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Re: Please, Firefox - don’t drop the ball

John — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:07:52 -0000

The last comment demonstrates why open source software will never become widely accepted and why MS still have no serious threat. Most users just want things to work, no messing, no going into setting and tweaking. If firefox cannot do this then people will scurry back to IE. Calling the users stupid is a bit like a mechanic calling someone stupid for not understanding the working of the internal combustion engine.

Since the last few updates firefox crashes after a few hours use and refuses to be killed, I have to reboot. Personally I will use the most reliable browser, and right now that is IE warts and all.

Re: Please, Firefox - don’t drop the ball

kentnewsome — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:57:33 -0000

While the memory leak issues are a problem, I agree with Marc that extensions are what give FF the insurmountable lead over IE in the feature race. But I'm glad IE is covering some ground because a two horse race is better for the consumers.

Re: Please, Firefox - don’t drop the ball

Mark Evans — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:43:33 -0000

to be honest, i didn't realize opening multiple tabs sucked up so much memory. it may explain why my laptop slows to a crawl given i like to have 10 tabs opening at the same time. then again, it may be the laptop!

Re: Please, Firefox - don’t drop the ball

Mathew — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:47:52 -0000

I agree, Marc -- and the extensions and cross-platform aspect are definitely still a plus. But those damn memory leaks are a pain. Admittedly, I probably don't need to have 45 tabs open all the time, but I just can't help it.

Re: Please, Firefox - don’t drop the ball

Marc — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:17:53 -0000

I agree that Firefox uses a lot of RAM - that's my main complaint.

I like tabs, but I think the real strength of Firefox are the plugins, that it's cross-platform, and that it's more secure.