tradesmanhelix

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by tradesmanhelix 10y ago
The shotgun approach that both FirefoxOS and Ubuntu Phone took saddens me - I think they could have done very well had they focused on acquiring power/niche users instead of trying to be a mass-market consumer product from the get-go.
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by tradesmanhelix 10y ago
Yeah, I can understand how that's confusing. I meant to convey two things: 1. I mean to imply that it was a waste - they created a bunch of controversy, and for what? If they were not committed to Unity for the long-haul, they should n
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by tradesmanhelix 10y ago
"Growing Ubuntu for Cloud and IoT, Rather Than Phone and Convergence" Translation: "We don't really care that much about Linux on the desktop because it's not making us much $$$." Dear Canonical, Your actions a
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by tradesmanhelix 10y ago
Please see my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13590456 . The concern is that the indirect effect of the unilateral removal of XUL-support from Firefox without a viable alternative will be detrimental to th
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by tradesmanhelix 10y ago
Seeing many comments to the effect, "This doesn't concern me because I don't rely on any XUL-base extensions." It's great if this change isn't going to affect you, but I'd ask you to ask yourself what if i
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by tradesmanhelix 10y ago
Ideally, I would have chosen a more FLOSS solution for this petition; however, time constraints led me to choose change.org. I totally understand your privacy concerns and applaud your choice to choose not to sign vs. doing something you fe
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by tradesmanhelix 10y ago
That's great, but realistically how are non-FF devs supposed to take part in this discussion? There are many users who will be affected by these changes but are not being given any voice in them because of the way Mozilla has handled t
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by tradesmanhelix 10y ago
^ I support the decision to simplify and modernize the architecture in Firefox, even if it does disrupt extensions. Someone wrote this below, and I think it addresses your post perfectly: "I welcome a replacement for XUL. Just make it
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by tradesmanhelix 10y ago
I don't think growth at the expense of some of your most dedicated users is a viable strategy for Mozilla. It certainly seems to be biting Apple (ala. Mac Pro 2016 alienating long-time Mac users), so what possible hope does Mozilla hav
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by tradesmanhelix 10y ago
I agree that Mozilla has been doing that from the developer side of things; however, I would wager that most users not in Bugzilla/on the dev mailing lists are unaware of the coming changes and how they might be affected. I'm a pr
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by tradesmanhelix 10y ago
FWIW, I created a petition here to see if we can get Mozilla to reconsider this decision: https://www.change.org/p/mozilla-save-mozilla-firefox-s-best... . May be a Hail May, but worth a shot if we as Firefox users real
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Save Mozilla Firefox's Best Feature(change.org)
45 points by tradesmanhelix 10y ago|67 comments
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by tradesmanhelix 10y ago
Wondering if the old adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" applies to the changes that the Obama administration is proposing? IOW, what about the way that the internet is currently run is broken or warrants these chan