Could this be the end of Firefox?

[Viking]

Interesting reading.

http://www.infopackets.com/news/internet/2011/20111207_google_could_pull_plug_on_firefox.htm

 

[Gnosis]

I hope not. My Adobe Flash Player does not work properly in Chrome. I have to use Firefox or the videos won't build up properly when I put the player on pause.

 

[Jack]

As far as I know Mozilla was talking with Microsoft regarding the possibility of changing it's default Firefox search engine to Bing....... and I'm sure that after some negotiations Microsoft will agree as this is a good move for them and Mozilla. The main problem now seems to be that Mozilla really needs this deal with Microsoft so let's hope they will have some 'aces in the sleeves' and will be able to get a good deal.
I was really wondering how much time will Google continue their agreement with Mozilla as now this company is there main competitor.
Could this be the end of Firefox?
NO but this aren't Mozilla good times......They now have a taste of what free market economy means..

 

[MrXidus]

No it's not the end of Firefox. Some article writer is over reacting.

 

[Eiso]

That's right. Never trust the media.

 

[jamescv7]

Its because Chrome placed on the second place for market shares doesn't mean Firefox have no longer chance to catch up again then quit.

Its impossible they will end for Firefox since one of the famous browser around the corner.

 

[WinAndLinuxTutorials]

The guy who wrote this article is a Google employee, trying to even decrease the Firefox usage.

 

[McLovin]

No it's not the end of Firefox. Some article writer is over reacting.

Agreed. Firefox will never die (unless something big happens), well untill that does happen I am going to continue using it

 

[Viking]

My thoughts are along the same way, Firefox is far too popular to cal it a day! And like you McLovin, I will still use it.

 

[Jack]

Firefox is far too popular to call it a day!

Exactly , if lets say that one day Mozilla won't be able to financially sustain this project , I'm sure that a lot of other big companies will be interested in buying this brand.
The article in the first post is written to make things more interesting for the reader but it doesn't have any solid facts at the base.

 

[jamescv7]

Also Firefox have more versions to be release in the future and users are really forward to look on it so market usage may increase also from upcoming months.

 

[silviu_c]

The guy that wrote this article is a moron. Why in the world would google give up on firefox now ? It still has a very large chunk of the market and because of that, so does google search, which is the default search engine on any firefox install. Can you imagine the reaction of people when they find out that google deliberately killed firefox ? Are they going to flock to Chrome ? I don't think so.

Reporting at its best, not

The only thing that will kill firefox is firefox. I hope it will never happen.

 

[jamescv7]

Also Firefox have more project that were preparing to release in the future that users were still interested.

 

[silviu_c]

In case anybody held their breath this long (is that even possible?) here, from mozilla's blog: Mozilla and Google Sign New Agreement for Default Search in Firefox

 

[McLovin]

Glad to see that it still be the default search. Everyone uses Google search.

 

[Hungry Man]

People loved Netscape too.

 

[Littlebits]

People loved Netscape too.

I simple loved Netscape back in the days, but its source code is still alive in SeaMonkey.

SeaMonkey using Modern Skin (The Netscape Browser's default).
Most of the GUI still is identical to Netscape 7.

Thanks.

 

[Hungry Man]

Netscape as we knew it is dead. The nice thing about open source is that projects never really die.

 

[silviu_c]

Some people may have loved Netscape back in the day, heck I used to use it too, but many certainly did not. Damn, I still remember what a memory hog it was. If a certain app today requires even 1GB of my RAM I'm perfectly ok with it, I have 7 more but back in the day, personal computers had worse specs than your average smartphone from today. Netscape was begining to be a whole new OS running on top of your OS

Fun times... meh

 

[jamescv7]

If the theory that Firefox will end the lifecycle surely it could be 3x or more the users to transfer from other browser like in Google Chrome, Safari, IE and Opera.

For the agreement between Google and Mozilla its really a good news, a part of our life is that Google Search is the main search engine for us. And we cannot leave it without Google.