Comments on: Why People Don’t Upgrade Their Browser – Part I http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/08/21/why-people-dont-upgrade-their-browser-part-i/ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:12:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lucy http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/08/21/why-people-dont-upgrade-their-browser-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-151354 Lucy Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:17:42 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/?p=937#comment-151354 IMHO, pointing out "clearing history" as the only reason why people don't like your "awesome bar" is a either a biased scope or the result of a poor research method. Many of us don't like the way the bar searches. Period. We are used to type the first letters of an often visited site to get there. To be prompted with every page in your browsing history (and your bookmarks, if you can't figure out how to disable that feature) that has those letters somewhere in the url or the title is utterly annoying and time consuming. And no, I don't have the time nor the will to teach my browser how to do what every other browser in the universe does without any learning process. I've even seen Mozilla related sites that suggest that those who don't like your awful bar are only concerned about other people possibly uncover their porn navigation, and thus offer the private browsing as the magic solution. That's simply derogatory, not to mention that most people don't know how to do it. I'm a rather old lady and a power user too. I don't like porn and nobody uses my computer but myself. I rolled back to FF2 as soon as I saw that horrid bar, and I know I'm not the only one. Now that many sites are about to become incompatible with FF2, I gave FF3 a shot, only to find that you devs insist on ramming that bar down our throats with no option to get back to the old style. That was enough for me. I don't know why you decided to act like Microsoft, but I will not stand it. I'm uninstalling FF for good. I'll miss it, but no arrogant dev will tell me the way I like to browse the web. IMHO, pointing out “clearing history” as the only reason why people don’t like your “awesome bar” is a either a biased scope or the result of a poor research method. Many of us don’t like the way the bar searches. Period. We are used to type the first letters of an often visited site to get there. To be prompted with every page in your browsing history (and your bookmarks, if you can’t figure out how to disable that feature) that has those letters somewhere in the url or the title is utterly annoying and time consuming. And no, I don’t have the time nor the will to teach my browser how to do what every other browser in the universe does without any learning process.

I’ve even seen Mozilla related sites that suggest that those who don’t like your awful bar are only concerned about other people possibly uncover their porn navigation, and thus offer the private browsing as the magic solution. That’s simply derogatory, not to mention that most people don’t know how to do it.

I’m a rather old lady and a power user too. I don’t like porn and nobody uses my computer but myself. I rolled back to FF2 as soon as I saw that horrid bar, and I know I’m not the only one. Now that many sites are about to become incompatible with FF2, I gave FF3 a shot, only to find that you devs insist on ramming that bar down our throats with no option to get back to the old style. That was enough for me. I don’t know why you decided to act like Microsoft, but I will not stand it. I’m uninstalling FF for good. I’ll miss it, but no arrogant dev will tell me the way I like to browse the web.

]]> By: Alexander Limi http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/08/21/why-people-dont-upgrade-their-browser-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-150385 Alexander Limi Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:40:35 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/?p=937#comment-150385 "Pissed Off", you have a problem that is fixable. You're probably using the TorButton add-on, which had a bug that would temporarily make the bookmarks not show up. Upgrade to the latest version of that add-on, and they are back. “Pissed Off”, you have a problem that is fixable. You’re probably using the TorButton add-on, which had a bug that would temporarily make the bookmarks not show up. Upgrade to the latest version of that add-on, and they are back.

]]> By: Robert Strong http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/08/21/why-people-dont-upgrade-their-browser-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-150370 Robert Strong Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:23:11 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/?p=937#comment-150370 Cd-MaN: app update reports which add-ons will be incompatible if the update is accepted. There were bugs where it over-reported the add-ons that would be incompatible that was fixed in Firefox 3.5 Cd-MaN: app update reports which add-ons will be incompatible if the update is accepted. There were bugs where it over-reported the add-ons that would be incompatible that was fixed in Firefox 3.5

]]> By: Pissed Off http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/08/21/why-people-dont-upgrade-their-browser-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-149770 Pissed Off Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:30:31 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/?p=937#comment-149770 I can tell you why ppl like me don't upgrade, for good reason. "Lost stuff when upgrading". It's extremely irritating, and it just happened to me when i finally gave in and moved from 3.0 to 3.5, in part due to this article. Some options were needlessly changed around and renamed ("tools-options-privacy-history-clear history when firefox closes-browsing history" means my session store? what??), so i lost all my hard-found session tabs. So pissed off. Make a sessionstore.js auto-backup already, jeeze. I can tell you why ppl like me don’t upgrade, for good reason. “Lost stuff when upgrading”. It’s extremely irritating, and it just happened to me when i finally gave in and moved from 3.0 to 3.5, in part due to this article. Some options were needlessly changed around and renamed (“tools-options-privacy-history-clear history when firefox closes-browsing history” means my session store? what??), so i lost all my hard-found session tabs. So pissed off. Make a sessionstore.js auto-backup already, jeeze.

]]> By: Kevin http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/08/21/why-people-dont-upgrade-their-browser-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-148725 Kevin Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:57:22 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/?p=937#comment-148725 Believe it or not, I dual boot Win 2K and an update mix of Win 98 and ME (known as 98SE2ME) on my main computer, my secondary computer is all 98SE2ME (see the forums on msfn.org for a community that is still keeping 98 alive with unofficial updates). FF3 will not run on Windows 98, so I stick with the last nightly build of FF2 (2.0.0.22pre from 04/15/09). Believe it or not, I dual boot Win 2K and an update mix of Win 98 and ME (known as 98SE2ME) on my main computer, my secondary computer is all
98SE2ME (see the forums on msfn.org for a community that is still keeping 98 alive with unofficial updates).

FF3 will not run on Windows 98, so I stick with the last nightly build of FF2 (2.0.0.22pre from 04/15/09).

]]> By: Beth Budwig http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/08/21/why-people-dont-upgrade-their-browser-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-142764 Beth Budwig Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:27:55 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/?p=937#comment-142764 (x-posted from http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2009/08/25/why-some-firefox-users-choose-not-to-update/) These are some interesting stats! As one of the 4 percent... I haven’t been able to find any FF2.x download on Mozilla’s site. I always upgrade to the latest, but as a web designer, I need to test on older browsers. The Mozilla site was always great about having those available? What’s the deal? There are plenty of third-party sites with a FF2 download available, but that seems like a risk, unless there’s one you recommend. Thanks! Beth (x-posted from http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2009/08/25/why-some-firefox-users-choose-not-to-update/)

These are some interesting stats! As one of the 4 percent… I haven’t been able to find any FF2.x download on Mozilla’s site. I always upgrade to the latest, but as a web designer, I need to test on older browsers. The Mozilla site was always great about having those available? What’s the deal?

There are plenty of third-party sites with a FF2 download available, but that seems like a risk, unless there’s one you recommend.

Thanks!
Beth

]]> By: John Kawada http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/08/21/why-people-dont-upgrade-their-browser-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-139454 John Kawada Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:41:14 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/?p=937#comment-139454 Most of the various Linux distro updates don't make it a priority, for whatever reason. I understand their concern for stability, but Firefox goes through a relatively long beta process. Most of the various Linux distro updates don’t make it a priority, for whatever reason. I understand their concern for stability, but Firefox goes through a relatively long beta process.

]]> By: James Dashner Jr. http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/08/21/why-people-dont-upgrade-their-browser-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-138198 James Dashner Jr. Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:12:04 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/?p=937#comment-138198 Ubuntu 6 month releases and LTS releases don't upgrade to the latest version of the browser. And upgrading can cause problems, including the mess of having two browsers installed. Ubuntu 6 month releases and LTS releases don’t upgrade to the latest version of the browser. And upgrading can cause problems, including the mess of having two browsers installed.

]]> By: Perberos http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/08/21/why-people-dont-upgrade-their-browser-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-136284 Perberos Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:22:45 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/?p=937#comment-136284 I miss the Go button I miss the Go button

]]> By: John http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/2009/08/21/why-people-dont-upgrade-their-browser-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-136080 John Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:54:06 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/metrics/?p=937#comment-136080 I have a program that copies a password out of any password box, does an MD5 encryption on the password, and then puts it back into the password box. This is a simple way to increase the length of any short password you would like to use. Unfortunately, Firefox 3 would not accept the correct MD5 password, but was doing something to it so that it was not accepted by the login site. Therefore, I had to stay with F2. There are 5 settings you can make to some field in the config section, but resetting these didn't fix the problem. I have a program that copies a password out of any password box, does an MD5 encryption on the password, and then puts it back into the password box. This is a simple way to increase the length of any short password you would like to use. Unfortunately, Firefox 3 would not accept the correct MD5 password, but was doing something to it so that it was not accepted by the login site. Therefore, I had to stay with F2. There are 5 settings you can make to some field in the config section, but resetting these didn’t fix the problem.

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