Re: Thunderbird

From	Madlove <madlove@arkham.dc>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject	Re: Thunderbird
Date	2016-01-14 14:48 -0400
Organization	Arkham Asylum
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Firefox web browser's market share continues downhill.

How did Firefox go from being a popular, open-source web browser to the 
unpopular program it is today? It happened a little something like this.

It's been getting slower and klutzier release after release. I run all 
the major browsers and Firefox can't compete. I like Google Chrome the 
best today, but I think it could stand some improvement and competition.

Unfortunately, Firefox is no longer a competitor.

This isn't just my opinion. The federal government's Digital Analytic 
Program (DAP), shows that Firefox has dropped in popularity from 11 
percent in March to 9.7 percent in December. That's far behind, Chrome, 
with shy of 42 percent, and all varieties of IE with 22.2 percent.

In short, fewer and fewer people like Firefox.

It's not simply that Firefox is slow and prone to bugs. Mozilla, 
Firefox's parent organization, seems to be falling apart at the seams.

I date Mozilla's collapse to Brendan Eich, Mozilla co-founder and 
creator of JavaScript, being forced out as CEO in June 2014. Nine days 
after being named CEO, Eich went from Mozilla's savior to a pariah. 
Eich's donation of $1,000 to the campaign supporting California's 
anti-gay-marriage Proposition 8 in 2008 led to a bloody internal fight. 
Eich eventually backpedaled from his position, but it was too little, 
too late.

Since then Mozilla has drifted both with its goals and its technology. 
Firefox, the web browser, became an after-thought. Mozilla's leadership 
put its focus on Firefox OS, its smartphone operating system rival to 
Apple's iOS and Google's Android.

It failed -- badly.

By early December, the word was out. Mozilla was giving up on Firefox 
OS. Ari Jaaksi, Mozilla's senior vice president of connected devices, 
explained (perhaps as he was packing his desk): "Because we were not 
able to deliver the best user experience possible, we decided to stop 
offering Firefox OS smartphones through carrier channels."

  Oh, in theory, Firefox OS will live on as Internet of Things (IoT), 
but that won't save Mozilla's bacon.

Neither will Thunderbird, a once popular e-mail client. Mozilla is 
trying, for the second time, to kill off Thunderbird. While web-based 
e-mail is now much more popular than clients, many old-time Mozilla fans 
aren't happy with Mozilla booting Thunderbird to the curb.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/is-firefox-the-walking-dead/

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Thunderbird gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2016-01-10 21:18 +0100
  Re: Thunderbird "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2016-01-10 22:26 +0100
    Re: Thunderbird gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2016-01-10 22:41 +0100
  Re: Thunderbird Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2016-01-10 16:31 -0500
    Re: Thunderbird gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2016-01-10 22:55 +0100
      Re: Thunderbird "jeff g." <jeff.g.group@att.net> - 2016-01-10 16:30 -0800
        Re: Thunderbird "jeff g." <jeff.g.group@att.net> - 2016-01-10 19:29 -0800
        Re: Thunderbird gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2016-01-11 06:04 +0100
          Re: Thunderbird "jeff g." <jeff.g.group@att.net> - 2016-01-11 08:34 -0800
            Re: Thunderbird gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2016-01-11 17:48 +0100
              Re: Thunderbird "jeff g." <jeff.g.group@att.net> - 2016-01-11 10:29 -0800
      Re: Thunderbird CookieM <do@not.spam> - 2016-01-12 09:46 +0100
        Re: Thunderbird gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2016-01-12 11:37 +0100
          Re: Thunderbird Madlove <madlove@arkham.dc> - 2016-01-14 14:48 -0400
            Re: Thunderbird Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2016-01-14 11:48 -0800
            Re: Thunderbird gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2016-01-14 21:24 +0100
              Re: Thunderbird Madlove <madlove@arkham.dc> - 2016-01-15 14:02 -0400
  Re: Thunderbird stepore <linshine@here.now> - 2016-01-10 20:57 -0800
    Re: Thunderbird Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-01-10 21:12 -0800
      Re: Thunderbird stepore <linshine@here.now> - 2016-01-10 21:31 -0800
      Re: Thunderbird "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2016-01-11 20:23 +0100
    Re: Thunderbird gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2016-01-11 06:11 +0100
      Re: Thunderbird stepore <linshine@here.now> - 2016-01-10 21:26 -0800
      Re: Thunderbird Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-01-10 21:27 -0800
        Re: Thunderbird gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2016-01-11 06:43 +0100
          Re: Thunderbird Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-01-10 21:54 -0800
            Re: Thunderbird "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2016-01-11 20:10 +0100
              Re: Thunderbird gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2016-01-11 20:14 +0100
  Re: Thunderbird Gordon <Gordon@clear.net.nz> - 2016-01-11 06:23 +0000
    Re: Thunderbird gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2016-01-11 08:12 +0100
      Re: Thunderbird Goody2Shoes <Goody2Shoes@wmail.io> - 2016-01-11 07:38 -0800
        Re: Thunderbird gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2016-01-11 17:08 +0100
          Re: Thunderbird Goody2Shoes <Goody2Shoes@wmail.io> - 2016-01-11 08:18 -0800
            Re: Thunderbird gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2016-01-11 17:38 +0100
              Re: Thunderbird Goody2Shoes <Goody2Shoes@wmail.io> - 2016-01-11 08:51 -0800
                Re: Thunderbird gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2016-01-11 19:01 +0100
          Re: Thunderbird DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2016-01-11 11:50 -0500
    Re: Thunderbird Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-11 10:53 -0600
      Re: Thunderbird DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2016-01-11 12:05 -0500
  Re: Thunderbird Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2016-01-17 03:18 +0000
    Re: Thunderbird gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2016-01-17 07:32 +0100
      Re: Thunderbird Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2016-01-17 19:41 +0000
        Re: Thunderbird gamo <gamo@telecable.es> - 2016-01-18 07:59 +0100
          Re: Thunderbird Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-01-18 06:38 -0500
            Re: Thunderbird stepore <linshine@here.now> - 2016-01-18 20:06 -0800
              Re: Thunderbird "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> - 2016-01-19 00:35 -0600
                Re: Thunderbird stepore <linshine@here.now> - 2016-01-18 22:38 -0800
                Re: Thunderbird Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2016-01-19 08:49 +0100
                Re: Thunderbird Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-01-19 06:15 -0500
                Re: Thunderbird "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> - 2016-01-19 08:44 -0600
                Re: Thunderbird "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 08:30 -0500
                Re: Thunderbird "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> - 2016-01-19 09:01 -0600
                Re: Thunderbird "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 11:34 -0500
                Re: Thunderbird "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> - 2016-01-19 11:28 -0600
                Re: Thunderbird Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-19 11:32 -0600
                Re: Thunderbird "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> - 2016-01-19 11:34 -0600
                Re: Thunderbird Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-19 13:22 -0600
                Re: Thunderbird "Cybe R. Wizard" <cybe_r_wizard@WizardsTower.invalid> - 2016-01-19 15:16 -0600
                Re: Thunderbird DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno <DLU1@DecadentLinuxUser.org> - 2016-01-19 16:54 -0500
                Re: Thunderbird Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2016-01-21 03:43 +0000
          Re: Thunderbird Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2016-01-21 03:45 +0000

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