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Comment by Karunamon | Hacker News Reader

In fairness, what amounts to a hyperlink is not "bloat". I wish it wasn't there because it's a thing nobody is ever going to use in the age of Hangouts and Skype, but it's not like impacts the rest of the browser in any way

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It very, very negatively impacted mozilla's and firefox's PR.

Case in point: This entire thread.

It only takes a tiny number of people to make a lot of noise, but I don't think it represents public opinion. Consider the Tea Party: Whether you agree with them or not (please don't answer), based on the noise they generate they might seem to be a majority, but they are a small and shrinking minority.

I'm (loosely) affiliated with Mozilla and I can guarantee you everything I heard from inside is about poor reception.

Hell, I use one-tab on Chrome, but pocket is just a usability disaster. If I can barely bring myself to use it, imagine the rest :/

I wouldn't be so sure about that. There may be a relatively small number of very vocal individuals, but I think their opinions may be much more widely held that you believe they are. It's no secret that Firefox's share of the market has been dropping lately. For every individual who speaks out against the latest set of bad decisions from Mozilla, there are clearly many other users who share that disappointment, but say nothing, and instead just move from Firefox to some other browser. It's these silent former users who contribute to Firefox's decline in market share each month.

Even if its not a performance or code bloat, its a UI bloat. An unnecessary button that very few people will ever use.

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