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: I fully support the idea of a minimal firefox with official extensions from the devs and unofficial extensions from the communitiy. Firefox is getting too big. The first time I used Firefox (around 0.5 ?), I used it, because it was small and fast! Now it just takes too long to load. This also helps the core team to do it's core stuff, and the extensions people to work on thier extensions separatly. If they want to update a feature or remove some bug, only the new extension has to be upgraded and not the full Firefox package. Official extensions would also allow the devs to adopt community extensions, if they are deemed usefull for (nearly) everyone, and add them to the offical Firefox extensions. | : I fully support the idea of a minimal firefox with official extensions from the devs and unofficial extensions from the communitiy. Firefox is getting too big. The first time I used Firefox (around 0.5 ?), I used it, because it was small and fast! Now it just takes too long to load. This also helps the core team to do it's core stuff, and the extensions people to work on thier extensions separatly. If they want to update a feature or remove some bug, only the new extension has to be upgraded and not the full Firefox package. Official extensions would also allow the devs to adopt community extensions, if they are deemed usefull for (nearly) everyone, and add them to the offical Firefox extensions. | ||
: Probably a better idea would be to have two separate packages. The package hosted at getfirefox.com and other official distribution channels would be the Firefox package as currently distributed. Think of this distribution as Core + Standard Addons. Having an installation option to remove or otherwise not install options would more than likely confuse some users (read: my parents). | |||
: Firefox Core would be stripped of non-essential features and be available as a separate package. Think Firefox 1.0 or KMeleon with Firefox XPI support. Users of Firefox Core could pick and choose from the Standard Addons and any other addons currently available. | |||
: Probably a better question to ask is what benefits would be gained by this packaging method. I believe there are several: | |||
* The method allows for the continued distribution of Firefox, unchanged. | |||
** The method is friendly to average users. | |||
** The Firefox brand is not diluted as the standard distribution is still Firefox. | |||
* Power users won't be tempted to smaller, lighter browsers. | |||
** An increasing number of power users are discontent with the Kitchen-Sinking of Firefox. | |||
** Many options are not required elements of even a modern browser. | |||
** Interestingly, I was going to use KMeleon as justification for packaging a smaller browser, but KMeleon rings in at a 5.2 MB download, Firefox 2.0.0.11 at 5.7 MB. | |||
* Most important: Key features of the Firefox 1.0 Charter: | |||
** Delivering the right set of features - not too many or too few (the goal is to create a useful browser, not a minimal browser) | |||
** Keeping the download size down - to less than 5.0MB on Windows for the installer. | |||
=== Extension packs === | === Extension packs === | ||