Mozilla Can't Attract Enough Firefox Testers

[kkiddu]

I don't know about others, but I've never had any issue with FF since FF3.5. IE9 may be good, but the experience with earlier versions has left me 'scarred'.

 

[gm0n3y]

[citation][nom]Tamz_msc[/nom]Why does every article on web browsers get reduced to a flame-war between fanboys? I mean, if you don't have something useful to say, then don't post.[/citation]
+1000

I use all 3 browsers on a daily basis (web dev) and they're all good/bad in their own way. I don't understand how people can because emotionally invested in a particular browser. It would be nice if people could just discuss the pros/cons of a given browser.

Yeah, right. This IS the Internet here. Flame on.

 

[retrig]

Firefox + No Script + AdBlock Plus. Until the competition has these plug-ins I will not bother to use them.

 

[jednx01]

The issue is that there are so many good browsers out there. I love google chrome and am going to stick with it, unless there is a massively better browser that comes out.

 

[svdb]

[citation][nom]gracefully[/nom]Have you even tried IE9? Do you know how well it performs? I suggest you go give it a try before shunning it away like that.[/citation]
It doesn't matter how IE9 performs, matter of fact is, it's still a gigantic pain in the ars to debug your web site / web app against. IE9's developer tools are the same crap as IE8's: unusable. Not to speak of it's really poor support of CSS3, heck IE9 even still lacks full support of CSS2!! Firefox and Firebug are light years ahead, but Chrome's developer tools are have better analytics.
I just wish FF would fix their age old iframe reflow bug that's been there since 2001 and never got fixed! Even Safari and Opera are way better than IE.
Why use IE when there are so many better options out there?... 😉

 

[LORD_ORION]

Hopefully this is a wake up call.

FF4 is a piece of...

 

[bison88]

I think it's safe that FF has reduced its importance in the grand scheme of things to just its add-ons being something users depend on and enjoy for its use, much like Internet Explorer depends on its OS to keep its usage numbers high and relevant in the days of better competitive browsers.

These days they are all starting to look the exact same and be just as quick as one another with the only thing separating them being certain add-ons or features present with the browser. I really hate how FF4, IE9 and Chrome 10 all have nearly the same graphical interface after installation.

 

[Guest]

Firefox needs to have process per tab and better performance by limiting plugins. It would make it at least considerable to use.

 

[eddieroolz]

Perhaps start a twitter account and a facebook page?

 

[malter]

Few things
1) Hard to find link to download aurora (even after googling it)
2) Users are confuse what is aurora, what is channel or what is release cycle (make it easy)
3) Don't keep all three links aurora , beta, firefox 4 final release together, that is even more confusing for users.
4) No benefits are laid out anywhere on the web that why it is better than firefox 4 final release
5) Users like comparision, there is none out there

 

[ddiggity]

Firefox has actually changed their strategy. With the new Firefox 5 Beta they released the Firefox Channel Switcher ( http://www.softwarecrew.com/2011/05/firefox-5-beta-makes-first-official-public-appearance/ ) which switches people from developmental to stable versions. Looks like they are not giving users many options anymore.