Why Firefox Has Jumped the Shark

My previous blog posting about Firefox and Google Chrome kicked up quite a dust storm, and more than a few readers demanded that I explain myself. So here goes: What exactly is it about Firefox that I find so objectionable?

On a technical level, I agree with practically all the points raised in the Slashdot discussion that I linked to last time. If you’re looking for a technical discussion, it’s best to read that.

The problem I have with FIrefox is more pragmatic: It just doesn’t feel right any more. It feels wrong. Somehow, it’s struggling to keep up with the Web the way we use it now, and the way we’re almost certainly going to be using it in the future. This is partly about web applications like Facebook or Gmail, I guess, but it’s more about the general way things are now. Firefox was perfect back in 2004. It’s not now.

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