“Since the M17 release, though, something pretty cool has been
going on with Mozilla: it gets noticeably better on a daily basis.
Not the sort of ‘better’ that had people calling it “rock stable”
six months ago, when it clearly was not. Rather, it’s the sort of
‘better’ than finds me using it continually for most of the day.
The sort of better that involves enjoying it enough that I break my
rule and fire it back up again if it crashes two or three times in
a day. This improvement isn’t be a big surprise. The game plan
called for a push on optimization and bug-fixes after the M17
release, and the Mozilla developers are making good on their
plan.”
“Stability isn’t the only area where it’s improved. The
interface itself is more responsive and faster. Some of the simpler
features like editing bookmarks work more reliably, and setting
preferences isn’t an exercise in futility.”
“It still acts like beta software here and there, but I can use
it for work, and I find myself much more distracted by the slightly
different keybindings and occasional differences in behavior than
any shortcomings of the package itself. It’s clearly down to
hunting bugs now, and I hope those who have held off from dealing
with Mozilla on a daily basis will reconsider their abstention and
start pushing the software hard. The end user bears some
responsibility to help the developers figure out what’s left to
deal with in the home stretch.”