And I know somebody, somewhere, is going to argue that it should be the job of the desktop.
I disagree.
I don't want to have to create each context I want things to exist in, and manipulate that carefully.
I like automatic context. That's why I like tabs in my browser and not a thousand windows. And that's why I enjoy my split views to be inside the tabs I just created.
The extension in question is authored by Mozilla.
In the case of extensions like this one should be asking , “Do I trust the author?”
There are decade-old "everyone agrees this sucks, please fix it" bugs in bugzilla that are ignored because nobody in management or development cares. It's not sexy, can't go on their resume, it won't let them give presentations at conferences, or get them on people's podcasts, or tweeted about...
Using your anger/passion to try and sway people to be even less involved doesn't help anyone.
You didn’t address his statement nor his concerns.
You avoided that part of the conversation to basically tell him to shut up.
Address the issues first, like Firefox management team should be doing, but aren’t.
I’m with OP. Firefox is a horrible user experience. And it’s that way by design. Couldn’t have Google stop paying Mozilla’s bills now could they?
KennyBlanken said don't bother to vote on ideas because they wont listen.
I pointed out that many ideas are in development or have been delivered (i.e. they do listen).
The rest seems pretty boring to discuss and unlikely to be a productive conversation. I'm already bored trying to explain this.
So what? Does it invalidate the critics of glacial speed of making other improvements?