Why We Love Firefox. And Why We Hate It.
Found on Conceivably Tech on Saturday, 04 August 2012
I believe blaming the rapid release process in general would make the search for the cause of Firefox’ problems a bit too easy, even if there is little denying that Mozilla has developed a talent for shooting itself in the foot and the rapid release process can look like a trainwreck from certain angles.
It often seems that Mozilla is trying to too hard to be everything to everyone, and has lost its identity in the process. Remembering its roots will always be important and when Mozilla does, it builds fantastic browsers.
Mozilla needs to concentrate on the core, and avoid turning Firefox into a Chrome clone, or a bloated old Netscape. Return to a sane release cycle, give up on that ridiculous race for version numbers and users will come back. Oh, and don't mess with the UI every time a new version is released, it annoys people.