Re: Updates changing defaults, refusing themes, killing extensions, etc

On 1/26/2021 11:07 AM, Wolf K wrote:
> A thread in the mozilla.firefox NG asserts that 85.x, like 78.x, changes 
> the Update default to Automatic. Actually, automatic update has been the 
> default for FF and TB for some time now. But it grates when an update to 
> change a default from the user's preference.
> 
> I eliminated TB 78.x and installed 68.12.0, the last one for which my 
> fave extensions still work. Even so, it won't accept themes, which 
> Mozilla in its infinite wisdom has decided should not be allowed any 
> more. Well, Mozilla should at least offer infinitely variable colours 
> for the standard theme.
> 
> But the main problem is the extensions. IMO, the functionality of most 
> of them should be included as options in TB and FF. I know that most 
> people will use the software as it comes, but when tens of thousands of 
> people install extensions focussed on the same functionality (eg, 
> control over fonts in TB's folder pane, etc), then surely that should 
> tell the devs that there's real need for that functionality.
> 
> I see that FF has been losing to Chrome. I don't think that's entirely 
> the result of Mozilla ignoring users' plaintive pleas for improvements. 
> The power of FF has always been customisation. The latest versions 
> reduce that power. So what's the difference between FF and Chrome or 
> Edge? Not much any more. Hence not much incentive for switching to or 
> keeping FF.

You describe exactly why I am remaining with SeaMonkey 2.49.5 (which I
do not use for E-mail or newsgroups) and Thunderbird 52.9.1.

I am also remaining with Windows 7 because I have software I use that is
no longer being maintained but cannot run under later Windows versions.
I definitely do not need a Windows version that supports touch screens.
I have a PC (not a laptop or tablet) with a monitor positioned two
arms-length from me.  I cannot reach my monitor, so why would I want
touch screen capabilities?

-- 

David E. Ross
<http://www.rossde.com/>.

The only reason we have so many laws is that not enough people will do
the right thing.  (© 1997 by David Ross)

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