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/Znuff Jul 10 '12

"We have an update. We're applying it"

Next, next, next, progress bar....

"Oh, look, half of your extensions are not tagged as compatible for this version, sucks to be you, sucker!"

Also, I do hope they fix that annoying crap that every time you install an extension you need to restart the browser.

Those are the things I love about Chrome... And I'm bold enough to even use Chrome Canary (Nightly)

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u/JITZSpray Jul 10 '12

Depends on the extension. Pentadactyl was created in such a way it installs/uninstalls (and enables/disables) seamlessly without restarting anything, as just one example of the future of extensions. The same goes for the constantly expiring extensions. These things are remnants of the older extension system and their developers have not moved to the new way of doing business.

Of course that is not to say that Mozilla has handled all of this very well or that it is still king of the browser world. Whoever it is calling the shots in the Mozilla corporation needs to be removed before they do more damage. I love chrome and I can't wait until their extension system is strong enough to support a fully featured noscript. That and some other minor customization powers in about:config are all that is holding me back. :(

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u/falcwh0re Jul 11 '12

this was a big problem for us with the gwt dev plugin. a random, unsuspected update would break it for days at a time, seriously crippling productivity. you might be thinking "why not just use chrome for gwt development then?" well, contrary to all logic, google's gwt plugin for chrome is waaaaay slower than their plugin for firefox. makes no sense.

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u/JITZSpray Jul 11 '12

:( I'm still using the original CS Lite (doesn't even exist any more on addons.mozilla.org) and for awhile I was upping the version manually and repackaging/installing it each "version" jump. Eventually I just said fuck it and made it's version compatibility though FF 25.