How to end dynamic browser feature changes?
As an older person, having to learn and relearn and constantly relearn how my browser functions is becoming more and more aggravating frustrating and put off ish.
Back in the day, these things didnt change automatically, another version was released instead for download with build notes.
It is starting to feel like having a computer and using it is becoming a troll. Im being serious.
One day the tabs are smaller on the left side, the next week the tabs are somehow grouping together and even though I didnt ask for it to happen, nor did I make it happen, its happening!. Now I have a mute button on the tab, even though my computer already 9 different mute buttons.
One day I had my grand daughter over and it took me 45 minutes to realize why there was no audio on netflix for her to watch. These constant feature changes are being a major part of my and everybodys lives. We are all becoming more impatient with these things.
The majority of new features seem to be unused, from my perspective, by the majority of comments I read on here, facebook, x, etc, they are just simply jammed down our collective throats seemingly at the whims of a designer thinking to themselves "I'm going to move this button over here!" This stuff is not making our worlds better. This stuff is not making our lives easier. This stuff is not making our lives simpler.
The effect is the exact opposite. I read a story last month about an autistic teenager that had a cell phone, because everyone else has a cell phone. When they couldn't get their phone to do whatever it was they wanted it do, they threw it in frustration. Turns out they broke a window at school that cost $5000 by throwing the phone. i don't know what app this person was using or attempted to use, and what caused the frustration, but I sure feel that pain sometimes. The parent posted that because the school sent them a bill for the window replacement.
Let me repeat that: The parent received a $5000 invoice for a window their child broke at school, because they were frustrated with phone.
Is there a way to limit the feature changes or stop them while maintaining security updates?
I literally find myself using the internet less and less, and I feel like this has a lot to do with it. As your product becomes more and frustrating to use, I am using it less and less. And I know thats not what anyone wants.
Why can't we have the best of both worlds??
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spendit2, the ESR (Extended Support Release) edition of Firefox maintains the latest security fixes while releasing feature updates at a much slower pace than the standard version.
Or if you want to stay with standard firefox, then you can change settings so that you will be notified of new updates, but you can decide if and when to install them. To do this go to Tools menu / Settings then on the General tab scroll down to Firefox Updates and look for a suitable option to check. It should be named something like 'Check for updates, but let you decide whether to install them'.
That doesn't solve anything, it avoids my question. They are jamming features down our throats without concern. Kids are freaking out b\c they perceive they can't control their own property. Every change I feel like I've been betrayed or something, like somebody altered my computer while i was sleeping. I'm happy with the browser and the features it has, i don't want it to fucking change. I don't want dynamic whimful features, i want the option to disable or enable them. None of this is about the user, its about what someone else interprets you need in a browser and that isn't choice. Dynamic arbitrary features are the biggest put off.
spendit2, you asked: "Is there a way to limit the feature changes or stop them while maintaining security updates?"
the ESR version of Firefox will fit that bill. It will see feature changes happen a lot less frequently (about once a year, I believe), while maintaining current security fixes.
With the standard Firefox there is no way to achieve both a limit on feature changes and keeping security up-to-date. Best you can do is control if and when you update at all.
However, It is not possible to keep the feature set static longterm while staying up-to-date with security. Well not with official Firefox versions anyway. You might be able to find an unofficial fork that does this, but I am not personally familiar with any.
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