{"id":1234,"date":"2014-03-18T10:41:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T15:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cbateman.com\/blog\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2014-03-18T13:34:42","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T18:34:42","slug":"i-still-love-firefox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cbateman.com\/blog\/i-still-love-firefox\/","title":{"rendered":"I Still Love Firefox"},"content":{"rendered":"

I switched to Chrome as my primary browser almost right after it was released. The UI was minimal and fast, and I loved it. And the developer tools matured at lightning speed, so it wasn’t long before I dropped Firefox<\/a> for development too. And Firefox was relegated to the status of “testing only,” right alongside IE.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But here’s the thing: I really want Firefox to succeed. This has been thrown in to sharp relief lately, as we’ve seen Chrome\/Blink start to throw their weight<\/a> around<\/a> (also: meme version<\/a>).<\/p>\r\n\r\n

So here’s why I still love Firefox and Mozilla.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Firefox is 100% open source<\/a>. You don’t have to wonder what they’re doing with your data – you can see for yourself.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Firefox stuck their neck out for unencumbered video formats<\/a>. And they’re doing the same now, fighting against DRM<\/a>.\r\n\r\n

Their documentation<\/a> is second to none. From JS<\/a> to CSS<\/a> to DOM<\/a> to HTML5<\/a> to helping you fix the code you wrote for other browsers<\/a>. (Oh, and don’t forget to click on MDN in your search results, not the site that shall not be named<\/a>!)<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Mozilla is working on all sorts of fantastic projects to help move the web forward. There’s Servo<\/a>, Firefox OS<\/a>, and asm.js<\/a>, among many others<\/a>.\r\n\r\n

Mozilla’s mission<\/a> is to, “promote openness, innovation & opportunity on the Web.” And their manifesto<\/a> is even better.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

So I’m going to put my money where my mouth is and switch back to Firefox for browsing. I’m not quite ready to switch for development yet – but the dev tools have made some great progress<\/a>, and I’m expecting more to come.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

I love Firefox and Mozilla because I know I can count on them do do what’s right for the web. And I don’t know if I can say that about any other browser.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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