Firefox in perspective
2026-10-01 18:15:06.91373+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
The Register: Firefox 157: Could bold new look be just what Mozilla needs?*
* We are intentionally invoking Betteridge’s Law in the title of this story.
"People are complaining that we aren't respecting their choices. What we need to do to regain trust is move all their buttons around and waste lots of screen space with rounding" is a take that deserves punishment.
Via a bunch of places, but Chad McCullough. In that thread, Kevin Dominik Korte @kdkorte@fosstodon.org notes:
@chadmccullough See it positively: Every minute they spend on branding is a minute when they don't add AI or cloud sync features to the browser.
And Thomas Brand @Eggfreckles@mastodon.mit.edu puts it into perspective:
@chadmccullough Mozilla's business model is to maintain a viable and noteworthy alternative browser too small to threaten Chrome's monopoly. Otherwise they would lose their default search engine dollars from Google. A bold new look is just enough of a conversation starter to meet the mission statement.
If you want Firefox to be the alternative browser it was 20 years ago think again. That dream was paid away decades ago. Euthanasia by design.