There was a time, and not that long ago, when I would have recommended Firefox without hesitation. Not anymore. Since the release of Firefox 4 and the implementation of Mozilla's 3 month development6 week release schedule Firefox has gone into the toilet. For a handful of new features, a little more speed, and the faster release schedule the Mozilla developers have sacrificed stability and many extension addons. BAD TRADEOFF!!!!!
Firefox now has a horrible problem with stability and crashes incessantly. The instability problem showed its ugly face in version 4 and hasn't been rectified in 5,6, or 7. Mozilla seems to be clueless on an answer to it. Third party extension developers are having great difficulty keeping their extensions updated with a new browser release every 6 weeks.
With every new version I loose a few more extensions because they aren't compatible. Isn't it clear to those at Mozilla that the extension addons are the "beef" in their sandwich? Without them the browser is nothing.
Mozilla is so concerned with a marketing philosophy of "keeping up" with Google Chrome that they have trashed some of the best features and qualities of Firefox.
Worse, I don't get the feeling they have the answers or desire to do what's needed to solve the problems. I am very disappointed that this once great browser is now moving down the road toward mediocrity.
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- Recommend to a friend? No
- Posted Oct 04, 2011 for v7.0.1
I have used the great Firefox since it was downloadable, however, these constant new versions have taken my good opinion and use of Firefox and destroyed it.
I am completely and utterly tired of just getting my add-ons, download manager, and everything else set just to see yet another change and have to wait for everything else to catch up and work again. What kind of stupid, asinine,race to get so many versions out is this anyway? Don't tell me they can't simply patch it for a while (at least to give us breathing room). Ridiculous.
Mozilla says: "Mozilla has a rich set of resources that make it easier for Web developers to build compelling Firefox Add-ons using HTML, JavaScript and CSS."
Maybe true, but when we can't... oh... USE THEM.. a lot of beefin' good it does!!
So the "Rapid Release Development Cycle" has done nothing more for me than give me a migraine.
Oh you get the cheerleaders who won't say a bad word on Firefox, I however, am not one of them. This is nothing more than a browser race war with some browser improvements. I praised it here prior but now, I am oh... wait... headache coming back....
I do have a cure however... take two aspirin, followed by a tall drink of PALE MOON browser, be happy in the morning.
review details
- Interface
- Features
- Ease of use
- Value
- Recommend to a friend? Yes
- Posted Sep 30, 2011 for v7.0
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