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> I have a theory that the people who used the bar on the side and the people who turned the user metrics off are the same people (myself included) I keep tele

> I have a theory that the people who used the bar on the side and the people who turned the user metrics off are the same people (myself included) I keep telemetry enabled in Firefox in the hope that they see that I use all of the features that they later remove anyway. It seems like nobody is using metrics to prove that it's not safe to remove a feature. Or they say "oh, it's only 1% of users using that feature", not realizing how much 1% really is.

_Algernon_ 5y ago
I don't use telemetry in the hopes that they'll see that only X% of users use telemetry and that they thus remove telemetry as a feature. Not working well so far.
- GrinningFool 5y ago
  To be fair, it's hard to see how many users are not using telemetry when they're not using telemetry.
throwaway684936 5y ago
I still miss Firefox's "View Image" context menu option. There is no suitable replacement. No, I do not want to open the image in a new tab. No, I do not want to use some janky extension that re-implements it but places the option at the very bottom of the context menu.
- zuhsetaqi 5y ago
  What did "View Image" do? I only know "Open Image in new Tab"
  - The56th 5y ago
    Left clicking on "View Image" would open it in the current tab, Middle clicking on it would open it in a new tab. I used both options regularly.
  - TonyTrapp 5y ago
    Exactly that, minus opening it in a new tab. It opened in the same tab (and maybe new tab if you middle-clicked the menu item? I don't quite remember).
  - throwaway684936 5y ago
    Opened the image in the same tab so you could go back. It was just more convenient, especially when you already had a ton of tabs open.
    - zuhsetaqi 5y ago
      I understand. That's for sure more convenient. I really miss one feature of Safari: When something triggers a new Tab open and you do swipe right to go back in history, it actually closes the new opened tab. That's in generally very convenient

_Algernon_ 5y ago

I don't use telemetry in the hopes that they'll see that only X% of users use telemetry and that they thus remove telemetry as a feature. Not working well so far.

GrinningFool 5y ago
To be fair, it's hard to see how many users are not using telemetry when they're not using telemetry.

throwaway684936 5y ago

I still miss Firefox's "View Image" context menu option. There is no suitable replacement. No, I do not want to open the image in a new tab. No, I do not want to use some janky extension that re-implements it but places the option at the very bottom of the context menu.

zuhsetaqi 5y ago
What did "View Image" do? I only know "Open Image in new Tab"
- The56th 5y ago
  Left clicking on "View Image" would open it in the current tab, Middle clicking on it would open it in a new tab. I used both options regularly.
- TonyTrapp 5y ago
  Exactly that, minus opening it in a new tab. It opened in the same tab (and maybe new tab if you middle-clicked the menu item? I don't quite remember).
- throwaway684936 5y ago
  Opened the image in the same tab so you could go back. It was just more convenient, especially when you already had a ton of tabs open.
  - zuhsetaqi 5y ago
    I understand. That's for sure more convenient. I really miss one feature of Safari: When something triggers a new Tab open and you do swipe right to go back in history, it actually closes the new opened tab. That's in generally very convenient