiennight 1y agoNo one wants ... FTFY
- jacobgkau 1y agoI know you're making a joke, but I enjoyed having Safari installed when Apple made it for Windows too, and would still want to download it today if it was available. You can't, though.
- tech234a 1y agoTechnically Edge can also be installed on macOS/Linux/iOS/Android.
- ascorbic 1y agoAhem https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/mac https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/mac
- _Algernon_ 1y agochrome.com redirects to https://www.google.com/chrome/ https://www.google.com/chrome/ for whatever it's worth.
- bobsoap 1y agoThat may be, but mozilla.org isn't exactly a brand like google.com. Most people have never heard of it. If you're trying to get non-technical people to try an underdog browser, simplicity helps. A single, straightforward brand name is better.
- joshmanders 1y agoLiterally everyone I know who isn't technical calls Firefox "mozilla". Including older people.
- jacobgkau 1y agoIt includes older people because Mozilla had previous work before Firefox, so they heard that name first. I've never heard anyone my age (27) or younger call it that, including non-technical people who somehow still have a nostalgic and/or ideological affinity for Firefox.
- latexr 1y ago> I've never heard anyone my age (27) or younger call it that Anecdotally, I’ve heard both people older and younger than you calling it Mozilla. And not tech-illiterate people, either.
- itintheory 1y agoI prefer "Mozzarella Foxfire".
- jacobgkau 1y ago> And not tech-illiterate people, either. Yeah, again, probably because tech-literate (not tech-illiterate) people are more likely to know the history of the organization beyond when they started using the software. My point was pretty much that the know-nothing user learning about the software today/recently knows it's called Firefox and might never have heard of Mozilla. The branding is clear about Firefox and the Mozilla name is essentially background knowledge.
- jacobgkau 1y agoOpera had opera.com back when they were an actual browser (they still have it now, too). Vivaldi has vivaldi.com and Brave has brave.com.
- katrinarrlyn 1y agohahaha, indeed. but i always can't remember mozilla (i don't even know i spelled it right), the other is really to remember, and automatically you know google has a chrome browser, etc.
- hayleox 1y agoI mean, doesn't everybody just google the thing they want and click the first result? I don't think I've heard of people just guessing "<some brand name>.com" since back in the days before the browser address bar doubled as a search bar.
- 1718627440 1y agoI do, but I also disabled the URL bar doubling as a search bar. When I want to find the official site, I'm using apt show though.