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And then people would complain about Firefox being bloated with all these built-in extensions. And then if you don't pre-install them people will complain about
by ziml77 7mo ago
And then people would complain about Firefox being bloated with all these built-in extensions. And then if you don't pre-install them people will complain about needing to add all of these extra extensions.
- bluebarbet 7mo agoIndeed, and this argument ("it will be too bloated") is often used by developers themselves to avoid (or hide) advanced features. I never quite understood it. Just put all the mysterious flags behind an "Advanced" menu, which normie users will know not to touch.
- wtallis 7mo agoThere would still be decidedly fewer complaints, because extensions are vastly easier to manage and disable or remove than this long list of about:config settings. The fact that you cannot satisfy everybody simultaneously cannot be an excuse for failing to ship with sensible defaults and easy, discoverable customization.
- terminalshort 7mo agoThey right clicked on an image which is also a clickable link which adds the additional options for both links and images, a total of 11, to the defaults.
- Groxx 7mo agoKinda, but if something can be built as an extension, it probably should be. It proves what you can do with the APIs, proves it can be replaced / forked by other people, and ensures a consistent level of isolation by default. And if it can't... often it's worth asking if it should be possible.