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I like Windows 8.
I love my Windows 8 but never use the Metro.
I can see how that would be a nice interface for tablets, but for computers it actually makes the experience awkward. It is almost as though none of the programmers in Redmond is a computer user. People get used to an experience over a period of 25 years and then they change it drastically? If there is one thing you do NOT want to do, that is it. Also applies to their new ribbon which replaced the dropdown menus in newer versions of Office. I absolutely hate that. Again, why make changes after everyone is familiar with the dropdown over 25 years? Idiots in Redmond.
The company is successful IN SPITE OF themselves.
They make a terrible web browser that never worked well = Microsoft s fault.
Standard internet BS that will easily be bought by the usual trolls.
This is nothing more than spin. The Windows 8 platform is used by virtually the same number of users that Windows 7 had at this point in its release. The problem for Mozilla is most Windows 8 users are simply using the preinstalled IE browser, or are using Chrome for those not using the Metro interface.
Has nothing to do with the platform. Mozilla has been losing marketshare to Google for years, and since Windows 8, IE has seen a dramatic increase in users as well.
How to kill a good browser?
Rapid Release new versions every 6 weeks so 3rd parties don’t have time to update add-ons.
Mozille took a good browser and is killing it.
I stopped at FF 15 because every new release had new conflicts and problems with add-ons, Java, Adobe Flash and PDFs.
It wasn’t worth trying to keep FF updated. Also, FF has effectively become bloatware.
Just keep this in mind the next time you see some Microsoft shill on TV boasting about the adoption of Windows 8, and how it has been installed on tens of millions of computers, as if users are loving it. Only 1,000 Firefox users running Metro at any given time is ABYSMAL, and is a real world number. That's worse than the equivalent PMSNBC viewers for TV.
I quite like Metro on my Windows tablet and Windows phone. I tried the FF beta for Metro, but it couldn’t compete with Internet Explorer on Metro, which is actually quite nice.
I can’t imagine not using Firefox in the future. I have so many privacy add-on now that just make using the internet so much more convenient. I block most every kind of annoyance that can be thrown at me. I even block pages that read my blocks and try to circumvent me.
They need to abandon Thunderbird too. Mozilla is not hesitant to ship incomplete or buggy T-Bird and then let us to suffer through fixes, if they ever come. Through the many “upgrades” it seems every other one is buggy to the point of distraction. Design by volunteer committee works no better that Central Planning Committee.
I have had T-Bird long enough to make it difficult to switch back to Outlook and not loose most of my files.