That's funny, it's been years since I used either of them.
Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
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Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
#42So long as no one is promoting IE I have no gripes (for those saying newer IE is better than older IE, I agree, still please avoid using IE).
Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
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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.
After 12+ years of service they deleted my secondary email account because I hadn't visited it in less than a year ("username has been recycled"), then wouldn't let me re-claim the username, and have no support contact for it. I will never trust them with anything important.
Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
After 12+ years of service they deleted my secondary email account because I hadn't visited it in less than a year ("username has been recycled"), then wouldn't let me re-claim the username, and have no support contact for it. I will never trust them with anything important.
I think they are responding to these kind of problems over Twitter now, though it might be because the user name has already be reused.
Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
#45I just don't understand Yahoo's user acquisition strategy here. I updated my Firefox to latest version a week ago and it took literally less than a minute for me to set Google as default search engine. I know that if given choice between Yahoo and Google, I'll almost always use Google for 2 main reasons: Search quality and it is just that I'm accustomed to making specific search queries on Google. The thing I don't u…
Because most don't even know what search engine they're using, let alone how to change it?
Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
#46I just don't understand Yahoo's user acquisition strategy here. I updated my Firefox to latest version a week ago and it took literally less than a minute for me to set Google as default search engine. I know that if given choice between Yahoo and Google, I'll almost always use Google for 2 main reasons: Search quality and it is just that I'm accustomed to making specific search queries on Google. The thing I don't u…
Because it will probably work? A lot of people probably can't even tell the difference aside from the design
Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
#47My first question: is this intentional or is it a bug? This wouldn't be the first time a website has mistakenly prompted a user to upgrade their browser.
Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
#48I just don't understand Yahoo's user acquisition strategy here. I updated my Firefox to latest version a week ago and it took literally less than a minute for me to set Google as default search engine. I know that if given choice between Yahoo and Google, I'll almost always use Google for 2 main reasons: Search quality and it is just that I'm accustomed to making specific search queries on Google. The thing I don't u…
I have been running Aurora and when it switched to Yahoo I just kept it. There are a few times when I find the results dissapointing, but I have no special affinity for Google or Google search.
In terms of brand loyalty Google has removed any reason to be "loyal" to their search brand and has been operating on being better then everyone else, however its getting close for most mainstream searches and if I can support a healthy marketplace then I am all for it.
Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
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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.
It's the end 2014. Has anyone implemented pinch-to-zoom on Firefox yet?
Re: Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox
#50I just don't understand Yahoo's user acquisition strategy here. I updated my Firefox to latest version a week ago and it took literally less than a minute for me to set Google as default search engine. I know that if given choice between Yahoo and Google, I'll almost always use Google for 2 main reasons: Search quality and it is just that I'm accustomed to making specific search queries on Google. The thing I don't u…
Being the default is a huge deal. You only need to look at how many people are still on IE (8!).
Plus, search quality is a very subjective matter. I have Bing on my phone for a while (mostly to avoid Google's redirect links), and I hardly notice it any more.