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> I implore everyone to think about this, and make a concious decision. Continue using Firefox if you want to, but don’t fool yourself that it means anything.

> I implore everyone to think about this, and make a concious decision. Continue using Firefox if you want to, but don’t fool yourself that it means anything. Cool. Cool. Cool. Whatever floats your boat, right? I’ll continue using Firefox, thank you. I know about the issues and about Mozilla, but I’d feel really dirty, as if I’ve sold my soul, if I use Chrome or Chromium. There’s space for criticism, and there’s space for resignation. I’m not yet in the latter camp. Firefox, for all the issues over the past few years, is nowhere close to being dead or to be given up on, IMO.

jlgaddis 6y ago
Exactly! I've been using Firefox for a looooong time -- since before it was "Firefox", actually! My name's in that full-page ad that was placed in the New York Times to commemorate the 1.0 release and, of course, I used Netscape before that. Over this time, Mozilla has certainly made some "goofs" (to put it nicely). They've done several things I wasn't real thrilled about -- especially in the last couple of years. The default settings should absolutely be tightened up. There are some valid criticisms in this article and I can't -- won't -- try to defend them. My own "preferences file" is several hundred lines long and gets installed on my machines before I launch Firefox for the first time because, yes, it makes an absurd number of outbound connections on startup. Firefox is the "mutt" of web browsers. They all suck, Firefox just sucks less. Even with all of the legitimate criticisms and screw-ups on Mozilla's part, Firefox is still a tremendous improvement over Google Chrome, which isn't allowed on my machines. The closest I come is having Chromium installed (from the Debian package repositories!) and that's reserved for the rare case when I need to use a different browser for a few minutes. Mozilla Firefox certainly isn't perfect, but it could be sooooo much worse!
farias0 6y ago
Exactly. What's the point in giving up on Firefox? It's putting up a hell of a fight (except for some performance and a very occasional broken site I don't miss Chrome at all) and it's our only realistic hope. Why don't we try to fix Mozilla instead?

jlgaddis 6y ago

Exactly! I've been using Firefox for a looooong time -- since before it was "Firefox", actually! My name's in that full-page ad that was placed in the New York Times to commemorate the 1.0 release and, of course, I used Netscape before that. Over this time, Mozilla has certainly made some "goofs" (to put it nicely). They've done several things I wasn't real thrilled about -- especially in the last couple of years. The default settings should absolutely be tightened up. There are some valid criticisms in this article and I can't -- won't -- try to defend them. My own "preferences file" is several hundred lines long and gets installed on my machines before I launch Firefox for the first time because, yes, it makes an absurd number of outbound connections on startup. Firefox is the "mutt" of web browsers. They all suck, Firefox just sucks less. Even with all of the legitimate criticisms and screw-ups on Mozilla's part, Firefox is still a tremendous improvement over Google Chrome, which isn't allowed on my machines. The closest I come is having Chromium installed (from the Debian package repositories!) and that's reserved for the rare case when I need to use a different browser for a few minutes. Mozilla Firefox certainly isn't perfect, but it could be sooooo much worse!

farias0 6y ago

Exactly. What's the point in giving up on Firefox? It's putting up a hell of a fight (except for some performance and a very occasional broken site I don't miss Chrome at all) and it's our only realistic hope. Why don't we try to fix Mozilla instead?