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Re:Add-on support in new Firefox for Android (2021) by allendoerfer on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @02:35PM (#31911317)
Can anyone defend product management to me? Shouldn't this basically be UX/UI designers working together with developers based on user input acquired in some scientific way (either quantitative or qualitative)? How do product managers provide additional value?
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Re:Add-on support in new Firefox for Android (2021) by dblohm7 on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @03:16PM (#31911840)
IMHO: Product managers are super important: it's their job to understand the market (where it was, where it is, and where it is going), the competitive landscape, and work with leadership on strategic planning.

However, all three groups (UX, PM, Eng) need to work symbiotically. Everybody needs to be sharing information and acting as partners in the work they're doing.

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Re:Add-on support in new Firefox for Android (2021) by zamalek on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @06:02PM (#31913644)
Mozilla PMs seem hell bent on dictating where the market goes, and it's not working.
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Re:Add-on support in new Firefox for Android (2021) by TedDoesntTalk on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @03:28PM (#31911971)
> it's their job to understand the market

It’s their job to understand and copy chrome. Fixed that for you.

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Re:Add-on support in new Firefox for Android (2021) by sph on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @02:59AM (#31917271)
If they're copying Chrome, I'm not seeing it.

Chrome has more or less had the same interface while Firefox rewrites it completely every few years, dropping features along the way each time.

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