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Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox

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Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox

#11

ITT: If Google does it it's ok, if Yahoo does it it's not.

What are you talking about? There is maybe 1 total critical comment:

http://i.imgur.com/8cI6hCW.png

Hell, there are more comments in favor of this because Google did the same. Quit playing the false victim card.

Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

agreed. the term upgrade also brings with it a connotation of being better. I am doubtful that this is this case.

I've been using Firefox again recently - I stopped when it was slower and less stable than Chrome. These days it often feels faster than Chrome.

I've been using Firefox for several months and have no regrets. On Ubuntu Chrome was doing all sorts of weird things, plus being slow. Firefox's tab groups is also a great feature.

Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox

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That would probably make me stop using Yahoo.

Although I grudgingly accept a similar prompt on mobile Workflowy (I use firefox there and are prompted to use Chrome for it) even though it annoys the crap out of me. There is not even a possibility to turn this off.

But for Yahoo I have alternatives for workflowy not (yet).

Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

agreed. the term upgrade also brings with it a connotation of being better. I am doubtful that this is this case.

I've been using Firefox again recently - I stopped when it was slower and less stable than Chrome. These days it often feels faster than Chrome.

If you're like me, I have a swatch of addons for each browser. In time they all start to slow down to a crawl.

I use all browsers for website testing, but my primary is Chrome at the moment, looking to head back to FF.

Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox

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This is also happening for people who have paid for Yahoo Mail in order to not have ads. I would be asking for my money back if they start showing me ads like that! Edit: source https://twitter.com/AnthonyPAlicea/status/542670797912166400

Do you mind sharing why you still use Yahoo Mail, let alone paying to use it? (serious question)

I think most of the complaints are about the user interface nowadays. It sometimes does have other problems, but that is probably because it takes a while for Yahoo to change.

Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox

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Calling a promo banner a "prompt" is a bit of an exaggeration. Also, the same "Upgrade to the new Firefox" message is also shown to Firefox versions less than the current version (34).

Using the more general (non-computer) verb "prompt", it just means to "encourage" someone. So saying that Yahoo is prompting (or encouraging) people to switch is by no means an exaggeration.

Edit: removed "upgrade" and replaced it with "switch" as to not imply one is an upgrade over the other. Browser choice is very much a personal preference.

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