Mozilla's ‘Great or Dead’ philosophy may save bloated blimp Firefox
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/15/the_problem_with_firefox/For some time now Firefox, the once mighty web browser, has been bleeding market share and – perhaps more importantly – developer mind share.
Between bundling unwanted features such as Pocket, proffering popcorn-worthy CEO dramas atop Mozilla, being led by a seemingly clueless management, and the fact that that Chrome feels faster, more stable and less bloated, Firefox long ago started to feel like a project in need of euthanising.
In fact, Firefox feels a bit like it has come full circle. The browser that started as a fork of the bloated, poorly managed Netscape project has become the very same thing itself. That sort of symmetry makes Firefox feel a bit dead.
It's tempting to dance on Firefox's grave, but that doesn't help the web. Firefox and yes, Mozilla.org, were a huge part of making the web the standards-friendly, accessible thing that it is today.
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I can't give up some of my addons. The article states that this is the major stumbling block in a major redesign of FF. Major changes break addons. I'm on the Nightly build and have tried their e10s version and some of my favorite addons don't work so I disable that feature. I'm exactly the type of person that is hindering development, but I don't care--I want my addons which Chrome doesn't offer.
I'm not sure why all the fuss about Pocket? Is this the old Read it Later? I use that addon by choice so maybe I didn't notice anything different. Do all FF users have Pocket pre-installed?
Personally, I just find Chrome too utilitarian. I have a portable version of IronSoftware version of Chrome and it is quicker but I don't see anything great about it. I never liked IE no matter how many face lifts they give it. I'm sticking with FF a bit longer--it is fast enough for me (except on Tumblr 
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