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I would love to use Firefox but I can't bring myself to do it. Firefox got really terrible and bloated and whenever I use it I am just waiting for a hint of ter

I would love to use Firefox but I can't bring myself to do it. Firefox got really terrible and bloated and whenever I use it I am just waiting for a hint of terribleness to appear. Then I switch to another browser. The main thing Firefox need to do is drop the version numbers all together. These numbers should be for developer's only. I could even argue developers do not need the version numbers and could work just fine with feature detection. The fact is that most people do not care what version of Firefox they have. All they want is Firefox Latest. The latest and hopefully best version of Firefox will allow for the fastest and smoothest browsing experience. When I hear FF7/8/9 is out I sigh. Firefox automatically updates now, why all the grand announcements, especially considering for the majority of users the changes between 7 and 8 are fairly irrelevant background changes that won't be noticed. Chrome is on what now? v15? Does Chrome continuously shout about how version 15 is out? No.. it just updates.. the user doesn't really know about it. The user doesn't really care about it. Please.. just call the damn product [Firefox - no version number on the end] and be done with it.

tete 15y ago
First of all this is pretty much where Mozilla is heading towards anyways. Firefox isn't bloated in terms of memory consumption, when compared to Chrome. It's interface has more nice features though, which I greatly enjoy though. Did you actually test a recent version? Oh btw. the Beta version of Firefox is an officially supported one, meaning if you find something that is bad for security bug you will receive the grant and stuff.
- VonLipwig 15y ago
  I have used a recent version of Firefox. It has a load of HTML5 goodness but not many website's run these bleeding edge features. It still looks incredibly ugly on the Mac. The last time I used Firefox on Mac it was wobbly. I only now have it installed for testing. The change in versioning was a mistake which caused a load of confusion. Firefox may be getting better in performance or memory usage but does it matter? Other browsers are already there. I will keep tabs on Firefox but I see no reason to switch from Safari or anything else for that matter to Firefox at the moment. It is a bit like IE tbh. It is getting better but for a generation of users the reputation damage is already done.

tete 15y ago

First of all this is pretty much where Mozilla is heading towards anyways. Firefox isn't bloated in terms of memory consumption, when compared to Chrome. It's interface has more nice features though, which I greatly enjoy though. Did you actually test a recent version? Oh btw. the Beta version of Firefox is an officially supported one, meaning if you find something that is bad for security bug you will receive the grant and stuff.

VonLipwig 15y ago
I have used a recent version of Firefox. It has a load of HTML5 goodness but not many website's run these bleeding edge features. It still looks incredibly ugly on the Mac. The last time I used Firefox on Mac it was wobbly. I only now have it installed for testing. The change in versioning was a mistake which caused a load of confusion. Firefox may be getting better in performance or memory usage but does it matter? Other browsers are already there. I will keep tabs on Firefox but I see no reason to switch from Safari or anything else for that matter to Firefox at the moment. It is a bit like IE tbh. It is getting better but for a generation of users the reputation damage is already done.