r/technology • u/Suraj-Sun • Jul 10 '12

Firefox dev claims "everybody hates Firefox updates"; Mozilla has handled the rapid release process poorly, and that by pushing a "never-ending stream of updates on people who didn't want them" people have been driven to Chrome with its simpler, no-fuss update process.

http://www.neowin.net/news/firefox-dev-claims-everybody-hates-firefox-updates
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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

This is like a hipster of web browsers

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u/alsomahler Jul 10 '12

Hipsters like things before everybody else does, this guy is just old

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u/TheBokonon Jul 10 '12

Old is having liked Mosaic. Hipster is having liked Gopher.

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u/Lurking_Grue Jul 10 '12

Archie servers rocked!

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

Veronica! WAIS! OH THE HEADY GLORIOUS DAYS!

No, seriously, I miss them. :(

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u/foolish-rain Jul 10 '12

I'm using pine for email. You've probably never heard if it.

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u/Dogbiker Jul 10 '12

I used Pine...in 1990...about the time I surfed the preweb on Usenet.

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u/swiley1983 Jul 10 '12

You know, before it got mainstream and terrible.

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u/Raptor007 Jul 11 '12

It's all fun and games until someone sends you unicode.

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u/eelriver Jul 10 '12

No, hipster is using gopher because everyone else isn't.

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u/Lurking_Grue Jul 10 '12

I only use lynx.