Re: My usability experience - Asa Dotzler should be fired

On Aug 16, 6:37 am, [email protected] wrote:

> Due to various reasons, I've got automatic updates turned off on
> pretty much all software I run.

> With FF4 [gripes]

Makes no sense. Why did you update to a version you didn't like ?
Power users always test new versions before updating.

> Then I found out that with FF5 the online banking of a large german
> bank doesn't work any more. [...]
> I don't care if this is Firefox' fault

You should. Your bank's cheap labor hiring practices...

> I've resorted to using IE for that online banking for now.

...is hurting your option to use a better browser.

> Silently updating an application against
> adminstrative decisions is a no-go.

What are you talking of ? Are you aware that you can disable automatic
updates ?

> After telling all my friends, family, suppliers and business partners
> for years to move to Firefox and stop using IE I feel extremely
> alienated by all this.

I didn't like some of the recent changes in Firefox development
either, but requesting the firing of a developer who has worked his
ass for more than a decade on a free open source application that has
been useful to millions of users is a real shame.

I shall attribute this to a bad moment on your part and hope that
you'll get over it soon.