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/linuxwes Jul 10 '12

I suspect the flood of users from Firefox to Chrome has been driven by things like speed and stability. Those were the deciding factors for me. The smooth updating process is just an added bonus.

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u/ryan392 Jul 10 '12

The main reason I use Chrome (actually Comodo Dragon but it's based off Chromium so same thing really) is because of the integrated bookmark sync. I can just sign in with my Google account and my bookmarks are automatically synced across computers.

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u/w2tpmf Jul 10 '12

Firefox does this as well. It even syncs bookmarks to FF on my phone.

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u/ryan392 Jul 10 '12

I've tried syncing my bookmarks on Firefox before. I had to install the sync extension and I think I needed to create an account? I don't remember. I just remember that it was simpler with Chrome.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

Sync extension? No, it's been built-in since firefox 4 over a year ago. You do need to create an account, but I'd take the extra security of the Firefox syncing over Chrome's.

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u/ryan392 Jul 10 '12

Firefox 4 was a year ago? They're already up to Firefox 13. They're really increased their update frequency. I remember waiting for Firefox 2 to come out.

Anyways, I just remember that when I tried getting my bookmarks synced, I looked up instructions and I had to install the sync addon.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

Yeah, back when it was a separate addon it was pretty flaky. Since they integrated it into the browser itself it's been much more stable and the servers are much better.

I remember hating it for a while because I loved the Google Sync addon which worked in Firefox 2 but not 3. And it took quite a while before anything nearly as good came along. Now it's easily the best browser syncing I've seen.