Author Topic: Mozilla changes focus 250 employees laid off (Read 2999 times)

Nintex · « **on:** August 11, 2020, 03:05:07 PM »

Mozilla has changed their focus and let go a quarter of their workforce.
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/08/11/changing-world-changing-mozilla/

From what I've gathered, they've axed the XR(VR+Mixed Reality) and Servo teams.
The Servo team is basically the team behind the rendering engine of Fire Fox so I suspect Fire Fox updates will cease in the near future.

team filler · « **Reply #1 on:** August 11, 2020, 03:06:14 PM »

BIONIC · « **Reply #2 on:** August 11, 2020, 03:21:35 PM »

First Zwarte, now Firefox. The hits just keep on coming

El Babua · « **Reply #3 on:** August 11, 2020, 03:26:45 PM »

Thanks Mozilla for killing Internet Explorer.

Still prefer FF for a few reasons over Chrome. But even I migrated over for the most part. Now if I can import my NoScript settings over, that would be it.

Kara · « **Reply #4 on:** August 11, 2020, 03:26:52 PM »

It's not like they're strapped for cash, but what a world it would be if Internet Explorer received the same antitrust oversight that Chrome did.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #5 on:** August 11, 2020, 03:37:09 PM »

Lesszilla

shosta · « **Reply #6 on:** August 11, 2020, 03:39:09 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on August 11, 2020, 03:05:07 PM

The Servo team is basically the team behind the rendering engine of Fire Fox so I suspect Fire Fox updates will cease in the near future.

why spell it like this

Nintex · « **Reply #7 on:** August 11, 2020, 03:42:28 PM »

Quote from: riotous on August 11, 2020, 03:26:48 PM

You haven't gathered anything you fucking moron.

https://twitter.com/MortimerGoro/status/1293240479098773504

https://twitter.com/lastontheboat/status/1293239489863745537

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #8 on:** August 11, 2020, 03:47:17 PM »

I'm so grateful that nintex is here to do my thinking for me so I don't have to

BIONIC · « **Reply #9 on:** August 11, 2020, 03:50:43 PM »

Quote from: riotous on August 11, 2020, 03:29:00 PM

https://blog.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Message-to-Employees-Change-in-Difficult-Times.pdf

That's the actual message sent to employees, and their actual plans for Firefox are included, in case anyone was actually interested in knowing things.

Quote
Focusing Firefox On Users
In order to refocus the Firefox organization on core browser growth through differentiated user
experiences, we are reducing investment in some areas such as developer tools, internal
tooling, and platform feature development, and transitioning adjacent security/privacy products
to our New Products and Operations team.

You know who else was actually interested in knowing things? Hitler.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #10 on:** August 11, 2020, 03:51:08 PM »

I guess their VPN hasn't been successful?

Rufus · « **Reply #11 on:** August 11, 2020, 04:00:44 PM »

The VPN is less than 2 weeks old.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #12 on:** August 11, 2020, 04:11:44 PM »

Well damn, faster than Googie killing shit after a year.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #13 on:** August 11, 2020, 04:15:35 PM »

Thanks firefox

You can join netscape now

:'(

Rufus · « **Reply #14 on:** August 11, 2020, 04:16:06 PM »

The VPN lives on as per the pdf Riotous posted. Just saying there's no way it could have earned them enough money to keep those 250 people employed.

Rufus · « **Reply #15 on:** August 11, 2020, 04:17:26 PM »

Quote from: Cerveza mas fina on August 11, 2020, 04:15:35 PM

Thanks firefox

You can join netscape now

:'(

It lives, chill.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Maybe some years down the line it'll end up getting a brain transplant to become another Chrome skin, in which case break out the funeral wine.

[close]

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #16 on:** August 11, 2020, 04:19:50 PM »

Quote from: riotous on August 11, 2020, 04:16:11 PM

Quote from: Cerveza mas fina on August 11, 2020, 04:15:35 PM
Thanks firefox

You can join netscape now

:'(

They are continuing Firefox development.. it's their core product...

I havent used firefox outside of work in a decade though

Rufus · « **Reply #17 on:** August 11, 2020, 04:24:40 PM »

Quote from: Cerveza mas fina on August 11, 2020, 04:19:50 PM

I havent used firefox outside of work in a decade though

thisismyusername · « **Reply #18 on:** August 11, 2020, 04:27:09 PM »

That's not a Firefox, that's a Red Fox.

Rufus · « **Reply #19 on:** August 11, 2020, 04:49:41 PM »

I know, but I was angling for a crying Firefox logo. This was the first result, so I went with that instead.

Tuckers Law · « **Reply #20 on:** August 11, 2020, 04:56:47 PM »

I’ve nothing to add other than I still prefer Firefox over chrome.

Also, riotous takes the dissemination of Firefox information very fucking seriously.

benjipwns · « **Reply #21 on:** August 11, 2020, 05:02:12 PM »

so these Fire Fox problems are what led to the Halo Infinite delay huh

BIONIC · « **Reply #22 on:** August 11, 2020, 05:03:52 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on August 11, 2020, 05:02:12 PM

so these Fire Fox problems are what led to the Halo Infinite delay huh

Somebody get Jim Sterling on the phone to make a hard hitting expose stat.

team filler · « **Reply #23 on:** August 11, 2020, 05:04:07 PM »

gaylo indefinite

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #24 on:** August 11, 2020, 05:14:06 PM »

its the internet in 2020 baby, facts don't mean shit anymore

EchoRin · « **Reply #25 on:** August 11, 2020, 05:16:56 PM »

Chrome doesn't even allow extensions on android.

Of course I use Firefox as my default browser (Chrome is my second or used for specific sites}

who is ted danson? · « **Reply #26 on:** August 11, 2020, 05:33:30 PM »

I (begrudgingly) used firefox back in the day, but I always figured it was a furry browser (open source, animal name, animal logo, yep its furrshit). I was glad when chrome came

thisismyusername · « **Reply #27 on:** August 11, 2020, 05:46:32 PM »

Quote from: who is ted danson? on August 11, 2020, 05:33:30 PM

I (begrudgingly) used firefox back in the day, but I always figured it was a furry browser (open source, animal name, animal logo, yep its furrshit). I was glad when chrome came

zomgee · « **Reply #28 on:** August 11, 2020, 09:37:21 PM »

Quote from: thisismyusername on August 11, 2020, 04:27:09 PM

That's not a Firefox, that's a Red Fox.

kingv · « **Reply #29 on:** August 12, 2020, 01:57:29 AM »

I used edge

team filler · « **Reply #30 on:** August 12, 2020, 04:51:23 PM »

EightBitNate · « **Reply #31 on:** August 12, 2020, 05:04:14 PM »

Surprised they’re not looking to sell to one of tech giants.

Rufus · « **Reply #32 on:** August 12, 2020, 07:03:02 PM »

Who would buy them?

team filler · « **Reply #33 on:** August 12, 2020, 07:19:23 PM »

facebook

EightBitNate · « **Reply #34 on:** August 12, 2020, 07:25:19 PM »

Amazon?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #35 on:** August 12, 2020, 10:30:13 PM »

Nintendo?

Rufus · « **Reply #36 on:** August 13, 2020, 08:28:00 AM »

Facebook is mostly mobile (that's where most ad impressions come from, too). The app serves them well enough.

Dunno what Amazon would want with a browser.

bork · « **Reply #37 on:** August 13, 2020, 09:01:58 AM »

Quote from: Rufus on August 13, 2020, 08:28:00 AM

Dunno what Amazon would want with a browser.

Don't they already have one with Silk?

Rufus · « **Reply #38 on:** August 13, 2020, 03:32:31 PM »

Ah, didn't know that. It's a custom Chromium build for their Fire devices.

Good enough, I guess.

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #39 on:** August 13, 2020, 04:50:07 PM »

Cutting 25% of your workforce? Many companies don't survive that.

Tasty · « **Reply #40 on:** February 28, 2021, 04:44:37 PM »

Coax · « **Reply #41 on:** February 28, 2021, 10:47:57 PM »

Quote from: Tasty on February 28, 2021, 04:44:37 PM

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Mozilla's actual response to this

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #42 on:** March 03, 2021, 10:45:11 AM »

I think when this thread was first posted I went through like five cycles of starting a post trying to explain what Servo actually was, deciding it wasn't worth taking the bait, deleting the post, only to wake up at 2 AM in a cold sweat feeling like I just had to start another post, etc.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #43 on:** March 03, 2021, 11:25:26 AM »

If they close FireFox, i'm abandoning the Internet.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #44 on:** March 03, 2021, 12:33:29 PM »

Lmao at shadowbanned riputous

Nintex · « **Reply #45 on:** March 03, 2021, 12:35:54 PM »

The memory of their souls live on in my posts

Also I have to admit they were right, Fire Fox was not cancelled (yet)

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Author Topic: Mozilla changes focus 250 employees laid off (Read 2999 times)