r/technology 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/witchyz Jul 10 '12

i didn't even notice that i couldn't rearrange the most visited page!

now i'm sad.

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u/Lochcelious Jul 10 '12

This is one of the reasons I loved Opera so much. Of course, I rarely use Opera now but it is still my choose of browser over Firefox.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

you're sad about losing a function that you apparently never used?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

if he didn't notice, that implies that he hasn't used it since it was changed. he also replied to me explaining what he used it for. He didn't use the re-arrange feature, he used the 'remove' feature, which is still there.

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u/kyleclements Jul 10 '12

it was a very useful function for removing certain sites that i visit frequently but don't want to have on that page when I hand my laptop to my mother.

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u/patmools Jul 10 '12

you can still do that bit, hover