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Re:Rust, not Firefox, is Mozilla's greatest industry contrib... by thayne on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @12:29AM (#26802954)
> This is so despite Mozilla struggling for well over a decade to find a new purpose.

This is Mozilla's biggest problem. Instead of trying to find a new purpose they need to focus on making Firefox a truly great browser.

Re:Rust, not Firefox, is Mozilla's greatest industry contrib... by roca on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @02:07AM (#26803494)
If you look at where they invest their resources, it's Firefox.

It's almost funny because Mozilla critics are about evenly divided between "Mozilla needs to move beyond the browser" and "Mozilla needs to focus on the browser". And both groups are adamant that their view is obviously correct.

Re:Rust, not Firefox, is Mozilla's greatest industry contrib... by cxr on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @02:31AM (#26803661)
The state of Mozilla is evidence of the correctness of one of those group's positions.
Re:Rust, not Firefox, is Mozilla's greatest industry contrib... by roca on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @07:25PM (#26814369)
I think not. The state of Mozilla is mostly the result of decisions they made in the past that are no longer operative, and factors that were never under Mozilla's control.
Re:Rust, not Firefox, is Mozilla's greatest industry contrib... by cxr on Thursday April 15, 2021 @05:43AM (#26818275)
Mozilla bears a lot more responsibility (including ongoing responsibility) for its self-inflicted wounds than this common, comfortable narrative says it does.
Re:Rust, not Firefox, is Mozilla's greatest industry contrib... by niceairport on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @01:27AM (#26803250)
This. I was so sad to find out that despite having a phenomenal CSS support, FF does not (easily) allow to switch off CORS, which makes it impossible for me to use at work.
Re:Rust, not Firefox, is Mozilla's greatest industry contrib... by dkdk8283 on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @01:03AM (#26803126)
They post bullshit blog posts advocating social goals while reducing the investment in Firefox. It’s sad.