Subscribed. Would love if the $10/user/mo plan included shared collections for the entire team.
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#112I wish they put some effort into making Firefox better.
To me, lately Firefox has been a pain in the ass to use. Regular silent updates that forces me to restart the browser and close all my work. Saving my session doesn't always help to continue working where it was interrupted.
The latest change to the downloads is horrible. Sometimes my work requires me to download hundreds of files that I only want to open with some software for several seconds, then dismiss it. Now instead of being able to open it directly from the browser, I have to watch how everything is saved in my downloads folder and then waste my time deleting all those files manually.
I'm not paying them any money. I don't want to waste my money only to see their executives getting richer without anything in return.
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#113The long descriptive post ends with "We invite you to try the free trial version or sign up today for a subscription plan that’s right for you." But... no sign up button. Two of the internal links point to more info on features, which have a different menu at the top with a 'get mdn plus' button. I guess that's how you're supposed to get it? Just surprised they felt the need to avoid putting a sign up link on the blo…
Yeah, I looked several times for an actual link to MDN Plus and couldn't find it.
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#114Collections seems completely redundant when we have the ability to use favorites/bookmarks within our browser. Unless i'm missing something that makes collections significantly different/better.
Just to give a point of view of someone who uses features like this on other sites, and genuinely likes this offering: I routinely use favoriting/saving features of various websites. For example, I routinely save and reference saved posts here on HN. The reason is my bookmarks don't sync across browsers, and I routinely use different browsers for different things. Further, the browser bookmarks/favorites system in pl…
Agreed. I rarely use bookmarks, and when I do the only reason is to make the URL show up in omnibar suggestions faster. If I find content I really care about, I put it in my notes. Otherwise, if the content is interesting but not crucial, I use the site’s favoriting mechanism if available (GitHub stars mostly).
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#115I wish they put some effort into making Firefox better. To me, lately Firefox has been a pain in the ass to use. Regular silent updates that forces me to restart the browser and close all my work. Saving my session doesn't always help to continue working where it was interrupted. The latest change to the downloads is horrible. Sometimes my work requires me to download hundreds of files that I only want to open with s…
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#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
It looks like Mozilla's average SDE salary is about $120k, so yes. The national median software developer salary is something like $110k. The middle 50% range is like $85-150k, so if you're making above 150k TC you're already in the top 1/4 of developers, who are already very high up in general. I say this because people on HN love to pretend that "industry-standard" means $250k+ for new grads and $400k for experienc…
That definitely feels a bit low. Is this considering only US or worldwide?
Outside of SV/NYC, that's not low at all.
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#117I like the idea! While I do not need these premium features I wanted to hit the "sign me up" button instantly just to support them. But then I found out that there's no such button and my country is not on going to be supported anytime soon. And if MDN people are reading this: consider adding an "enterprise" option with centralized account management.
I find the regional availability odd for a product like this. What could be the reason? Maybe payment processing, or i18n?
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#118I wish they put some effort into making Firefox better. To me, lately Firefox has been a pain in the ass to use. Regular silent updates that forces me to restart the browser and close all my work. Saving my session doesn't always help to continue working where it was interrupted. The latest change to the downloads is horrible. Sometimes my work requires me to download hundreds of files that I only want to open with s…
I'm using FF only because there are no other options for me (I've tried).
I miss old Opera.
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#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
I didn't say that I think but I am tempted to pay anyway. The big question is: Does the money go to Firefox or to funny projects and (what I consider) insane exec salaries?
> Does the money go to Firefox or to funny projects and (what I consider) insane exec salaries? Serious question: do you ask other vendors (Google, Amazon, Wapo, whoever) you use about HR and internal budgeting choices before deciding to do business with them?
>> Does the money go to Firefox or to funny projects and (what I consider) insane exec salaries?
> Serious question: do you ask other vendors (Google, Amazon, Wapo, whoever) you use about HR and internal budgeting choices before deciding to do business with them?
Mozilla is a lot more like a charity than an actual business, and people do ask questions like that about charities (e.g. how much of a donation will go to admin overhead vs program work is often reported for them).
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#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
I didn't say that I think but I am tempted to pay anyway. The big question is: Does the money go to Firefox or to funny projects and (what I consider) insane exec salaries?
> Does the money go to Firefox or to funny projects and (what I consider) insane exec salaries? Serious question: do you ask other vendors (Google, Amazon, Wapo, whoever) you use about HR and internal budgeting choices before deciding to do business with them?
But do other vendors ask me to use their product out of a sense of altruism?
I don’t know how many appeals I have seen asking me to use Firefox to help preserve the open web.
When they are asking you to behave altruistically, it is your right to ask about their behavior as well.