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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by tracker1 on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:20PM (#24128003)
I'd consider myself generally a power user... I still really preferred chrome's out of the box experience over Firefox really early on.

I think a lot of times more technically driven products resist change a bit too much. Some of the best examples are Gimp and Firefox. Gimp's UI is hideous and despite Gimpshop builds offering a better experience to users, they still resist. Similar for Firefox's overall ui/ux when so many preferred chrome (including myself).

Not all UI change is for the better, but when the vast majority of users prefer a different experience, it's helpful to listen sooner than later.

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by DragoCubed on Friday August 21, 2020 @10:40AM (#24235260)
Just as an FYI: Apparently the Gimpshop website isn't owned by the developer and hasn't been for years. It's apparently riddled with adware and malware and isn't developed anymore.
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