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Pleased they are back - however, the back and forth decisions by firefox is giving me whiplash.
https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/432s5m/tab_groups_to_be_removed_why/
8 years ago they deleted working tab groups and claimed like a fraction of a percent used them. Now they are back...
They are making and killing stuff so fast. Lockwise, send, vpn, etc
I change my mind all the time after 8 years. Im glad Firefox does this as well.
Corporations aren't people
People work for corporations.
Not all the people laid off by Mozilla Corporation thanks to their indecisiveness.
Exactly, like I dont think it should have been removed. I had been using it daily. I'm just wondering how they concluded that a big enough chunk of the community wanted tab groups (back) to justify the investment. Or indeed, have they learned from their mistakes just ripping stuff out.
Don't get me wrong, they aren't the only one. Ie chrome being insane and ripping out jpegxl etc.
To be fair, the original Panorama implantation wasn't the best. A lot has changed in eight years and it's a lot easier to build and maintain.
Well, they removed it because telemetry showed not everyone used them and now it was the most requested feature on their forum for years, so it makes sense I think?
Aye.
Have developed the habit of unblocking telemetry every so often, so that the settings I value show up as in use by someone.
I mean, the real reason is that Chrome added them four years ago. Like it or not, when Chrome adds something, it becomes a de facto standard for browsers.