Re:17 year old Firefox feature request fixed
by chrisseaton on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @07:45PM
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Yeah they can't really win - do they try to keep happy a dwindling group who liked Firefox the way it was in the past, or simplify and streamline to innovate more quickly appeal to new users. It's probably impossible to do both. I'm firmly in the anti-customisation camp myself. They obviously aren't ever going to appeal to both of us.
Re:17 year old Firefox feature request fixed
by mixmastamyk on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @10:20PM
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It is possible to do both. The answer is customization, about:config already exists.
Re:17 year old Firefox feature request fixed
by chrisseaton on Thursday February 25, 2021 @04:59AM
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> I'm firmly in the anti-customisation camp myself.
> It is possible to do both. The answer is customization
Err well that’s not doing both then is it? That’s having customisation. I don’t want customisation. So that’s not doing both at all that’s just doing it your way and ignoring me.
Re:17 year old Firefox feature request fixed
by mixmastamyk on Friday February 26, 2021 @04:09AM
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Exactly ;-)
I also know that I'm in the minority, and that maybe the size of my cohort is too small to add yet another thing to check during regression testing.
But I'm still mad about it :) Firefox always seemed like the browser for people who want to configure weird things, or extend it in all sorts of crazy ways. More and more it's becoming a me-too browser, and the only reason I'm sticking with it is out of a sense of duty to fight a Chrome monoculture.