Makes a lot of sense to me, Firefox is an excellent browser. I hope it will keep its independence though.
Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
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Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
#22Makes a lot of sense to me, Firefox is an excellent browser. I hope it will keep its independence though.
Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
#23That 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).
I respect Yahoo more than google . just listen to what ed snowden told a while ago , Yahoo was one of the companies who fight against NSA , but google did'nt .
please correct me if I am wrong .
Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
#24That 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).
Yep, exactly. Google would never sink so low as to advertise.
Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
#25Seems like that has no doubt been an important part of the deal that Yahoo! and Mozilla made. It's an interesting way to get back at Google's heavy promotion of Chrome on their properties.
agreed. the term upgrade also brings with it a connotation of being better. I am doubtful that this is this case.
how is having more features and options not being an upgrade?
chrome is removing customization after customization (specially the ones that harm google business model. Referrer preferences, anyone?) while adding stuff for speed and network. So you have a fixed experience browser that is very fast. and not that firefox is not faster in most use cases anyway. Chrome just have better marketing (and arguably a head start on speed a long time ago)
Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
#26if techcrunch thinks my favorite browser should be scorned with quotes on 'upgrade'... i'm on the right path!
thanks for the confirmation, techcrunch!
Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
#27Seems like that has no doubt been an important part of the deal that Yahoo! and Mozilla made. It's an interesting way to get back at Google's heavy promotion of Chrome on their properties.
agreed. the term upgrade also brings with it a connotation of being better. I am doubtful that this is this case.
Anecdotal and all but these days i catch myself killing chrome because the computer fan starts to be loud - and reopen the page in firefox - fixes it everytime (granted, i check it is the issue with htop first).
I remember when this was the exact opposite and had to kill Firefox...
Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
#28That 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).
Yep, exactly. Google would never sink so low as to advertise.
lol.
Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
#29Makes a lot of sense to me, Firefox is an excellent browser. I hope it will keep its independence though.
The switch from a single worldwide Google deal to three regional deals with Yahoo, Yandex, and Baidu feels like a nice assertion of that independence.
Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Both the user interface and the spam filtering are awful. I only use it for a throwaway address (I personally don't pay for it, rohandhruva) so I've never tried any more "advanced" features. Why bother if it can't get the fundamentals right?