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Firefox was/is trying to be a top browser in global market share. The "core userbase" is irrelevant to this mission. You wouldn't really even talk about Chrom
by s17n 5y ago
Firefox was/is trying to be a top browser in global market share. The "core userbase" is irrelevant to this mission. You wouldn't really even talk about Chrome's "core userbase" because they aren't trying to make a niche community happy, they are trying to best serve their billions of users, something that the author of this piece clearly knows nothing about - eg, when your userbase is this large, the only meaningful form of feedback is statistical analysis. Telemetry is of course the best option but if you wanted to know what "people were saying" you wouldn't be operating at the level of reading individual posts, you'd be looking for trends on social media platforms.
- thayne 5y agoWell, they are doing a terrible job. The more they become like chrome, the less people have a reason to use it instead of chrome. And most people probably don't make a conscious decision about which browser to use. A lot of Firefox's momentum comes from tech saavy users who recommend it to friends, family, coworkers, etc. So losing "core" users cause a chain effect of losing non "core" users.
- mmis1000 5y agoYes. How on the earth should I recommend Firefox to other? By saying firefox will `constantly remove functions you use and change the UI in random way that make it less useful`? I am a firefox user since firefox 3. But If a non tech user ask me about it today, I will probably recommend `edge` instead. At least it don't do so many offending changes and cause so many frustrations.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoEven so, the huge decline shows they're not interpreting those statistics correctly, or not appealing to whatever their userbase is
- stjohnswarts 5y agoThey don't have billions of users though. They are down to 200-300 million users, depending on who you ask. It's going down steadily every year.