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Maybe because people in the know think that Chrome is pure evil and Firefox should be the shiny knight in golden armor to behead the evil monster, but in realit

Maybe because people in the know think that Chrome is pure evil and Firefox should be the shiny knight in golden armor to behead the evil monster, but in reality it's a clown disguised as a knight. The announcement reads: "more than 1 billion people around the world who live with disabilities." And with the new ocr image feature they will all become Firefox users, just watch the usage statistics in the next few months. That's why.

yamtaddle 4y ago
I'm pretty sure the OCR thing is just enabling a recent-ish, built-in Mac and iOS platform feature (I bet it already worked on FF iOS, in fact, since that's Webkit under the hood). Thought it is a pretty great feature, to be fair.
kdmccormick 4y ago
This is exactly the vitriol that GP is talking about. Yes, their market share is low, and yes, they're working on accessibility features anyway. Why does that bother you so much?
- luckylion 4y ago
  They could be working on other things instead. If your car is missing a wheel, you can absolutely add a wheel chair ramp in the back, and that will improve the experience for some people who might potentially be drawn towards your car, but it's not going to sell your car on the mass market, because your car is missing a wheel.
  - cokeandpepsi 4y ago
    What the are you going on about? non-sense analogies? this a press release about an accessiablity features allowing firefox to support images to text when using a screen readers, and screen reader performance improvements the press release was written by someone who is blind and worked on the feature
    - lofaszvanitt 4y ago
      There is zero problem with this feature. The feature is perfect, and will be used by many, and it is useful. The problem is this will help the established users and those who are in need, but won't give them extra market share. FF should work on gaining new foothold and since this is not happening, people can be edgy. Anyways, maybe Ladybird will have a dragon lance.
- lofaszvanitt 4y ago
  That doesn't bother me. Accessibility is good and great, but where are the features that would benefit everyone? That would make it stand out and enables them to compete with Chrome. This interface that today's browsers offer is rooted in the 90s era. We are in 2022, where the fuck is the innovation? Because I can't see anything new. Ahhh, 5 new color spaces and gradients for css? Nobody cares! If there is no other way against reckless/gargantuan companies, then use patents to prevent Chrome/Safari to copy newly added features. Demonizing patents is partly because they don't want the small guy/small company to arm themselves and fuck up the big ones up the wahzoo.
PuppyTailWags 4y ago
tbh I think the ocr image feature is precisely the sort of thing I want people working on browsers to be thinking about. A lack of accessibility in technology is a huge barrier to an increasingly bigger facet of interacting with society. Working on increasing accessibility is the sort of fighting-for-the-little-guys I want a nonprofit to be doing.

yamtaddle 4y ago

I'm pretty sure the OCR thing is just enabling a recent-ish, built-in Mac and iOS platform feature (I bet it already worked on FF iOS, in fact, since that's Webkit under the hood). Thought it is a pretty great feature, to be fair.

kdmccormick 4y ago

This is exactly the vitriol that GP is talking about. Yes, their market share is low, and yes, they're working on accessibility features anyway. Why does that bother you so much?

luckylion 4y ago
They could be working on other things instead. If your car is missing a wheel, you can absolutely add a wheel chair ramp in the back, and that will improve the experience for some people who might potentially be drawn towards your car, but it's not going to sell your car on the mass market, because your car is missing a wheel.
- cokeandpepsi 4y ago
  What the are you going on about? non-sense analogies? this a press release about an accessiablity features allowing firefox to support images to text when using a screen readers, and screen reader performance improvements the press release was written by someone who is blind and worked on the feature
  - lofaszvanitt 4y ago
    There is zero problem with this feature. The feature is perfect, and will be used by many, and it is useful. The problem is this will help the established users and those who are in need, but won't give them extra market share. FF should work on gaining new foothold and since this is not happening, people can be edgy. Anyways, maybe Ladybird will have a dragon lance.
lofaszvanitt 4y ago
That doesn't bother me. Accessibility is good and great, but where are the features that would benefit everyone? That would make it stand out and enables them to compete with Chrome. This interface that today's browsers offer is rooted in the 90s era. We are in 2022, where the fuck is the innovation? Because I can't see anything new. Ahhh, 5 new color spaces and gradients for css? Nobody cares! If there is no other way against reckless/gargantuan companies, then use patents to prevent Chrome/Safari to copy newly added features. Demonizing patents is partly because they don't want the small guy/small company to arm themselves and fuck up the big ones up the wahzoo.

PuppyTailWags 4y ago

tbh I think the ocr image feature is precisely the sort of thing I want people working on browsers to be thinking about. A lack of accessibility in technology is a huge barrier to an increasingly bigger facet of interacting with society. Working on increasing accessibility is the sort of fighting-for-the-little-guys I want a nonprofit to be doing.