Haven't tried it so can't comment on it comparatively but I expect eventually just like Australis or whatever it was called this new UI will become the only one (idk if alternative skins will be supported with this new update). Ironically powerusers are the ones more likely to disable stats tracking so FF's usage stats for those who've disabled it will also be skewed.
The complaints about changing things, the whole CEO debacle, all of that is a drop in the bucket for people leaving.
You have Edge that ships with Windows, Chrome that ships with Android and both have major mega corporations pumping money into them and advertising for them. You might think it doesn't matter but for many people they will use whatever works and is the most simple.
If you really want to change Firefox's luck, break up Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook and Apple, all five have a stranglehold on the internet that should not be allowed.
However an issue has been FF has also contributed to this themselves, for that percentage of their audience who make up power-users, previous fans, generally those who aren't just using a browser stock (for whom it would barely matter which browser they used).Power users are not a large percentage of users by any means.
Some things they deemed necessary like the Quantum addon change were nevertheless handled in a way that burned fans. If anyone was paying attention at the time they didn't implement the APIs necessary for various addons and features to migrate to the new system, despite developers requesting them via tickets, detailing them, blogging about them.Some left, some came back as addons were rebuilt.
There are other things Mozilla have done since that will have attracted some users (DNS over HTTPS, account containers) and repelled others (undesired changes, public messaging, whathaveyou).Most people don't even know what any of that means.
Power users are not a large percentage of users by any means.
It's almost as if publicity is key. Hmmm... The best product rarely ever wins, it's whoever has the bigger advertising budget. If it wasn't effective websites wouldn't be covered in ads.
Chrome is for SIMPS..
Chrome is for SIMPS..
But I like to feed my data to Google... Keep him nice and full of data.
When? Netscape and internet Explorer, Google is taking a page right out of that same playbook.the thing is, it changed, Firefox and then Chrome took number 1 place without being preinstalled on anything after internet explorer stole it from netscape, it is not at all a guaranty that the default windows browser is going to be popular, Firefox started losing steam because google managed to make a better browser at the time and never managed to do more than catch up since (well some says that google is using its market dominance to make others look worse, might also have something to do in it), and now that default windows browser is back at being an halfwat decent option, some peoples stopped bothering.
Firefox wasn't pre-installed, it was grass roots but it was because of how old and bad I.E. was.When? Netscape and internet Explorer, Google is taking a page right out of that same playbook.the thing is, it changed, Firefox and then Chrome took number 1 place without being preinstalled on anything after internet explorer stole it from netscape, it is not at all a guaranty that the default windows browser is going to be popular, Firefox started losing steam because google managed to make a better browser at the time and never managed to do more than catch up since (well some says that google is using its market dominance to make others look worse, might also have something to do in it), and now that default windows browser is back at being an halfwat decent option, some peoples stopped bothering.
and quantum may have had no impact on rollout but as peoples got slowly pushed out of the LTS i feel it may, it would have affected power users, who knows of LTS and would install it if bothered by a change (what i did), only thing is that by continuously removing features you will not gain market shares, ever.
Just realised my tabs look crap, though my settings still match the OP. Did they look even worse than this? I hope not...Show Image(https://imgur.com/eNUIh32.png)
Damn. Changed browser.tabs.tabMinWidth to 90 so there's actually some text to identify the tab but still looks crap. Is Safari still a viable alternative if I buy a Mac?Just realised my tabs look crap, though my settings still match the OP. Did they look even worse than this? I hope not...Show Image(https://imgur.com/eNUIh32.png)
they changed it again, :(
Damn. Changed browser.tabs.tabMinWidth to 90 so there's actually some text to identify the tab but still looks crap. Is Safari still a viable alternative if I buy a Mac?
No, I am not. Guess I'll have to tolerate crappy looking tabs :(Damn. Changed browser.tabs.tabMinWidth to 90 so there's actually some text to identify the tab but still looks crap. Is Safari still a viable alternative if I buy a Mac?Only if you're ok with sneaky ads, and no legit scriptblocking.
Try this theme.Thanks, that does look better. The tabs still have unnecessarily huge borders all round them though.
Been working fine for me for a while.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dark-ocean-theme-webextension/
Brave is chromium based, like now all the others, and i am not quite sure if it is the same but if it is the browser made by comodo it is rather unsecured
If Tp4 buys a tent and live in the yard, is he save from the goog ?How long can you go without internet?
If Tp4 buys a tent and live in the yard, is he save from the goog ?How long can you go without internet?
That joke is a little less funny with delta running rampant.If Tp4 buys a tent and live in the yard, is he save from the goog ?How long can you go without internet?
It's been 22 seconds, already succumbing to withdrawal symptoms. Incessant anxiousness + chills + mild fever
That joke is a little less funny with delta running rampant.