• reddig33@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Can we please stop with the browser bloat? This is something that should be a plug-in, not a kitchen sink feature.

    • 1984@lemmy.today
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      1 year ago

      I actually don’t agree, and the reason is - non tech people. You and me can install plugins but ordinary people don’t do that. So the default experience must be good, offering improvements to the experience over Google Chrome.

      Otherwise all privacy features could also be plugins. Imagine if that was true. Firefox would have no identity and you would have to install plugins and make it your own.

      So some features should be built in. Maybe the ability to get pop-ups about false reviews will actually make users go “wow that is so useful”.

      • Neshura@bookwormstory.social
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        1 year ago

        Compromise: Develop it as a Plugin and then install it by default. That way people who don’t want the feature can easily remove it completely. That approach would likely also reduce the number of Firefox forks whose sole purpose is to remove the new features some consider bloat.