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Re: Leaving Mozilla

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Post by alinhan »

jackric wrote: post #139
fireattack wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To me, using Firefox on desktop is easy. It is at least on par with competitors, if not better. Firefox on Android on the other hand (the one the author worked on), IMHO, is simply an inferior product. This is kinda understandable due to their small team size (and it looks like they're overworking too), but what I didn't get is why they kept revamping it. I don't have a clear timeline, but in my recent memory they at…

I wanted to make Firefox my default Android browser, out of principle. After 6 weeks, I uninstalled it and am back in Brave. The Firefox address/omni bar seemed designed to lean 90% toward a search engine search, even if I had completely typed in the hostname of a previously visited page and hit "Enter". The cynic in me guessed this was deliberate to reap referral commissions from Big Search Engine. Pissed off, unins…

Yeah, I also find this annoying.

But there is a setting to change this behavior: Options / Search / Show search suggestions ahead of browsing history in address bar results

The default for this should probably be off, not on.

Re: Leaving Mozilla

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Post by gwenzek »

ekager wrote: post #105
patrickscoleman wrote: post #45

If you read these comments, Emily, just want to say thank you for having the courage to share this in public. Burnout is tough but it gets better. Helpful for others to know they're not alone. And thank you for Firefox on Android!

I read them <3 Thank you!

Just wanted to see I love Firefox Android, I have been on nightly release for at least a year now, and it's great !

Re: Leaving Mozilla

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Post by Tijdreiziger »

nicoburns wrote: post #81
fireattack wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To me, using Firefox on desktop is easy. It is at least on par with competitors, if not better. Firefox on Android on the other hand (the one the author worked on), IMHO, is simply an inferior product. This is kinda understandable due to their small team size (and it looks like they're overworking too), but what I didn't get is why they kept revamping it. I don't have a clear timeline, but in my recent memory they at…

I was with you up until a couple of months ago. But IMO the latest versions have caught up with Chrome. They've sorted the performance (scroll performance and UI) issues with the new "fenix" version. The tab switching works great now. And the latest (stable) version even supports pull-to-refresh. Add extension support to that (notably ublock) and I've made it my default browser (and that's on merit, not for ideologic…

Performance on Fenix is possibly even worse than Fennec for me. Every time I switch to a different app and back to Firefox it has cleared the page out of memory and needs to reload it (and my phone has 4 GB of RAM). Fun times if you need to copy a 2FA code and then go back to the browser.

Then there's the other weird issues. The bottom 5% of the page or so usually doesn't really render correctly (especially if it's a pop-up like a cookie consent box), but scrolling up and down a bit fixes it, usually, if you're fast enough to press whatever button you wanted to press there before it glitches out again.

I care about the open web, and ad blocking is still a killer feature to me, but if I were an average user there is no way I would accept a browser with so many major issues.

Re: Leaving Mozilla

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Post by jlelse »

Thank you! I really like the new Firefox for Android, it made me switch back and I'm using it since the early beta versions.

I really can't understand the hate against people putting so much effort in creating nice user experiences. If you're not happy with Firefox, just use something else, but don't threaten the developers!

Re: Leaving Mozilla

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Post by MrDresden »

systemvoltage wrote: post #87
Darmody wrote: post #53

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Why it's becoming more annoying to use? I've been using as my main browser for years and it only gets better.

It's all the non-sense from Pocket to access to location settings isn't getting synced, etc.; I am being unfair though, it's not a problem.

Well that would be Pocket getting annoying then, not Firefox.

A long time Firefox user here, and I only feel it is getting better with time (both desktop and mobile)

Re: Leaving Mozilla

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Post by benhurmarcel »

aloisdg wrote: post #22
walrus01 wrote: post #9

> That and.. I am also extremely burnt out. > Working too much during the week for the last 2 years was normal for me We need to stop normalizing working beyond a 40 hour work week. I can accomplish far more and with greater clarity of purpose, mental acuity and motivation in an actual 40 hours, than I could if I attempt to push myself to 10-12 hours a day.

In France we work 35h and I thin we should move to 28h. More and more company do the move. https://www.welcometothejungle.com/fr/articles/travailler-4-...

Most white collars in France work more than the theoretical 35h/week, usually around 40h instead, although there's no clocking so it's not really measured.

However the difference is compensated by extra holidays (RTT).

Re: Leaving Mozilla

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Post by _qulr »

passivate wrote: post #141
_qulr wrote: post #128

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> So lets say each person can be productive for X hours per week. I don't think productivity is the right way to frame things. This makes it sound like a human is nothing more than a tool. The reason people should work fewer hours is so that they can enjoy life outside of work, remain healthy, spend time with family and friends, etc. Not to maximize productivity for the stockholders. Even if some person is capable of…

Well, I cannot judge what is good for you, and neither can you for me. Its an individual choice, not something that is forced upon. The point is, 40 hours/week is a completely arbitrary number. I enjoy working extra hours, it allows me to work on multiple projects simultaneously that I otherwise couldn't do in an 8 hour day. If Michael Jordan wasn't such a workaholic would he still have become 'The' Michael Jordan. N…

> If Michael Jordan wasn't such a workaholic would he still have become 'The' Michael Jordan.

1) Michael Jordan retired from the Chicago Bulls (for the second time) at age 36. I suppose in tech with rampant age discrimination, that's also when you're expected to retire after burning yourself out...

2) Michael Jordan made enough money that he could have retired even earlier. No employer was forcing him to work. He did it "for the love of the game".

3) None of us here are or ever will be Michael Jordan. Either in talent — arguably the greatest of all time — or in financial security — one of the highest compensated athletes ever.

You say you're not comparing yourself to Jordan, but why even bring him up? He's not only the world's greatest basketball player but also the world's worst analogy for comparing with normal people working at a job.

If you're in control of your own destiny, then by all means, do whatever you like. But a lot of people are busting their butts just for their current employer, and eventually you're going to find out that you actually mean very little to your employer, who will drop you at the drop of a hat and not give a damn about your fate. Your family and friends are the only ones who will stick with you and care for you in the long run.

Re: Leaving Mozilla

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Post by FloatArtifact »

ekager wrote: post #105
patrickscoleman wrote: post #45

If you read these comments, Emily, just want to say thank you for having the courage to share this in public. Burnout is tough but it gets better. Helpful for others to know they're not alone. And thank you for Firefox on Android!

I read them <3 Thank you!

Keep going strong! Thank you for making open source software a great place to be.

Re: Leaving Mozilla

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Post by shawabawa3 »

buran77 wrote: post #86
shawabawa3 wrote: post #35

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At my old job i switched to 4 days a week. I'm pretty sure I got more work done overall and only got paid 80% for it. It should be a no brainer for employers

If it's just a few companies doing it the 20% cut means you will probably lose many of the top performers, especially the younger ones who are more willing and able to put in more effort for more money. If it's most companies doing it then you'll probably see an overall drop in morale and those top performers or people who'd rather have the 100% might actually deliver even less than the 80%. Keep in mind that the cos…

I should have clarified - it should be a no brainer for employers to _offer_ it, not make it mandatory

Re: Leaving Mozilla

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Post by iggldiggl »

coldpie wrote: post #14
chordalkeyboard wrote: post #2

> The cherry on top was being specifically targeted for harassment that same week after the release by unhappy users of Firefox looking for someone to direct their frustrations at. Thats lovely.

I work on an open source project which is popular, but definitely a lot less used than Firefox. I often feel pretty lucky that I grew up with the early internet, back when you hid your real identity and trusted no one. While I don't do that anymore, it does still give me with a strong sense of maintaining a "firewall" with the public. I don't put myself out there as a public face more than necessary. I don't have wor…

> I often feel pretty lucky that I grew up with the early internet, back when you hid your real identity and trusted no one.

That's funny, because going through old usenet posts from the 90s I got precisely the opposite impression – noticeably more people posting under their full names than you'd find a decade or two later in comparable forums.

I've also made the same observation for the online community of a long running simulation game I frequent: A lot of the old-time members dating back to twenty years ago or so are posting under their full names, whereas with newer members abbreviated (last) names or outright pseudonyms are clearly predominating.

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