That telemetry is provided by a self-selected sample of those who are mostly neophyte users, users who usually just install with all defaults. I wonder how representative it is of all Firefox users?
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Obviously, Mozilla is doing something very wrong with Firefox: (Firefox vs. Chrome marketshare graphic)
From TFA, "As we’ve said before, a difficult transitional period is coming up for Firefox users...."
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Firefox users have been going through a difficult period for the past few years, as the Mozilla bureaucracy has boated Firefox with things like Pocket, and removed features such as efficiency and sleekness.
Now the Mozilla bureaucracy will be removing things like the Compact Classic theme, forcing the remaining Firefox users to use the rigid Australis user interface.
As Firefox again flirts with dangerous 10% user share level some are left to wonder whether Mozilla really wants Firefox to succeed, or whether Mozilla wants Firefox to die off.
It appears that Mozilla has become a bloated corporate bureaucracy, more interested in prolonging and growing itself than writing world class software.
The Mozilla community now appears to serve a bloated Mozilla, Inc. bureaucracy, instead of the users of Mozilla software.
A lot of the functionality of the iTunes UI has fallen to the wayside. The UI has been dumbed down ("simplified") to the point that what used to be simple tasks are now multi-step functions.
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Apple's reputation in design has been touted far and wide, so I though the design flaws in iTunes were my perception and/or due to my odd usage of iTunes.
It is good to see others who have also noticed that Apple may have lost its way regarding user-centric design.
My manager told me that I was expected to work at least 12 hours each weekday and 8 hours one of the two weekend days. Plus I had to keep my company cell phone with me when I went on vacation.
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There is no such thing as work-life balance, or maybe there is and some managers call it "slacking:" like mine did.
The unfortunate aspect of Scrum was that it hung around too long, counter to its own philosophy.
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Scrum encouraged the development of disposable software because the lifetime of software developed via Scrum was always short. Scrum did not encourage development of longer-life software.
... isn't it still likely that the easiest way for manufacturers to comply will be total lockdown?...
Well, then it will be the manufacturers to blame, not the FCC.
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If the current crop of manufacturers wimp out and lock down the devices, then I am sure some alternatives will crop up that are not locked down (besides the RF stuff). Or,you could even grab an old PC and use that as a router.
On other forums, I've read comments about how the mod'ers want to be able to change the frequency to non-WiFi channels because the WiFi channels are too busy where they live. Those same people noted that they are not concerned with what other radio devices they would be affecting, so long as they can up the power of their access point and change its frequency. For that reason, I feel the FCC is going in the correct direction with this latest revision.
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So this scheme is an explicit admission by the advertisers that they are doing things to customer devices that customers do not want done to their devices.
As Firefox usage downtrends towards 10%, Mozilla may need to pull more than a rabbit or two out of its hat.
Firefox again flirts with dangerous 10% user share level
. ...Unless Mozilla can again retard Firefox's 12-month average rate of decline, the browser will fall under the 11% bar in December, and slip below 10% in April, joining Safari (with a 5% user share in October) and Opera (1.3%) in the single-digit club. If the trend continued even longer, Firefox on the desktop could drop under 9% as soon as August 2016.
Mozilla and Firefox face a tough future: The desktop browser continues to shed share -- often quickly, sometimes at a slower pace -- and the company's mobile projects, including Firefox on Android and Firefox OS, the lightweight operating system pitched to low-end smartphone makers, have not been able to make up the difference....
Fox says the shorter ads, which require viewers to engage with them online, are more effective because they guarantee the audience's full attention."
It always amazes me how marketeers actually think people like to view and "participate" in advertisements.
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In this case, "full attention" means that the ad "watcher" is randomly pressing parts of the screen to make the ad progress and go away. "Full attention" may well mean that the viewer is saying to herself, "I'll never buy anything from this company because their ads re so friggin' annoying..."
... If you don't fix it in 24 hours (because maybe you have a real life or a family or you're sick or any number of other very valid reasons) then the threats start....
Does the license under which the OSS code is used by the company say that bugs will be fixed within 24 hours? Was a contract entered that says bugs will be fixed within 24 hours?
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If the answer to both of the above is "no", then what's the problem?
I don't see why the guy is whining, and tainting the entire OSS community with his personal issues.
... Autonomous cars might look great in controlled tests or on pristine highways, "but soon fail when faced with tasks that human drivers find simple."...
I want to see those so-called self-driving cars navigate a New England winter, or the pothole-filled roads that occur after said New England winter.
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On the other hand, the lawsuit shows just how American this kid really is.
... If Mozilla removes something it's all wailing and gnashing of teeth, if they add something it's called bloat,...
Because Mozilla is removing useful features and not fixing bug, and adding useless features.
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If Mozilla really wants to remove bloat, start by removing Pocket.
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Obviously, Mozilla is doing something very wrong with Firefox: (Firefox vs. Chrome marketshare graphic)
http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2015/11/firefox-vs-chrome-100625873-large.idge.jpg
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Firefox users have been going through a difficult period for the past few years, as the Mozilla bureaucracy has boated Firefox with things like Pocket, and removed features such as efficiency and sleekness.
Now the Mozilla bureaucracy will be removing things like the Compact Classic theme, forcing the remaining Firefox users to use the rigid Australis user interface.
As Firefox again flirts with dangerous 10% user share level some are left to wonder whether Mozilla really wants Firefox to succeed, or whether Mozilla wants Firefox to die off. It appears that Mozilla has become a bloated corporate bureaucracy, more interested in prolonging and growing itself than writing world class software.
The Mozilla community now appears to serve a bloated Mozilla, Inc. bureaucracy, instead of the users of Mozilla software.
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Apple's reputation in design has been touted far and wide, so I though the design flaws in iTunes were my perception and/or due to my odd usage of iTunes.
It is good to see others who have also noticed that Apple may have lost its way regarding user-centric design.
At the time it was happening, the economy was in the toilet, and there was nothing else around.
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There is no such thing as work-life balance, or maybe there is and some managers call it "slacking:" like mine did.
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Having to plug in a USB cable just to provide power is foolish.
They crammed nearly everything else into that connector, why not a power source?
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Scrum encouraged the development of disposable software because the lifetime of software developed via Scrum was always short. Scrum did not encourage development of longer-life software.
Yeah, but what a fun five minutes it could be. :)
I want one of these in my next notebook....
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Why can't the source of the data convey the data to the tablet apps automatically? Why involve an error-prone human in the process?
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I wonder how that dude with the Zune tattoo on his arm feels nowadays....
... isn't it still likely that the easiest way for manufacturers to comply will be total lockdown?...
Well, then it will be the manufacturers to blame, not the FCC.
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If the current crop of manufacturers wimp out and lock down the devices, then I am sure some alternatives will crop up that are not locked down (besides the RF stuff). Or,you could even grab an old PC and use that as a router.
On other forums, I've read comments about how the mod'ers want to be able to change the frequency to non-WiFi channels because the WiFi channels are too busy where they live. Those same people noted that they are not concerned with what other radio devices they would be affecting, so long as they can up the power of their access point and change its frequency. For that reason, I feel the FCC is going in the correct direction with this latest revision.
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So this scheme is an explicit admission by the advertisers that they are doing things to customer devices that customers do not want done to their devices.
Firefox again flirts with dangerous 10% user share level
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...Unless Mozilla can again retard Firefox's 12-month average rate of decline, the browser will fall under the 11% bar in December, and slip below 10% in April, joining Safari (with a 5% user share in October) and Opera (1.3%) in the single-digit club. If the trend continued even longer, Firefox on the desktop could drop under 9% as soon as August 2016.
Mozilla and Firefox face a tough future: The desktop browser continues to shed share -- often quickly, sometimes at a slower pace -- and the company's mobile projects, including Firefox on Android and Firefox OS, the lightweight operating system pitched to low-end smartphone makers, have not been able to make up the difference. ...
Fox says the shorter ads, which require viewers to engage with them online, are more effective because they guarantee the audience's full attention."
It always amazes me how marketeers actually think people like to view and "participate" in advertisements.
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In this case, "full attention" means that the ad "watcher" is randomly pressing parts of the screen to make the ad progress and go away. "Full attention" may well mean that the viewer is saying to herself, "I'll never buy anything from this company because their ads re so friggin' annoying..."
Your property is what you can defend with weaponry...
LMFTFY
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Your property is what you can steal with weaponry...
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Is this like the Europeans coming to North America, and giving out land rights for land they did not own?
Really? This guy wasted time and electrons on this?
I think it is about time the government starts to legally chase after the contractors who are just incompetent.
... If you don't fix it in 24 hours (because maybe you have a real life or a family or you're sick or any number of other very valid reasons) then the threats start....
Does the license under which the OSS code is used by the company say that bugs will be fixed within 24 hours? Was a contract entered that says bugs will be fixed within 24 hours?
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If the answer to both of the above is "no", then what's the problem?
I don't see why the guy is whining, and tainting the entire OSS community with his personal issues.
If so, why?
... Autonomous cars might look great in controlled tests or on pristine highways, "but soon fail when faced with tasks that human drivers find simple." ...
I want to see those so-called self-driving cars navigate a New England winter, or the pothole-filled roads that occur after said New England winter.