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Restore "User Customizable" as a top-level priority. I came to FF initially over 15 years ago because add-ons could change almost anything including fundamental

Restore "User Customizable" as a top-level priority. I came to FF initially over 15 years ago because add-ons could change almost anything including fundamental appearance and workflow. When changing to the new, far more limited add-on infrastructure ~5 yrs ago, Mozilla promised that new APIs would be added to re-enable hugely popular add-ons like Tab Mix Plus yet this and other add-ons users relied on still remain impossible to implement. This "Have It Your Way" capability would be a profound differentiator and user value proposition to stand out from the sameness of Chrome and Safari. I still use FF but to make it usable I have to install my own UserChrome.css and User.js which isn't easy for non-tech people. On top of that I regularly have to go "fix" new UI behaviors that Mozilla's designers keep shoveling into the UX in a constant game of Whack-a-Mole.

JohnTHaller 5y ago
Firefox is already more customizable than Safari or Chrome. If Safari and Chrome were growing in userbase due to being more customizable than Firefox, it might make sense.
- ameminator 5y ago
  In my experience, Firefox is not more customizable than Vivaldi. Examples include: custom tab layouts, sizing options, default behaviors and more. It would be really nice if they went all-in on those custom features, but I suspect it might need to come from the Servo base engine, first.
  - JohnTHaller 5y ago
    Even if Firefox gained all of Vivaldi's users, it wouldn't really change its overall marketshare.
- mrandish 5y ago
  FF is slightly more customizable for non-tech users. It used to be almost infinitely more customizable. The difference has gone from dramatic to negligible and even that much is now hidden behind flags that don't even appear in the UI.
  - JohnTHaller 5y ago
    It was losing tons of users to Chrome long before that changed. And Firefox was significantly slower and taking longer to integrate new features due to that customization around the old extensions model.

JohnTHaller 5y ago

Firefox is already more customizable than Safari or Chrome. If Safari and Chrome were growing in userbase due to being more customizable than Firefox, it might make sense.

ameminator 5y ago
In my experience, Firefox is not more customizable than Vivaldi. Examples include: custom tab layouts, sizing options, default behaviors and more. It would be really nice if they went all-in on those custom features, but I suspect it might need to come from the Servo base engine, first.
- JohnTHaller 5y ago
  Even if Firefox gained all of Vivaldi's users, it wouldn't really change its overall marketshare.
mrandish 5y ago
FF is slightly more customizable for non-tech users. It used to be almost infinitely more customizable. The difference has gone from dramatic to negligible and even that much is now hidden behind flags that don't even appear in the UI.
- JohnTHaller 5y ago
  It was losing tons of users to Chrome long before that changed. And Firefox was significantly slower and taking longer to integrate new features due to that customization around the old extensions model.