Re:Leaving Mozilla
by eps on Saturday June 13, 2026 @04:09AM
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Who is this person?
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Re:Leaving Mozilla
by shevy-java on Saturday June 13, 2026 @04:12AM
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Some mozilla software developer I guess.
They still have not fixed their build system. Meson/ninja or cmake would be alternatives. Nothing to have them abandon mozconfig ... this is legacy code. The rest of the world moved on. Mozilla lives in the past.
> They still have not fixed their build system.
FWIW the Firefox build instructions [1] look a lot saner to me than the Chromium build instructions [2].
[1] https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/setup/linux_build.ht...
[2] https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/l...
Re:Leaving Mozilla
by userbinator on Saturday June 13, 2026 @06:03AM
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Mozilla lives in the past.
And one would hope they stay there, because all the newer stuff is far more user-hostile.
Could not agree more. I am honestly confused by the need for more than what FF/Librewolf offers and have been actively doing frontend for a long time. Plus no hassle with uBlock. And their Focus mobile browser is nice. I have the same complaints about their leadership as most but at least I feel I have some autonomy with their browser.
That would be JR Conlin, national treasure. Worked with him on YDN in 2007 and Netflix in 2009; veterans of the Netflix API team will never forget his hack day entry, which was "Mac and Me" playing on a toaster oven.
What is he notable for in the context of Mozilla?
Maybe read the blog post? Crazy suggestion, I know.
Skimmed it before asking. It's written for people who already know who the author is. Hence the question.
Re:Leaving Mozilla
by altairprime on Saturday June 13, 2026 @01:40PM
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Staying out of the public eye for his entire tenure. I remain envious.