Why did Firefox fail so badly?

blank_czech said:
Firefox with tree style tabs
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Been using it ever you posted the link. :thumbsup:

This should be how tabs are displayed by default.

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My contribution: Firefox should be the browser of choice for anyone that uses Vim because of Vimperator: http://www.vimperator.org/vimperator. It lets you control your browser without a mouse (vim bindings).

hjkl to scroll around
C-o - back
C-i - forward
C-n - tab next
C-p - tab previous
d - close tab and go to tab on the right
D - close tab and go to tab on the left
f - display little letters next to visible links. then type in the letter next to the link to navigate to.
C-i - edit textarea contents with Vim
etc.

There's a reasonable port for Chrome called Vimium (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb?hl=en) but Chrome's API is so limited that it's not very good in some glaring ways. This is the reason I switched back to Firefox.
 


Firefox is too complicated for most people, so many add-on choices and options and this and that. Chrome is made for noobs. Most people in the world are noobs. Therefore Chrome is popular.

But I still hate it, ever since freshman year of college when I realized you couldn't even uninstall it without opening the registry and deleting all of 20-30 separate entries for "googleupdate.exe"
 
o hai guyz said:
Firefox is too complicated for most people, so many add-on choices and options and this and that. Chrome is made for noobs. Most people in the world are noobs. Therefore Chrome is popular.
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All the major browsers have add-ons and such. Even if Chrome is most noob-friendly, most noobs don't know what a browser is, or why or how to install another one.


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4MwTvtyrUQ]What is a Browser? - YouTube[/ame]
 
Firefox became a nightmare once it started leaking memory. A problem they've never fixed. The "everything and yo momma" approach they decided to take to functionality and interface is sub-awesome too.
 
I agree on chrome. The Gorg has sucked me in pretty far, I try and do as little with them as possible.

The side tabs are sick. I just added them now thanks for that tip.
It is way better.

theemu said:
I love FF and am sticking with it, I dont like the potential for what chrome could do with my data despite having no proof it actually does anything
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I switched to Chrome because it was faster than FF on my old computer (years ago) and just never switched back, I guess. I have both now though because Chrome fucks up with some stuff (like uploading images to an FB ad campaign) so I need to bust out the old fox sometimes.
 
idk id say the most recent version of firefox is just as good as chrome with a nearly equally as slick gui

however when i had decided to switch to chrome over firefox, firefox was bloated with a clunky gui

it looks like they caught up too late
 
Still using Foxfire ver21 and after running or a few days it starts eating resources and running slow. Just reboot the computer and that’s it. But still a pain. No ver22 till it works with RoboForm.

When I want to use an extension that is only available in Chrome I just fire-up Comodo Dragon, all the advantages of Chrome but Google is left in the dark as to what I am doing.

Hating Google more and more lately…

Besides...
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I'm still on FF, and love it -- no problems at all. Although back in the day there was that irritating memory leak problem due to flash or videos, or something. It would suck up your entire memory. Thankfully that's been resolved for quite some time now.
 
I really like Firefox, but it's gotta do something about the speed. It kills any desire to do anything. It certainly hasn't improved in the months since this original post. Some good input here. Glad I came...
 
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