Why Firefox has been in decline for 12 years
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Why Firefox has been in decline for 12 years
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Re: Why Firefox has been in decline for 12 years
#2Less ideology more technology
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#3One year ago they launched their new Android version, which is godawful.
Just read the reviews on the android store.
Why Firefox, why?!
Re: Why Firefox has been in decline for 12 years
#4Less ideology more technology
Less promises, more keeping them.
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#5After a year of using Firefox on Macbook, I've switched back to Chrome. The laptop was running really hot just from having a few tabs opened and Youtube playing in the background. It's been much better after I've made the switch to Chrome. For privacy reasons, I would rather stick to Firefox, but I feel like the performance is worse.
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#6I agree with this opinion piece. Firefox is a product strangely hostile to its core userbase. It's almost like they've been deliberately trying to sabotage themselves for years. I don't use it because I approve of all their stupid pigheaded UI choices, I use it because it has been the least bad option despite those choices. That might not go on for much longer, though.
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#7After a year of using Firefox on Macbook, I've switched back to Chrome. The laptop was running really hot just from having a few tabs opened and Youtube playing in the background. It's been much better after I've made the switch to Chrome. For privacy reasons, I would rather stick to Firefox, but I feel like the performance is worse.
Yup, the performance of browsers are highly dependent on their host. Firefox performs best on Linux (and beats the other browsers for Linux too), so the default on my Linux machine is Firefox. For Windows, it's Chrome and for Mac is Safari. Wish there was some syncing utility between the three of them, as switching between them has always been a bit of a hassle.
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#8I use Firefox exclusively, but the only thing I can think of to write in this box are all the unneccessary frustrations they are putting me through. The list is long. Item one: Why does Mozilla have so many ways to file bugs* ?
Which is a pity, because, besides the fact that Chrome has almost all of the marketshare, they also basically own Mozilla financially (is this still correct ?) and technologically Firefox uses Skia and Harfbuzz for rendering, both heavily dependent on Google.
So there is basically no competition for Google in the browser market.
This can't be good.
Re: Why Firefox has been in decline for 12 years
#9One year ago they launched their new Android version, which is godawful. Just read the reviews on the android store. Why Firefox, why?!
> Just read the reviews on the android store.
4 1/2 stars with over 4 million reviews. I use it regularly and have no real problems with it.
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#10My personal pet peeve is that the Chrome's different User Profiles is so easy to use. I'm aware of the different plugins that can offer similar functionality but the setup Chrome is offering is so simple and intuitive that switching feels annoyingly too complicated.
Otherwise I've been really surprised how much better Firefox has gotten in the last two years. Good to see old giant still alive.