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Re:Mozilla Firefox and silent updates by dailycavalier on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @11:41PM (#3074083)
Mozilla full-time contributor here. I agree they need to do what they're doing - silent updates are super important for the product right now given the new release cycle.

It's important that Mozilla does differentiate though. Firefox is the only browser that's made by a non-profit organization and puts your interests before business interests. Other browsers can't say that - they all have financial incentives and other agendas for you to use their product. Firefox provides choice so you have full control over your browsing experience.

Re:Mozilla Firefox and silent updates by jmathai on Wednesday October 05, 2011 @03:10AM (#3074582)
I wish more people understood the importance of what you just said. Not even the tech community seems to.

Also, I presume the performance issues on OSX are a known issue. I'd love to read a plan for resolution for that. It can take 6 months, I'd feel better knowing it's a tangible goal that's being worked towards as opposed to "we're making improvements as we can".

Lastly, thanks for contributing to Firefox.