“Chrome has won the desktop browser war,” says one former Firefox staff member, who worked on browser development at Mozilla but does not want to be named, as they still work in the industry. Their hopes for a Firefox revival are not high.
“Chrome has won the desktop browser war,” says one former Firefox staff member, who worked on browser development at Mozilla but does not want to be named, as they still work in the industry. Their hopes for a Firefox revival are not high.
They don’t really need to innovate in my opinion. What I’d like Mozilla to focus on is making a snappy browser that respects your privacy.
I think the issue with Mozilla is that it’s now driven by a bunch of business people who keep coming up with zany projects like like VPNs and other kinds of gimmicks to try and bring in revenue. The browser doesn’t seem to be a priority anymore.
The problem is that Firefox is the last alternative engine to Chromium, and if it dies then the web is going to be whatever Chromium does. We’ll be right back into the dark ages like we were in the days when IE was the only game in town. The web is just too important for Google to become the sole gatekeeper that decides who we access it.
We need a serious non-profit foundation around Firefox that’s not focused on being a business, and that can be sustainable without needing to engage in commercial activity.