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Nowadays, every time!, I am hearing some news about Firefox getting better, I feel that's a lie. I feel Firefox is actually getting worse and worse, from disapp

Nowadays, every time!, I am hearing some news about Firefox getting better, I feel that's a lie. I feel Firefox is actually getting worse and worse, from disappointment to disappointment. Either when it's a new feature or new UI modifications (I loved to have a separation between the URL and the Google search != Chrome), or new web services (Mozilla "Labs"?), or new dev. tool (Firefox inspector is at best full of small bugs and seems to be an ugly copy and paste from Firebug). Hopefully the Mozilla CEO being fired will make things better but I feel now being mediocre it's new culture trend @ Firefox.

tracker1 12y ago
I'm not sure I completely agree... Honestly, there are many developers each working on stuff they are either required to do, or want to do. The only time I find the unibar in chrome annoying is when I'm searching for something specific to google... and effectively have to type google twice (first time sets the search site to google). As for the developer tools, I do wish it was closer to either the chrome dev tools or firebug myself, it looks too much like the IE10+ tools, which I find annoying. But that's a matter of preference. This is a matter of raw performance, not a subjective UI.. FF has made a lot of effort into improving JS at its' core... Chrome has worked to expanding the DOM in interesting ways. IE has taken a pragmatic approach to refining what comes from both, though having their own issues. The browser ecosystem today is so much better than it has ever really been, and I couldn't be happier about it. You can relatively easily create your own skin against a Firefox base. AFAIK it's still all XUL wrapped around a web view, and pretty easy to get into, admittedly last time I tried was 6+ years ago. Chrome is still my favorite browser, but I do appreciate what the others are doing... the best ideas do get copied, and it works.
ibrahima 12y ago
Uh, I still have separate URL and search bars, what are you talking about?
realusername 12y ago
I feel exactly the opposite, I've downloaded the Developer Edition which they released a few days ago and I've never seen a browser so fast, it feels much faster than chrome on my machine, I can't wait to have all the beta improvements merged into the standard version !

tracker1 12y ago

I'm not sure I completely agree... Honestly, there are many developers each working on stuff they are either required to do, or want to do. The only time I find the unibar in chrome annoying is when I'm searching for something specific to google... and effectively have to type google twice (first time sets the search site to google). As for the developer tools, I do wish it was closer to either the chrome dev tools or firebug myself, it looks too much like the IE10+ tools, which I find annoying. But that's a matter of preference. This is a matter of raw performance, not a subjective UI.. FF has made a lot of effort into improving JS at its' core... Chrome has worked to expanding the DOM in interesting ways. IE has taken a pragmatic approach to refining what comes from both, though having their own issues. The browser ecosystem today is so much better than it has ever really been, and I couldn't be happier about it. You can relatively easily create your own skin against a Firefox base. AFAIK it's still all XUL wrapped around a web view, and pretty easy to get into, admittedly last time I tried was 6+ years ago. Chrome is still my favorite browser, but I do appreciate what the others are doing... the best ideas do get copied, and it works.

ibrahima 12y ago

Uh, I still have separate URL and search bars, what are you talking about?

realusername 12y ago

I feel exactly the opposite, I've downloaded the Developer Edition which they released a few days ago and I've never seen a browser so fast, it feels much faster than chrome on my machine, I can't wait to have all the beta improvements merged into the standard version !