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Yes, this argument comes up once in a while, and is handled by people who know more about it than I do.

• catalogia 7y ago
  Are you sure they know more about it than you, or do they just style themselves as knowledgeable? If mozilla really wants to be truly data driven, then maybe they should look at the data and realize that perhaps trying to be data-driven has contributed to Firefox's decline into relative obscurity. The way I see it, "data driven" design is often similar to an over-reliance on standardized testing or zero-tolerance policies; a way of abdicating responsibility for a decision and covering your own ass. "Users hate this but I'm not to blame because I was just going off the data" has become the new "Sure everything ended up going sideways, but can you really blame me for buying IBM? Nobody gets fired for buying IBM." Where is the data to suggest that data-driven design actually produces the desired results? That seems to be missing.
  • staktrace 7y ago
    This is not a very productive discussion. I don't want to blow you off with a "trust the experts" kind of response, but that's basically what it boils down to. You are certainly entitled to second guess people whose livelihood it is to keep Mozilla going from your comfortable armchair, but I'm going to extricate myself from this discussion.