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How to save Firefox?
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2 points
by aktello
3745 days ago
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It's my first time posting on here... I've been a Firefox user forever and the ever so frequent reports of its downward spiral did not do anything to change that. However, in the last month or so I've been experiences more and more showstopping js glitches trying to use popular sites. Can't upload an ebay picture, check, can't register on OKCupid check, forget about using Canadian government sites, check, and many more. This concerns me greatly because the only solution was to bust out Chrome which worked flawlessly. I'm afraid to think what kind of invisible Firefox bugs and security issues there might be. What are we to do about this? Few things that are stopping me from filing bugs are... - don't want to waste time on a dying product
- based on what I've read over the years i have the impression that their bugs can go unsolved for a long time
- it could be easier to report bugs, i.e. no registration, perhaps a per-installed extension that does most of the work for me, and allows to report bugs without registration after anti spam verification |
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2) The only "safe" browser is a browser running inside a VM, and even then, your definition of "safe" may vary.
3) At least Mozilla isn't actively trying to harm people's privacy and security:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/23/google-eav...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/01/06/windows-1...
4) Mozilla will probably start to gain more popularity once they release servo, their new browser engine. https://servo.org/