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Mozilla seems, at least to me, to be becoming more and more like the GNOME project. It's projecting a constant stream of unusual, if not outright bad, ideas and

Mozilla seems, at least to me, to be becoming more and more like the GNOME project. It's projecting a constant stream of unusual, if not outright bad, ideas and actions. The Firefox version numbering debacle, including the constant problems it caused for extensions, was just plain silly. Then there's Firefox Mobile. I've always found it very inferior to the other commonly-available mobile browsers. Aside from trying it out briefly, there was no reason to continue using it. This is probably the same for others, and likely why its uptake basically hasn't happened at all. Earlier this year they seem to have withdrawn their interest in Thunderbird, which is by far one of their better offerings. More recently, there's been a lot said about Firefox OS. There's a very good chance that this will become an unused, uninspiring, generally-ignored product, much like Firefox Mobile. And now there's this decision. Redirecting effort away from applications that are actually used, like Firefox and Thunderbird, toward things that clearly have little to no future, like Firefox Mobile or Firefox OS, just doesn't make sense.

nanook 14y ago
> things that clearly have little to no future, like Firefox Mobile or Firefox OS, just doesn't make sense. Firefox OS has to be the most exciting thing they're doing. Why does it not have a future?
- trendnet 14y ago
  Because a lot of people don't give a bear about Firefox OS.
  - beatgammit 14y ago
    A lot of people do. It isn't officially released yet, so of course it's not going to be as popular as a released product. Android wasn't popular until acquired and pushed by Google.
    - sabret00the 14y ago
      Who does? Tell me of the millions and millions of users out there waiting in anticipation of Firefox OS? Firefox decide to kill off around half of their Nightly (read most diehard users) and expect to carry that good faith over to what? Firefox OS? Are you going to convince the 30 million people that bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 that all of a sudden, the brand they bought into isn't actually important and that they should jump on the Firefox OS train? It's unrealistic.
sabret00the 14y ago
I think when you make such a damning post as this, you're required to make sure all opinions are current and factual. I mostly talk about what seems to be a clearly outdated opinion of Firefox for Android (Mobile) which is widely regarded as one of the best mobile browsing experiences around. Though each to their own. The Firefox versioning change was naive. It was rushed and a lot of work that should've taken place prior to the change was done afterwards and it remains to be seen just whether or not they'll ever truly pick up all the pieces from that. The negative word of mouth about extensions breaking is out there. There is no excuse for the demise of Thunderbird. It remains to be a short sighted decision. But in that regard, Mozilla never really had the same ambitions as Opera. Mozilla should've been approaching the likes of HTC and Samsung and offering to provide the browser and mail experience rather than Google. As for Firefox OS/B2G, I'd say it's highly probable that it'll fall by the wayside. Despite the resources thrown behind it. It's just not going to be a viable competitor. When you think about the sheer amount of money and effort thrown behind the likes of Android, iOS and Windows Phone, what exactly are Mozilla hoping for? It's only served to slow down development of features and other products that could serve the greater Mozilla community.

nanook 14y ago

> things that clearly have little to no future, like Firefox Mobile or Firefox OS, just doesn't make sense. Firefox OS has to be the most exciting thing they're doing. Why does it not have a future?

trendnet 14y ago
Because a lot of people don't give a bear about Firefox OS.
- beatgammit 14y ago
  A lot of people do. It isn't officially released yet, so of course it's not going to be as popular as a released product. Android wasn't popular until acquired and pushed by Google.
  - sabret00the 14y ago
    Who does? Tell me of the millions and millions of users out there waiting in anticipation of Firefox OS? Firefox decide to kill off around half of their Nightly (read most diehard users) and expect to carry that good faith over to what? Firefox OS? Are you going to convince the 30 million people that bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 that all of a sudden, the brand they bought into isn't actually important and that they should jump on the Firefox OS train? It's unrealistic.

sabret00the 14y ago

I think when you make such a damning post as this, you're required to make sure all opinions are current and factual. I mostly talk about what seems to be a clearly outdated opinion of Firefox for Android (Mobile) which is widely regarded as one of the best mobile browsing experiences around. Though each to their own. The Firefox versioning change was naive. It was rushed and a lot of work that should've taken place prior to the change was done afterwards and it remains to be seen just whether or not they'll ever truly pick up all the pieces from that. The negative word of mouth about extensions breaking is out there. There is no excuse for the demise of Thunderbird. It remains to be a short sighted decision. But in that regard, Mozilla never really had the same ambitions as Opera. Mozilla should've been approaching the likes of HTC and Samsung and offering to provide the browser and mail experience rather than Google. As for Firefox OS/B2G, I'd say it's highly probable that it'll fall by the wayside. Despite the resources thrown behind it. It's just not going to be a viable competitor. When you think about the sheer amount of money and effort thrown behind the likes of Android, iOS and Windows Phone, what exactly are Mozilla hoping for? It's only served to slow down development of features and other products that could serve the greater Mozilla community.