I finally switched from firefox to safari on iOS. The latest redesign was the last straw for me. Very frustrating how the look of the app keeps changing without any useful updates. "telemetry says..."
Firefox for Android is a mess, and something needs to change
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Re: Firefox for Android is a mess, and something needs to change
#12Unfortunately, this is what actual Mozilla developers think about posts like this: https://web.archive.org/web/20200731211652/https://www.twitt... It's sad.
That person doesn't work at Mozilla or on free software at all anymore. It was a bad tweet, but it's past the time to reasonably hold that against Mozilla. Mozilla has a lot of problems, and it would be better to blame them for the problems that are still around rather than a bad tweet from months ago by someone not employed at Mozilla any longer.
Past time? She left in February.
Re: Firefox for Android is a mess, and something needs to change
#13I'm perfectly happy with Firefox, both desktop and mobile. It works very well and I never have problems with it. It blocks ads on mobile and chrome doesn't. As far as I have seen, it's fast. I don't notice a difference on the rare occasion I open chromium to check and see that some application will look the same for a client as it does for me. But I guess it's always true: people go out of their way to complain, but…
> I should write a "I'm perfectly happy with Firefox, happier than I would be with any other browser" blog post and see if it gets any attention.
And here I was thinking the post missed a lot of issues maybe I should create another blog post.
Stop defending something that really has issues. This fanboy behaviour ends up hurting the very thing we love.
Re: Firefox for Android is a mess, and something needs to change
#14Unfortunately, this is what actual Mozilla developers think about posts like this: https://web.archive.org/web/20200731211652/https://www.twitt... It's sad.
Is there any more context to this? Because the tweet is vague and assuming it's about posts like this seems like a bit of a jump unless you've got further info about it
Some corners of the internet got annoyed a women was working as a programmer for Mozilla and took things a bit too far. Turns out it gets dug up by the same haters under every post about Firefox.
Re: Firefox for Android is a mess, and something needs to change
#15Mozilla would instantly recover a ton of goodwill by allowing users to install any WebExtension on Firefox for Android without having to go through a strange activation ritual that only works on the Nightly channel.* Considering how stable the extensions have been for me, I'm baffled at how Mozilla is not even letting the Beta channel test them.
* https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extensio...
Re: Firefox for Android is a mess, and something needs to change
#16I'm perfectly happy with Firefox, both desktop and mobile. It works very well and I never have problems with it. It blocks ads on mobile and chrome doesn't. As far as I have seen, it's fast. I don't notice a difference on the rare occasion I open chromium to check and see that some application will look the same for a client as it does for me. But I guess it's always true: people go out of their way to complain, but…
That's a bit harsh. Every point they raised is valid: the UX changes have been weird and inconsistent, the lack of history searching is frustrating etc I still use ff, I certainly won't be using Chrome as I appreciate my add-ons too much.
Calling ff a mess is worse, as someone that absolutely hates ads it's a godsend.
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#17It can't print. It doesn't support printing. If I need to print (to paper or PDF) something like an order receipt for an insurance claim or a shipping label to return something, I need to use another browser.
I still use it, but this annoys me ~weekly.
Re: Firefox for Android is a mess, and something needs to change
#18The typing in the url bar and not getting website lists from history or bookmarks kills me every time. It's infuriating to have to scroll below the word Android, to get to Androidpolice.com etc.
Re: Firefox for Android is a mess, and something needs to change
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
That person doesn't work at Mozilla or on free software at all anymore. It was a bad tweet, but it's past the time to reasonably hold that against Mozilla. Mozilla has a lot of problems, and it would be better to blame them for the problems that are still around rather than a bad tweet from months ago by someone not employed at Mozilla any longer.
Past time? She left in February.
She left near the beginning of the year and we're nearing the end of the year.
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#20That new Android version when it was released was so bad that it made me switch to Vivaldi on both mobile and desktop, and I've no plan to go back to Firefox. With the constant breaking and removal of features I don't trust Mozilla much anymore.