[GordonS]

> I'd make sure that updates are going to be limited to security issues only and that any other feature changes or additions would always be optional rather than forced.

This is a great reply, but I strongly disagree with this bit above - with the pace the web is (finally) moving at, I think it's really important that browsers are "ever-green". Without automatic updates, it won't be long before websites don't look right, or just don't work, in Firefox. And that could lead to the kind of chaos that IE caused, and that would lead to a lot of hate for Firefox.

I think I agree with everything else you said though, and in particular the focus on privacy seems like a great point, especially within the EU.