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As a former gnu/linux user, I see no point to have it on a desktop. Gnu is happy to live under c:/MSYS2, and ‘linux’ part was never good at desktop-home hardware anyway. These 1.77% are barely justified as an option, imo.
It's actually 25.6% for developers (Firefox Replay is a developer tool after all) according to the StackOverflow survey: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology-_-...
As a former gnu/linux user, I see no point to have it on a desktop. Gnu is happy to live under c:/MSYS2, and ‘linux’ part was never good at desktop-home hardware anyway. These 1.77% are barely justified as an option, imo.
> As a former gnu/linux user, I see no point to have it on a desktop. Except, of course, software freedom.
They should've put this note at the very top of the page: "Mac OS only for now!". What is the point of promoting this to everyone at this stage?
Why not? A huge portion of developers uses Macs and windows support is coming at some point. Better to get an actual feedback from the developers.
Why "Download Firefox Nightly for macOS"? Is it not supported on Linux and Windows? Why?
This blew me away a bit. Is MacOS this popular in the Web frontend crowd? I always felt that the price/quality ratio was way off with MacOS, compared to a good regular laptop. By good I mean top 10% ranked by price/quality. Even if it wasn't, Apple's general hostility towards consumers is infuriating. Right-to-repair is a banal example.
It gives you a well rounded OS with a Unix terminal. I think MacOS is more consistent than Windows or Linux with a better attention to details (though I haven't used Linux for almost a decade so things might have changed a bit) which make it more pleasant to use.
Also, the previous generation of Macbook Pros was just really good, sturdy hardware. Hopefully the new update will fix the flaws of the new design.
Lastly, a lot of people get laptops from their company, and companies don't mind a one time extra cost of a few hundred dollars.
I'm currently writing this from a Dell laptop, and I have to say, while the hardware has caught up with the Macbooks in terms of build quality, I still miss MacOS.
As a former gnu/linux user, I see no point to have it on a desktop. Gnu is happy to live under c:/MSYS2, and ‘linux’ part was never good at desktop-home hardware anyway. These 1.77% are barely justified as an option, imo.
After struggling with GPU drivers, again, the last couple of days, I could not agree more!
They should've put this note at the very top of the page: "Mac OS only for now!". What is the point of promoting this to everyone at this stage?
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Do you really think the web developpers that use advanced dev tools can make a real difference in their market share? (real question)
It happens because applications will stop working on chrome if developers never test on it. The recommendation when a user hits a bug will be to check it in Firefox and slowly Firefox will become the reliable/advanced/working option. It’s happened with IE, Chrome before and will swing back away from Chrome eventually.
I may not like the Chrome monoculture happening at the moment but that doesn't mean Chrome is the same dumpster fire that was IE. And Google are hardly going to let Chrome stagnate when Chrome is the perfect vehicle to local users into Google's non-free ecosystem (I say "non-free" because you pay with your privacy)
While Microsoft is making great effort towards opening, it is sad to see Firefox develop a feature working on Mac OS only. This is terrible because you might argue that this is the same as a feature working on Windows only, but Windows can run on different hardware manufacturer. This is like a double closing. I am on Linux and I will uninstall Firefox as a repercussion hoping it will have an impact. Too bad for the l…
> Firefox develop a feature working on Mac OS only. Looks to me like this is an experimental feature in Nightly. If it's highly system-dependent I can't blame them for testing the feedback as early as possible, before other systems are supported. Question for Mozilla people here, if anyone sees it - is there a plan to bring this feature across all systems in time for regular Firefox release?
As a former gnu/linux user, I see no point to have it on a desktop. Gnu is happy to live under c:/MSYS2, and ‘linux’ part was never good at desktop-home hardware anyway. These 1.77% are barely justified as an option, imo.
> These 1.77% are barely justified as an option, imo. It's actually 25.6% for developers (Firefox Replay is a developer tool after all) according to the StackOverflow survey: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology-_-...
As a former gnu/linux user, I see no point to have it on a desktop. Gnu is happy to live under c:/MSYS2, and ‘linux’ part was never good at desktop-home hardware anyway. These 1.77% are barely justified as an option, imo.