OKCupid shames Firefox users

[Capt. Obvious]

TPM

[chillfactor]

1. sorry I like Mozilla Firefox....

it works very smoothly with my Linux OS.....

[Capt. Obvious]

3. I understand

I prefer easy boycotts myself.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

8. Enlighten me please -- what good would a boycott do in this situation?

Totally serious here -- I didn't pay for my browser at all, so how would my use or non-use affect Mozilla's bottom line?

And also totally serious -- I for one stared using Firefox years ago, and this CEO is new to the job. Am I honestly expected to evaluate my use every time there's a management change?

[Capt. Obvious]

14. You don't need to evaluate every management change

Someone will let you know.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

16. Good to know. I also researched my first question.

Ninety percent of Mozilla's income apparently comes via contracts with Google. Use that information as you will, folks.

[RebelOne]

9. I like Firefox too.

I also have Safari, but it has too many bugs and Firefox runs a lot better.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. I'm using Firefox right now;

I switched to it because Chrome wouldn't handle certain 64-bit applications that I need. I had no idea about Eich, but I'll dump my Firefox and use Safari if Chrome still hasn't been fixed for my needs.

Thanks for letting me know.

[LanternWaste]

4. I suppose it's often necessary to allow an overly-broad definition...

I suppose it's often necessary to allow an overly-broad definition to words like 'shame' to better validate our biases.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

5. I really wanted to admire the burn.

But I couldn't figure out a way to say it that wouldn't sound sarcastic.

But it was a good burn.

[Lex]

6. How is that "shaming?"

Sounds like good information being passed to the users of OkCupid.

[L0oniX]

7. This should make MS happy.

[Warren DeMontague]

18. Most people would sooner gnaw off their own feet than use Internet Explorer.

If this benefits any other browser, it won't be that one.

[Zorra]

10. 70,000 + people ask Mozilla to remove Brendan Eich from CEO role ~ Petition here:

http://act.credoaction.com/sign/mozilla_ceo/?source=out

[PasadenaTrudy]

11. Signed n/t

[NightWatcher]

12. So we're supposed to check every single thing we do now?

I don't know/care about the company that made my chair, still I sit in it.
I couldn't tell you the political leanings of the chairmen of the board for the place where I bought my shirt, still I'm going to wear it.


It would take such an insane amount of time and effort to check everything we do against some 'boycott list".

Plus how many LGBT people might loose their jobs at Mozilla if everyone stops using their products?

[Capt. Obvious]

13. You don't have to check

Someone will let you know.

[iandhr]

15. How is that shaming?

I am sure most people weren't aware of it and OKCupid was just informing them of this fact.

[IronLionZion]

17. Some alternative browsers wit reviews:

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-web-browser.htm

I use 64 bit Pale Moon for flash video. IE for work. And Chrome for most everything else. Firefox is slower than the Republican Party for my purposes.

[Warren DeMontague]

19. Short synopsis: This guy donated $1000 to the Prop. 8 campaign in 2008.

Mozilla's trying to spin this, as is he. Although as thinkprogress notes, he did not apologize for the donation, nor clarify his position on marriage equality.

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2014/03/31/3420867/mozilla-marriage-equality/

[DAMANgoldberg]

20. WARNING: Geeky post...

Granted the company made what seems to be the wrong choice...for the CEO position, their biggest problem, IMHO, is their inability to fix their memory release and usage issues associated with longer operations. I consider myself a near hardcore geek and like to keep Firefox, IE, and Chrome open continuously with a few other programs as well. I should not be getting out of Memory errors in Windows 8.1 Pro with 12 GB of system memory. Whether this is Firefox itself, or not sandboxing the memory requirements of plug-ins such as Adobe Flash (a notorious memory hog) doesn't matter, it's frustrating and don't really know if $100 to max out my system board w/memory will make a difference for faulty "garbage collection" and memory release points.

[TroglodyteScholar]

21. A memory hog is a memory hog

More memory = more memory to hog

I love Firefox for the most part, but as far as I can tell it is downright sloppy with memory.