warmaster@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoMozilla Say Google Search Deal Vital to Firefox's Survivalwww.omgubuntu.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square77linkfedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down14
arrow-up1220arrow-down1external-linkMozilla Say Google Search Deal Vital to Firefox's Survivalwww.omgubuntu.co.ukwarmaster@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square77linkfedilink
minus-squaremelroy@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down11·3 days agoI think it’s actually a good thing. Let’s hope a new fork like Floorp or something will not just fork but take the lead and innovate! Firefox has not been innovating enough in the past 10 years. It’s slow and its not having any good features either.
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·3 days agoThey’ve been innovating ways to get us to use their services, tho. Pocket, anyone?
minus-squareMajesticElevator@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoIf you meant innovating ways to get your data, then yea
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoYeah, that is one of their attempts to get more independent from the Google money. They would need to be doing more of that, not less.
minus-squaremelroy@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoLet them first start on focusing on performance. Since that is now really bad in Firefox. The js engine sucks hard.
I think it’s actually a good thing. Let’s hope a new fork like Floorp or something will not just fork but take the lead and innovate!
Firefox has not been innovating enough in the past 10 years. It’s slow and its not having any good features either.
They’ve been innovating ways to get us to use their services, tho. Pocket, anyone?
If you meant innovating ways to get your data, then yea
Yeah, that is one of their attempts to get more independent from the Google money. They would need to be doing more of that, not less.
Let them first start on focusing on performance. Since that is now really bad in Firefox. The js engine sucks hard.