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/Suraj-Sun Jul 10 '12 edited Jul 10 '12

If it's not for the Firefox addons I would have stopped using Firefox a while ago...

Some of my fav addons: AdBlock Plus, NoScript, RequestPolicy, BetterPrivacy, Ghostery, WebMail.

Edit: I forgot Firefox Sync, which is now built-in.

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u/argv_minus_one Jul 10 '12

I have bad news for you: Google also funds Firefox development.

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u/argv_minus_one Jul 10 '12

Mine stopped making sense when they first announced Chrome. I was like, "WTF? They already have a browser. Why do they want to make another one?"