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Reminds me of how Mozilla once permanently obliterated every single extension at once except for a really tiny accept-list...

by usrusr 6y ago

eitland 6y ago
On mobile, that is. On desktop they just shot themselves in the foot by removing some off their competitive advantage. (On desktop they are still way ahead of Chrome when it comes to extensions, but it is nothing compared to before when they was in another league completely.)
FeepingCreature 6y ago
Reminds me of how I turned off autoupdate on my mobile browser...
- DoingIsLearning 6y ago
  Seriously this Firefox update was a massive bait-and-switch for me. I was on holiday and out of the loop on how big of change this Phoenix upgrade would be, got a notification on Android to update firefox and went through without realizing the massive UX and functionality downgrade this Firefox version is. Apart from the non-starter of missing add-ons, the whole UX overhaul is insane, so many things that use to be frequent single tap are now two, three, tabs plus swipe up/down business. With the risk of not sounding constructive, I don't know who in their right mind proposed this but it's crazy to me that it went through hundreds of beta-testers without nobody complaining, or that nobody accepted feedback against this if it existed.
  - input_sh 6y ago
    I've been using it from day 1 since it was known as Firefox Preview (way before it landed in nightly) and I have very little to complain about. uBO, Privacy Badger, and DecentralEyes are all the extensions I need. Stuff renders quicker, I can swipe between tabs, reader mode is there. Sure, it might take one additional tap to open a new tab, but I'm fine with that. I'm now using nightly, so I experience an occasional bug here and there, but I don't care.
    - zeveb 6y ago
      > uBO, Privacy Badger, and DecentralEyes are all the extensions I need. I want Stylus. > Sure, it might take one additional tap to open a new tab, but I'm fine with that. Why? Why regress? What possible use did it serve?
  - notimetorelax 6y ago
    I think it’s usually the latter. Either the feedback wasn’t heard or wasn’t sought.

Reminds me of how Mozilla once permanently obliterated every single extension at once except for a really tiny accept-list...

by usrusr 6y ago

Reminds me of how Mozilla once permanently obliterated every single extension at once except for a really tiny accept-list...

eitland 6y ago

On mobile, that is. On desktop they just shot themselves in the foot by removing some off their competitive advantage. (On desktop they are still way ahead of Chrome when it comes to extensions, but it is nothing compared to before when they was in another league completely.)

FeepingCreature 6y ago

Reminds me of how I turned off autoupdate on my mobile browser...

DoingIsLearning 6y ago
Seriously this Firefox update was a massive bait-and-switch for me. I was on holiday and out of the loop on how big of change this Phoenix upgrade would be, got a notification on Android to update firefox and went through without realizing the massive UX and functionality downgrade this Firefox version is. Apart from the non-starter of missing add-ons, the whole UX overhaul is insane, so many things that use to be frequent single tap are now two, three, tabs plus swipe up/down business. With the risk of not sounding constructive, I don't know who in their right mind proposed this but it's crazy to me that it went through hundreds of beta-testers without nobody complaining, or that nobody accepted feedback against this if it existed.
- input_sh 6y ago
  I've been using it from day 1 since it was known as Firefox Preview (way before it landed in nightly) and I have very little to complain about. uBO, Privacy Badger, and DecentralEyes are all the extensions I need. Stuff renders quicker, I can swipe between tabs, reader mode is there. Sure, it might take one additional tap to open a new tab, but I'm fine with that. I'm now using nightly, so I experience an occasional bug here and there, but I don't care.
  - zeveb 6y ago
    > uBO, Privacy Badger, and DecentralEyes are all the extensions I need. I want Stylus. > Sure, it might take one additional tap to open a new tab, but I'm fine with that. Why? Why regress? What possible use did it serve?
- notimetorelax 6y ago
  I think it’s usually the latter. Either the feedback wasn’t heard or wasn’t sought.