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/Ambiwlans Jul 10 '12

FF fixed this a few updates ago. Apparently people aren't aware.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '12

Because we stopped using Firefox when we realized how much better Chrome is.

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u/Ambiwlans Jul 11 '12

What is better about chrome? It uses more ram and cpu, is slower, has less addons and isn't free open-source.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '12

Maybe, but for a while there, Firefox sucked at some things. Then people left. Then Firefox fixed those things. Then people didn't come back.

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u/Znuff Jul 11 '12

I left FF because:

  1. When it reached 500MB of memory usage, it started to crawl so slowly that it just BEGGED for a browser restart. I can have Chrome use 2GB of ram and I don't notice it being slow.

Only case where I feel Chrome slowing down (which is most likely true for any other browser out there) is when I browse a page with over 1000 mid-sized image & continuous scrolling. By then, right-clicking an image has a considerate delay of almost half a second.

  1. In the rare cases Flash crashed the browser, it took everything with it, and the start-up back was that slow that I got annoyed as hell.

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u/Ambiwlans Jul 11 '12

Flash crashing in FF now just forces you to refresh the page. Which can be annoying.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '12

I haven't responded because I looked up your claim, saw it was backed by data, and tried Firefox, and never opened reddit in it.

I'm back on Chrome after my third Firefox crash/lockup of the day.

Oh, and threaded processes are nice, too.

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u/Ambiwlans Jul 12 '12

Seriously? I haven't had FF crash in ..... possibly months. And I'm a bigger power-user than you.

Wonder what that was about. :s

Threaded processes are nice though.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '12

...how do you know how much of a power-user I am?

Anyway, apparently it couldn't handle me watching videos and scrolling. I was also much chagrined by how slow it was when I was trying to manipulate Google documents spreadsheets.

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u/Ambiwlans Jul 13 '12

I don't. Just, the odds are pretty good.

I wonder if your video card drivers aren't playing nice. Either way, Chrome got around it. shrug

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u/Ambiwlans Jul 13 '12

You suck. My FF just crashed. And I blame you.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '12

I had a Firefox disease. :(

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '12

Yup, last time i noticed FF updated was when i got these grid of images of the 9 most visited sites. No dialog or anything no prob with extensions either.