Firefox: the last remaining mostly independent, maintained and reasonably popular browser.
Even if it were inferior in any aspect to other options, I'd still use it for the above mentioned reasons.
Even if it were inferior in any aspect to other options, I'd still use it for the above mentioned reasons.
Edit: The kind of feedback they're willing to accept is probably only barely impactful. Suggest going back to the old tab bar? Sorry, but you'll learn to love it and we aren't changing it. Suggest a slightly different shade of gray for the edge of the rounded tab bar? They might just take the suggestion. That kind of thing.
https://mozilla.crowdicity.com
They seem to be reading and considering some of the suggestions, though none have been implemented yet.
- Most popular idea (819 votes): Compact Interface Option - https://mozilla.crowdicity.com/post/719764
- Most critical idea (in my opinion): Expand support for extensions for the stable android version - https://mozilla.crowdicity.com/post/723675
If that's true, it probably explains why they're bleeding users. Why stick with a company that ignores your complaints?
* completely changing the settings UI;
* the very annoying "present" icon that appears after updates;
* constantly messing the address bar in how it works and what it searches;
* constantly re-enabling stuff like searching in Amazon and Google;
* changing the menu to the hamburger menu.
There's probably more that I forgot. But it seems every two or three months or so I need to make effort to turn off some feature I don't want. Stuff like the stupid pocket functionality no one ever asked for.
>Last year, more than 400,000 individuals gave to Mozilla to protect and improve the health of the Internet. The Mozilla Foundation also receives support in the form of grants from other like-minded major foundations, including the Knight, MacArthur, Bill & Melinda Gates, and Ford foundations.
Defaults settings are far from being great, but there's no competition in term of privacy, firefox + ublock origin is still the best option.
A lot of web APIs are rolled out by Google without sufficient standardization or agreement from the other organizations that ship engines. So Google is being a poor citizen here, but because of their dominance, everybody else is blamed.