25% of those refusing Firefox 3 upgrade say porn is reason

[greggh]

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/08/26 ... firefox-3/

In May, the company decided to have one last attempt at persuading the people on Firefox 2 to move up to Firefox 3, by hitting users of the old version with a pop-up that prompted them to upgrade. Those who declined were invited to fill out a questionnaire, asking them to reveal why they didn’t want the latest software.

The number one reason for not upgrading was the new location bar, and the fact that it delved into people’s bookmark collections to suggest sites as they typed. No fewer than 25% of Firefox 3 refuseniks cited this as the reason they wouldn’t upgrade. In fact, almost all of the people who provided feedback had tried Firefox 3, didn’t like what they saw, and headed back to Firefox 2.

“When we expanded the capabilities of the location bar to search against all history and bookmarks in Firefox 3, a lot of people contacted us to say that they had certain bookmarks they didn’t really want to have displayed,” Firefox’s principal designer, Alex Faaborg, tactfully explains on the Mozilla Blog of Metrics.

“In some cases users had intentionally hidden these bookmarks in deep hierarchies of folders, somewhat similar to how one might hide a physical object. Having something from your previous browsing displayed to someone else who is using your computer (or even worse) to a large audience of people as you are giving a presentation, is really one of the most embarrassing things that Firefox can do to you.”

There’s little doubt, then, that Firefox 3 had caused more than its fair share of domestic showdowns, as unsuspecting partners accidentally stumbled across sites that were previously buried in a folder called something like “Dave’s really boring bookmarks, nothing to see here”.

No wonder Mozilla hastily introduce a Private Browsing mode in Firefox 3.5…

Wimps! So what if your visiting inlaws see that you regularly visit lemonparty and meatspin! Right Dann?

[Wally Balljacker]

So what if your visiting inlaws see that you regularly visit lemonparty and meatspin! Right Dann?

Actually I think Dann has the Lemon Party photo as his desktop wallpaper.

[NYbill]

LOL, a search on the forum shows 16 references to meatspin. sad, sad, sad...

[eddie]

Bsd and Linux are like Viaagra for your computer so your operating system will not be Microsoft......

[Claudio]

Bsd and Linux are like Viaagra for your computer so your operating system will not be Microsoft......

LOL!

I'm guessing this survey was only for Firefox 3.0.0.x since 3.5.x has the Private Browsing Mode (aka "pr0n mode"). No, I haven't actually looked at the link only because it didn't garner enough interest from me, but that would explain why the survey is as it is.

[eddie]

Maybe it is a good thing you did not get my subliminal message.

[Claudio]

Maybe it is a good thing you did not get my subliminal message.

Yes I did get it, but I was just thinking of why the people that were surveyed thought that way about Firefox, especially since 3.5.x had been out for some time now. Again, I didn't really go and read the article. Just basing it all on what I've read and heard here and on podcasts, respectively.

[eddie]

Probably need to try 3.5. Personally, I could care less about porno except to stop it when children are being involved.

[Claudio]

Probably need to try 3.5. Personally, I could care less about porno except to stop it when children are being involved.

I'd have to agree with you there...