Mozilla’s plans for Firefox: More partnerships, better add-ons, and faster updates
Mozilla is reexamining and revamping the way it builds, communicates, and decides features for its browser. In short, big changes are coming to Firefox. ... “Every feature in the browser should be polished, functional, and a joy to use. Where we can’t get it to that state, we shouldn't do it at all.” ... “Work is going to largely be focused on the reasons users choose us in the first place.”
According to the company, that means features that help users shape and control their experience on the Web, including an improved Private Browsing mode. In short, personalization and online privacy will be the name of the game.
graeme_p
6:33 am on Jul 8, 2015 (gmt 0)
People originally used Firefox because it was fast and simple (at a time when IE was becoming bloated) and free (when Opera was charging) and choice was more limited. That space is now pretty crowded.
Firefox's greatest strength is extensions, and the average user does not install extensions. and a good many do not know about them. When you open a new tab in Chrome it starts with a bookmarks bar with "apps" at one end. Firefox should emphasize its extensions even more - a list of recommended extensions in new tabs, for examples.
bill
7:43 am on Jul 8, 2015 (gmt 0)
A lot of users weren't too thrilled with the addition of Pocket to the FF core [webmasterworld.com...] It is moves like this that make FF bloated. If they could get back to a streamlined, privacy-centric browser I think a lot of users would flock back.
