I agree totally! I'm a retired computer scientist / software engineer who "administers" a very small number of computers on our home LAN.
I was dismayed by the UI changes a couple of years ago, and am even more disturbed by the upcoming removal of XUL, which will make things like Classic Theme Restorer impossible. I don't like software to change its behavior every time some developer gets a cool idea: I use my browser to access the Web, not as a fashion statement. I *do* want regular security updates (but not forced updates, like Chrome or Windows 10). Occasionally there are some functional updates that *are* worthwhile, like HTML5 video (instead of ever-buggy Flash), but most are minor changes which make for inconsistent behavior. P.S. I like the comment about a whether a computer browser should work like a smart-phone browser. It's as if Honda decide to replace their steering wheel with handlebars so as to present an interface compatible with their motorcycles. On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 20:39:45 +0000 Fred Bauer <frba...@msn.com> wrote: > I'm not a system administrator, and I don't even play one on TV. I'm > just a long-time Firefox user who was forced to switch to the ESR > channel because of intense dislike of the new "normal channel" > Firefox release. I don't understand why Firefox had to essentially > mimic the Chrome UI, which does not support how I want to use my > computer browser. > > > Now it seems from the messages on this listserve that the forthcoming > ESR release next year will probably adopt the same ADD-friendly > regular Firefox/Chrome UI, and I'll be left without a useful browser. > Depressing. > > > I don't know if my feelings are shared by anyone else, but I did want > to put them out there: not everybody wants their computer browser to > work like a smart phone browser. > > > Thanks for listening, > > Fred Bauer _______________________________________________ Enterprise mailing list Enterprise@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise To unsubscribe from this list, please visit https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to enterprise-requ...@mozilla.org with a subject of "unsubscribe"
