> I sometimes wonder if UI/UX passes on open-source tools would be better with very explicit "experimental forks" that keep with upstream when they can. Over ti

> I sometimes wonder if UI/UX passes on open-source tools would be better with very explicit "experimental forks" that keep with upstream when they can. Over time, the successful fork starts to get more traffic from regular users and re-merges. Probably the best example of this approach is the Firefox (originally Phoenix, then Firebird) origin story: https://www.wired.com/2005/02/firefox/ https://www.wired.com/2005/02/firefox/