I don't give a shit about browser brands because it's sort of a joke by now. 20 years in, and nothing changes.
So Firefox is obviously a follower, not a leader.
Firefox has made a lot of meaningless choices, and more than a handful of choices I strongly disagreed with. Each and every time, you can read the tells of those choices, and quickly understand where Firefox is situated in terms of autonomy and authority. None and none on both.
This is pretty much the new Yahoo! logo all over again. Who cares?
How hard is it to support RSS? Why is about:config the only place where meaningful toggles like JavaScript:enabled live? Cookies and tracking protection is a total shit show of user interface confusion. Fuck Pocket. And no, I don't want any shit on my new tab page.
I understand that Netscape was the browser that tried to do too much. Firefox is approaching similar territory.
The browser only needs to do a few things. Some of them are actually quite difficult, such as video and graphics. The JavaScript interpretter is nothing to sniff at. Encryption and security is especially tough.
But at the core, broker HTTP requests and put powerful settings within easy reach, and don't show me fluff or preach to me.
Chrome fails at this. Microsoft fails at this. Apple fails at this. Firefox only succeeded a long time ago, when things were simpler. Since then, interlopers have introduced terrible ideas and needless destruction.
So Firefox is obviously a follower, not a leader.
Firefox has made a lot of meaningless choices, and more than a handful of choices I strongly disagreed with. Each and every time, you can read the tells of those choices, and quickly understand where Firefox is situated in terms of autonomy and authority. None and none on both.
This is pretty much the new Yahoo! logo all over again. Who cares?
How hard is it to support RSS? Why is about:config the only place where meaningful toggles like JavaScript:enabled live? Cookies and tracking protection is a total shit show of user interface confusion. Fuck Pocket. And no, I don't want any shit on my new tab page.
I understand that Netscape was the browser that tried to do too much. Firefox is approaching similar territory.
The browser only needs to do a few things. Some of them are actually quite difficult, such as video and graphics. The JavaScript interpretter is nothing to sniff at. Encryption and security is especially tough.
But at the core, broker HTTP requests and put powerful settings within easy reach, and don't show me fluff or preach to me.
Chrome fails at this. Microsoft fails at this. Apple fails at this. Firefox only succeeded a long time ago, when things were simpler. Since then, interlopers have introduced terrible ideas and needless destruction.