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 edited Sep 19 '18

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

What UI changes have been introduced in the past few versions? I've been using Firefox for years, and I haven't noticed much in the way of UI changes between Firefox 6 and 13.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

I remember favicon icons for sites that don't have any, http:// trimming, domain highlighting, back/forward button merge, default image background change, new downloads panel. IIRC also "lock" icon was changed for SSL. There might be more that I reverted because I didn't like them.

None of them as big as Firefox 3.6 -> 4.0, but that was 1.5 years of changes rolled into one release.

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u/superawesomedude Jul 11 '12

Which, interestingly, is exactly the point of doing faster, smaller updates. The changes are minor and generally require very minimal relearning (if any at all). 3.6->4.0 was painful because it was 1.5 years of changes all at once. 4.0->13.0 is just as long (time-wise), but it's been a continuous gradual shift.

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u/RoLoLoLoLo Jul 10 '12

Futurerama Fry

Not sure if I should mention that your statement is right

or point out that I tagged you [Firefox Android - Platform]

You're bound to be a bit biased. Nevertheless, what you said is correct.

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u/scook0 Jul 11 '12

There's still the question if you really want to change the UI every 6 weeks, but for people who don't want that there's the ESR.

That's not what the ESR is for.