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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.

bflesch 7y ago
How about linux users?
- jackcodes 7y ago
  You’ve got to accept the fact they want to collect feedback from other users first and not you.
  - madeofpalk 7y ago
    From some users first, even if that doesn't include you
    - hinkley 7y ago
      No, specifically him. I’ve heard talk. I dunno what he did but he should apologize already.
- kibwen 7y ago
  Extremely featureful debuggers such as this one tend to require a great deal of code that is hardware-specific, in addition to being OS-specific. I assume MacOS was targeted first because it's the platform with the greatest degree of hardware uniformity. I fully expect Linux support to materialize someday, but with the caveat that I expect it will only (officially) work with the most popular hardware.
  - jasonlaster11 7y ago
    That's right. The only way to have a performant recording is to capture the browser's OS system calls in the recording. This unfortunately makes the feature quite OS specific. https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/recordreplay/ProcessRedirectDarwin.cpp#52-76 https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/recordr... Replay is currently in the user-research validation phase. We care about cross platform support and will prioritize it when we are ready to commit to the feature.
fireattack 7y ago
People on HN don't seem to like it when some other companies start their product from one platform.
- _coveredInBees 7y ago
  Nor do they like it when they do support all platforms from day one via an Electron app...
  - barkingcat 7y ago
    People on HN don't like anything.
    - XaspR8d 7y ago
      Speaking of which, I'm a little shocked to see a Mozilla thread that doesn't yet mention Pocket or the rebranding or DoH. That must mean we are in a good mood?
      - depr 7y ago
        No, just too busy talking about Linux on desktop!
      - request_id 7y ago
        We're busy prepping to argue about UBI at Thanksgiving dinner.
        sigspec 7y ago
        Oh man. Now I really want to tell the wife to turn the car around.
    - ddingus 7y ago
      Other people on HN like some things.
    - 7y ago
anoncake 7y ago
One would expect an organization dedicated to freedom to prioritize Linux support.
- Seirdy 7y ago
  Mozilla has implemented DRM support in Firefox. I think Mozilla is more concerned with reducing dependence on nonfree software than supporting free software. Just to clarify, I don't fault Mozilla for having that attitude, but that doesn't mean I prefer it. I would prefer that they prioritize FOSS platforms like Linux and \*BSD, as well as getting Firefox on platforms like Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, and other GNU/Linux-based mobile operating systems. Developer adoption is a necessary (but probably not sufficient) precondition for general adoption, which is why developing for these platforms is important even though they are new/unpopular.

bflesch 7y ago

How about linux users?

jackcodes 7y ago
You’ve got to accept the fact they want to collect feedback from other users first and not you.
- madeofpalk 7y ago
  From some users first, even if that doesn't include you
  - hinkley 7y ago
    No, specifically him. I’ve heard talk. I dunno what he did but he should apologize already.
kibwen 7y ago
Extremely featureful debuggers such as this one tend to require a great deal of code that is hardware-specific, in addition to being OS-specific. I assume MacOS was targeted first because it's the platform with the greatest degree of hardware uniformity. I fully expect Linux support to materialize someday, but with the caveat that I expect it will only (officially) work with the most popular hardware.
- jasonlaster11 7y ago
  That's right. The only way to have a performant recording is to capture the browser's OS system calls in the recording. This unfortunately makes the feature quite OS specific. https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/recordreplay/ProcessRedirectDarwin.cpp#52-76 https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/toolkit/recordr... Replay is currently in the user-research validation phase. We care about cross platform support and will prioritize it when we are ready to commit to the feature.

fireattack 7y ago

People on HN don't seem to like it when some other companies start their product from one platform.

_coveredInBees 7y ago
Nor do they like it when they do support all platforms from day one via an Electron app...
- barkingcat 7y ago
  People on HN don't like anything.
  - XaspR8d 7y ago
    Speaking of which, I'm a little shocked to see a Mozilla thread that doesn't yet mention Pocket or the rebranding or DoH. That must mean we are in a good mood?
    - depr 7y ago
      No, just too busy talking about Linux on desktop!
    - request_id 7y ago
      We're busy prepping to argue about UBI at Thanksgiving dinner.
      - sigspec 7y ago
        Oh man. Now I really want to tell the wife to turn the car around.
  - ddingus 7y ago
    Other people on HN like some things.
  - 7y ago

anoncake 7y ago

One would expect an organization dedicated to freedom to prioritize Linux support.

Seirdy 7y ago
Mozilla has implemented DRM support in Firefox. I think Mozilla is more concerned with reducing dependence on nonfree software than supporting free software. Just to clarify, I don't fault Mozilla for having that attitude, but that doesn't mean I prefer it. I would prefer that they prioritize FOSS platforms like Linux and \*BSD, as well as getting Firefox on platforms like Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, and other GNU/Linux-based mobile operating systems. Developer adoption is a necessary (but probably not sufficient) precondition for general adoption, which is why developing for these platforms is important even though they are new/unpopular.