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"Can we please have a Firefox that leans into being the browser for power users? Bundle ... BitTorrent support."

"There are plugins that get it talking to Slack, WhatsApp, Telegram, RocketChat, Signal, Mattermost, you name it. Adopt it, update it, add it to Chat Core."

This is terrible advice. They've spent years paring back and compartmentalising to get Firefox into the lean, secure browser it is today. Make a fork if you want but don't turn it into an slow, ugly everything app.




Opera 12 had bittorrent and irc. It was a great power user browser. The mobile version was the best browser on my Nokia E63 as well, it let me load my desktop only banking site and everything. Didn't end well for opera sadly


I wrote this article. ISTM that you did not understand it well.

The first line you quote refers to Firefox.

The second line you quote refers to Thunderbird.

I am at a bit of a loss how you can conflate these 2 separate comments about 2 separate products with different functionality.




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