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Re: Firefox Replay

#41

Post by jeroenhd »

propelol wrote: post #12
phoe-krk wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/We... > Currently only macOS is supported. As for why - no idea.

It's probably because its cheaper, and most web developers are using macOS anyway

Of all developers I know, only 2 prefer macOS (in general). Most people are either on Windows or their favourite flavour of Linux.

These are not just web developers though, they're full stack developers; perhaps pure frontend developers are more prone to use Apple products?

Re: Firefox Replay

#42

Post by aphroz »

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 last hope for a chrome alternative.

Re: Firefox Replay

#44

Post by Aeolun »

aphroz wrote: post #42

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…

Don’t you think that’s a bit of an overreaction? Maybe it cannot work on anything but OSX?

Re: Firefox Replay

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Post by senko »

aphroz wrote: post #42

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?

Re: Firefox Replay

#46

Post by roca »

aphroz wrote: post #42

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…

The feature needs OS-specific work, so one platform had to be first, and for whatever reason MacOS was chosen. It's more useful to have it working reasonably well on one platform, to get feedback on the feature, than to have it in a bad state on all platforms.

So, no need to over-react. If Mozilla decides it's worth shipping, they'll port it to other plaforms.

Re: Firefox Replay

#47

Post by coldtea »

jeroenhd wrote: post #41
propelol wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's probably because its cheaper, and most web developers are using macOS anyway

Of all developers I know, only 2 prefer macOS (in general). Most people are either on Windows or their favourite flavour of Linux. These are not just web developers though, they're full stack developers; perhaps pure frontend developers are more prone to use Apple products?

Go to a Rails conference. Or a Node conference. Heck, even a Java conference. Half the people there have MacBooks, and usually more than half of the speakers.

At least far more than Apple's general market share.

Re: Firefox Replay

#48

Post by coldtea »

la_fayette wrote: post #32
propelol wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's probably because its cheaper, and most web developers are using macOS anyway

Have been working in web development for years, also with many coworkers. I don't know anybody with macOS except design people...

Seen any web conference where a crapload of people (including many/most of the speakers) didn't have a MacBook?

So, while it might be far less in the general market share, and even web dev share, it's more in the "kind of developer that goes to conferences/presets/etc" share...

Re: Firefox Replay

#49

Post by Vinnl »

aphroz wrote: post #42

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…

Seriously, the feature is still in beta - one platform had to be first, and it happened to be OS X. Linux and Windows support is on the roadmap: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21656114

Re: Firefox Replay

#50

Post by Bworkbwork »

aphroz wrote: post #42

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…

I would be worried about this if the plan was for it to only support MacOS on mainline Firefox. This is Nightly, two release cycles ahead of regular Firefox, and support will be coming to other platforms: "porting it to other POSIX systems (Linux, Android) will be easier than Windows, due to the overlap with macOS" (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/We...)
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