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This seems like a massive amount of hypocrisy on the part of Mozilla. "We don't want you to ever have to see ads in your browser -- except our ads!" I had an angry knee-jerk reaction to this, and while in practice it probably won't be annoying, it's a step in the complete wrong direction.
Firefox will NOT include ads - Stop the misinformation!! currently the default new tab page on a NEW installation is mostly empty: http://i.imgur.com/z71I89i.jpg What will happen is that it will be pre-filled with sites that are popular in your locale, organizations that Mozilla likes, and sponsored sites: http://cl.ly/image/3I172o2f202k The pre-filled sites disappear and are replaced by your own top sites as you sta…
To me, "sponsored sites" is just another word for "ads".
Firefox will NOT include ads - Stop the misinformation!! currently the default new tab page on a NEW installation is mostly empty: http://i.imgur.com/z71I89i.jpg What will happen is that it will be pre-filled with sites that are popular in your locale, organizations that Mozilla likes, and sponsored sites: http://cl.ly/image/3I172o2f202k The pre-filled sites disappear and are replaced by your own top sites as you sta…
To me, "sponsored sites" is just another word for "ads".
On the other hand, if you saw this - http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/files/2009/09/yahoo-ad-campa... then ya, it's an ad.
/unfortunately no, I am not getting paid by yahoo.
Firefox will NOT include ads - Stop the misinformation!! currently the default new tab page on a NEW installation is mostly empty: http://i.imgur.com/z71I89i.jpg What will happen is that it will be pre-filled with sites that are popular in your locale, organizations that Mozilla likes, and sponsored sites: http://cl.ly/image/3I172o2f202k The pre-filled sites disappear and are replaced by your own top sites as you sta…
These will only be visible for empty history thumbnails on new profiles for new users. There are example mockups here: https://twitter.com/clarkbw/status/433333066514198528
That thumbnails page is the first thing I disable in my Firefox, so I am mostly unconcerned. Then again, "first they came to add ads to thumbnail tiles, I didn't speak up because I don't use thumbnail tiles..."
Firefox will NOT include ads - Stop the misinformation!! currently the default new tab page on a NEW installation is mostly empty: http://i.imgur.com/z71I89i.jpg What will happen is that it will be pre-filled with sites that are popular in your locale, organizations that Mozilla likes, and sponsored sites: http://cl.ly/image/3I172o2f202k The pre-filled sites disappear and are replaced by your own top sites as you sta…
To me, "sponsored sites" is just another word for "ads".
I like the look of this new feature—I think it will be more useful to beginning users, it produces a nicer first-run user experience, and it gets out of the way very quickly.
I'm not sure if people think that Google Chrome has ads like this or not—to my view, the whole product is laced with ads for Google products, far more intrusive, obnoxious and anticompetitive than anything Firefox has been able to produce.
(You might guess that I'm a Mozilla fan. That perception would be accurate.)
These will only be visible for empty history thumbnails on new profiles for new users. There are example mockups here: https://twitter.com/clarkbw/status/433333066514198528
This reminds me very strongly of the Opera web browser...
Firefox will NOT include ads - Stop the misinformation!! currently the default new tab page on a NEW installation is mostly empty: http://i.imgur.com/z71I89i.jpg What will happen is that it will be pre-filled with sites that are popular in your locale, organizations that Mozilla likes, and sponsored sites: http://cl.ly/image/3I172o2f202k The pre-filled sites disappear and are replaced by your own top sites as you sta…
I'm probably one of the rare person to think it's a pretty well designed idea that will bring money to Mozilla without compromising their users' privacy or computers well being, so a welcoming change.
I'm going to my happy place again.
[1] Incidentally, the process to get some is probably gruesome.
Mozilla is one brand I really trust for various reason. I am willing to rely more on Mozilla than on say Google for all my online existence.
One good business model for Mozilla could be to provide a subscription version of browser which is tightly integrated with more services of Mozilla including Webmail, Calendar, Photo and File Storage. Mozilla could charge me a monthly sum + show me ads on these services. Currently I use Zoho for many such services.
