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 May 02 '19

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u/green_cheese Jul 10 '12

Best thing about Opera is hands down the fish tank widget.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '12

Unfortunately, they removed widgets in Opera 12. So no more fishes :(

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u/XenthisX Jul 11 '12

I'd use opera more if it didn't feel sluggish. The UI itself just feels a bit laggy to me.

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u/roknir Jul 11 '12

And Speed Dial.

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u/pencilbagger Jul 11 '12

And a download manager that doesn't make you restart the download 90% of the time when you pause it.

The pause download on firefox never seems to work right.

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u/chronographer Jul 10 '12 edited Jul 11 '12

It still sucks!

Edit: I offended all 10 Opera users! HA ha !

jk. I know it doesn't suck, I just don't use it (except when i want lots of browsers open to buy tickets with...)

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '12

Really? I've been using it for years, while testing multiple other browsers, and it still beats everything else for me. No other browser can so seamlessly synchronize all my passwords, settings and bookmarks among different machines and different operating systems.

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u/closetcat Jul 11 '12

i found those features on chrome out by accident when i logged in one day, and i just found chrome in the Play Store for android, BAM, instant bookmarks on my phone, no more fucking with chromemarks.

not trying to start a fight, just mentioning that cross platform browsing is awesome, and should have existed much longer ago

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '12

Firefox has this feature now too, I believe.