It seems we were both wrong. Forhackernews was most likely referring to the new web app system. Websites that register themselves as web apps get their own launcher icons, run in their own window, show desktop notifications, etc., and they're powered by Ubuntu's custom QML-based browser which is referred to as Ubuntu Browser.
Firefox is still there, and still branded as Firefox. Ubuntu Browser isn't intended to replace it outright.
Rebranding stuff isn't Not Invented Here syndrome. Relax. They didn't re-invent anything. It's just Firefox with a few patches for integrating with their desktop environment.
Plus, they gave up on their startup system. They'll be switching to systemd in future releases.
I only use Photoshop to slice the web site designs my coworkers send me.
I would have switched to GIMP a long time ago if they all used it, too. GIMP doesn't read their PSD files very well.
There is a difference between apologizing for your behavior and apologizing for the way people react to it. One implies accountability, the other does not.
Man, if I had known that badge existed I would've stuck it everywhere.
I think one of the reasons I'm so confident with web stuff nowadays is that for the first 3 or 4 years I had literally no idea there were text editors other than Notepad. I remember trying to put together a simple web site on Mac OS X, which frustrated me greatly because I had no idea where to find a plain text editor (for some reason I never found the toggle in TextEdit.app, let alone opened the terminal to run Vim).