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Call to End the Crippling Major Update Schedule of Firefox

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It is clear that the way Firefox is dealing with updating is seriously impacting on its usefulness and popularity (as evident in search engine results).

Creating add-ons is becoming a chore. It's not fun anymore because you just don't know how long an add-on will work for. Some major extensions are now unavailable to those keeping up with new releases.

Many users are confused with versions. Now we have a crazy situation with many users on versions between 4 - 12. This can't be healthy for the project.

At this point, I believe Firefox is only surviving due to the others being poorly made (mainly Chrome and IE). But at this rate, soon Firefox will be a minority browser, used by just a few hard-core users.

So....... this is a CALL.... a call to get people, both users, community members and team members to say NO to this supercharged release schedule, and make FF 12 the landmark and static version for as long as possible.

We need a stable, common and general use version, the one everyone knows about, the one that gets all the attention, with add-on developers knowing that it will stay.

Version 11 was finished with far too quickly. Lets not make that mistake with 12.

Give Firefox the chance it deserves. Don't break it by trying to constantly fix something that was never broken.

It is clear that the way Firefox is dealing with updating is seriously impacting on its usefulness and popularity (as evident in search engine results). Creating add-ons is becoming a chore. It's not fun anymore because you just don't know how long an add-on will work for. Some major extensions are now unavailable to those keeping up with new releases. Many users are confused with versions. Now we have a crazy situation with many users on versions between 4 - 12. This can't be healthy for the project. At this point, I believe Firefox is only surviving due to the others being poorly made (mainly Chrome and IE). But at this rate, soon Firefox will be a minority browser, used by just a few hard-core users. So....... this is a CALL.... a call to get people, both users, community members and team members to say NO to this supercharged release schedule, and make FF 12 the landmark and static version for as long as possible. We need a stable, common and general use version, the one everyone knows about, the one that gets all the attention, with add-on developers knowing that it will stay. Version 11 was finished with far too quickly. Lets not make that mistake with 12. Give Firefox the chance it deserves. Don't break it by trying to constantly fix something that was never broken.

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Mike, I'm going to lock this thread since it isn't a support question and it's a duplicate of what you posted in the SUMO Community discussions forum