Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news.snarked.org!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!MIX!Blackbird From: billy@MIX.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Firefox 29 UI comment Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 17:14:08 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <537c6faa$0$10193$c3e8da3$9b4ff22a@news.astraweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1400692448 26724 166.84.1.5 (21 May 2014 17:14:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 17:14:08 +0000 (UTC) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:59585 Lewis writes: > Firefox has been in a steady decline since they started their new > numbering scheme. There are a few things it does better than other > browsers, but overall, it's a lethargic behmouth with the turning radius > of an aircraft carrier and it makes the worst versions of IE look like > nibble ballet dancers by comparison. Sadly, this describes it perfectly. Why? The maintainers not only don't give a shit about the users (check the Mozilla discusion threads if you don't believe that), but when they're not busy ruining FF, they are working hard to dumb it down to their own level of moronity. > I don't run it. I think it peaked around v17 (an extended support release). Or, it was still bearable then. I've kept that one, but I don't often use it. Billy Y.. -- sub #'9+1 ,r0 ; convert ascii byte add #9.+1 ,r0 ; to an integer bcc 20$ ; not a number