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Ah yes, we have no money so let's invest a ton of work into something that will do nothing to bring in new or lost users, but, given our track record, has the p

Ah yes, we have no money so let's invest a ton of work into something that will do nothing to bring in new or lost users, but, given our track record, has the potential to alienate even more of our ever fewer remaining users.

tasogare 5y ago
> we have no money Daddy Google need to keep them alive to avoid a lawsuit, so free money is guaranteed to keep coming.
skavi 5y ago
Back in the early days of Chrome, I definitely feel that a lot of people switched and continued using it because it looked and felt better.
- DistressedDrone 5y ago
  Maybe it looked better, but I think it felt better because it was much faster. This is a marketing push disguised as an aesthetic change. Mozilla, please stop trying to make Pocket happen, it's not going to happen.
- thrdbndndn 5y ago
  Chrome was way faster than Firefox before Fx dropped its old addon system. It was so bad that my main profile (with shittons of addons) at the time took about whooping ~10 seconds to cold-start.
- pjmlp 5y ago
  When I use Edge Chrome, ironically gmail tells me to switch to Chrome, that is how people switched to Chrome.
  - jansan 5y ago
    Many people who I know switched to Chrome because I told them to.
    - eknkc 5y ago
      I think people forget how good it was compared to both IE and FF. It was fast, responsive, clean and a major upgrade to whatever you were using. It was not Gmail advertising that pushed people.
      - pjmlp 5y ago
        Now we get to enjoy ChromeOS across all devices not only Chromebooks.
josteink 5y ago
> Ah yes, we have no money so let's invest a ton of work into something that will do nothing to bring in new or lost users, In theory Mozilla Firefox is a open-source project and it doesn't need users directly, as much as it needs contributors to help keep the project alive. Deciding if this counts as contributing or not, is an exercise I leave for others ;) That said, I agree with the criticism that this video (which is supposed to highlight a/the new design) is failing spectacularly at showcasing that very design. I think I saw one screenshot zap by which showed tabs looking somewhat differently? Otherwise it was just lots of people talking and close-ups of portions of Firefox which already looks the same way? Not very informative. To highlight the design I would appreciate something slower (less zaps!) and less polished where they would just use the browser and let the design speak for itself.

tasogare 5y ago

> we have no money Daddy Google need to keep them alive to avoid a lawsuit, so free money is guaranteed to keep coming.

skavi 5y ago

Back in the early days of Chrome, I definitely feel that a lot of people switched and continued using it because it looked and felt better.

DistressedDrone 5y ago
Maybe it looked better, but I think it felt better because it was much faster. This is a marketing push disguised as an aesthetic change. Mozilla, please stop trying to make Pocket happen, it's not going to happen.
thrdbndndn 5y ago
Chrome was way faster than Firefox before Fx dropped its old addon system. It was so bad that my main profile (with shittons of addons) at the time took about whooping ~10 seconds to cold-start.
pjmlp 5y ago
When I use Edge Chrome, ironically gmail tells me to switch to Chrome, that is how people switched to Chrome.
- jansan 5y ago
  Many people who I know switched to Chrome because I told them to.
  - eknkc 5y ago
    I think people forget how good it was compared to both IE and FF. It was fast, responsive, clean and a major upgrade to whatever you were using. It was not Gmail advertising that pushed people.
    - pjmlp 5y ago
      Now we get to enjoy ChromeOS across all devices not only Chromebooks.

josteink 5y ago

> Ah yes, we have no money so let's invest a ton of work into something that will do nothing to bring in new or lost users, In theory Mozilla Firefox is a open-source project and it doesn't need users directly, as much as it needs contributors to help keep the project alive. Deciding if this counts as contributing or not, is an exercise I leave for others ;) That said, I agree with the criticism that this video (which is supposed to highlight a/the new design) is failing spectacularly at showcasing that very design. I think I saw one screenshot zap by which showed tabs looking somewhat differently? Otherwise it was just lots of people talking and close-ups of portions of Firefox which already looks the same way? Not very informative. To highlight the design I would appreciate something slower (less zaps!) and less polished where they would just use the browser and let the design speak for itself.