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This behavior long predates Chrome and has been this way on other platforms IIRC since the browser was still called Phoenix, and probably inherited from Netscap
by throwanem 7y ago
This behavior long predates Chrome and has been this way on other platforms IIRC since the browser was still called Phoenix, and probably inherited from Netscape at that; the change here brings Firefox's behavior on Linux in line with its behavior elsewhere.
I can understand how the people who develop Firefox think that's a good idea, but not how they imagine anyone wanting it other than themselves...
- shrimp_emoji 7y agoEdge just overtook Firefox in market share, so the people who develop Firefox are practially a majority of the userbase at this point anyway. xDDDD ;w;
- dang 7y agoCould you please stop posting unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments to Hacker News? You've been doing it repeatedly, and we ban that sort of account. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here, we'd be grateful. The idea is: if you have a substantive point to make, make it thoughtfully; if you don't, please don't comment until you do.
- em-bee 7y agoindeed, why do i care if firefox on my linux desktop behaves the same as firefox on someone elses windows desktop? sure, consistent behavior is good in many cases. (it drives me crazy that VLC on mac is different from elsewhere) but more important that crossplatform consistency is to follow the common UI behavior of your desktop environment. text selection on X11 (and wayland) is inherently different than text selection on windows. this breaks common expectations