by zbuf on 9/7/16, 10:39 AM
I'd rather my browser focused on being a browser.
And I think that's better for the long term health of Mozilla, and Firefox, too.
by Jaruzel on 9/7/16, 8:50 AM
The first thing I do on any new Firefox install is remove Pocket and Hello off the toolbar. I'm pretty sure most people do the same. In fact, I'm struggling to remember what Hello actually is...
by nachtigall on 9/7/16, 9:10 AM
I was about to use it as a OS-independent alternative to Skype (I'm on Linux). And I wanted to use this, also instead of facebook chat and the likes.
The moment they removed the contacts feature it was dead for me. Although, to be honest, it never really worked (sometimes no audio and stuff like that).
The idea, that I have to first email the chat URL and then I can make a conversation is like writing a letter first before doing a call. Fundamentally wrong conversation setup.
by vocatus_gate on 9/7/16, 11:34 AM
THANK-YOU, finally got rid of that stupid thing. For a while there it seemed like every new Firefox version had another stupid non-browser-related plugin that I had to go find out how to kill off before deploying to the network.
by tombrossman on 9/7/16, 11:17 AM
Slightly off-topic but does anyone know the status of the "Send Tab to Device" function? It is my favorite feature on Firefox for Android and it has disappeared. Not the first time this happened, either. Are they randomly adding and then removing support for this? I'm definitely not the only one affected:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1087138.
I can visit the desktop version of Mozilla's add-ons site and see an extension which supposedly does this, but the 'add to Firefox' button is disabled if I visit the same link on my mobile. Bizarre.
by red_admiral on 9/7/16, 11:08 AM
Is it too much to hope that pocket will be next?
by pbiggar on 9/7/16, 3:30 PM
This is great. Mozilla experimented with a new thing, it didn't take off, and they killed it. Bravo both for experimenting, and for killing it afterwards.
by arianvanp on 9/7/16, 8:19 AM
Wait it will be totally discontinued? Not even optional?
So basically, Hello was deemed dead from the beginning?
by chme on 9/7/16, 8:37 AM
So is Jitsi Meet the only FOSS alternative?
by FrozenVoid on 9/7/16, 8:12 AM
Good riddance. Firefox having default plugins like this is one of the reasons i stay in v38.0
by thrkw123456789 on 9/7/16, 8:36 AM
This is a shame it was the best chance to get people off Skype.
by nwah1 on 9/7/16, 2:20 PM
Hello is essentially a tiny amount of javascript that connects to the existing WebRTC infrastructure. Other services will make use of this infrastructure to provide the same functionality.
But the concept of having cross-platform realtime audio, video, and screensharing is very appealing.
by burnbabyburn on 9/7/16, 9:44 AM
the idea was great, probably no one ever used Hello because is was substantially broken.
by alabamamike on 9/7/16, 12:50 PM
+1 for stripping out feature bloat!
by threepipeproblm on 9/7/16, 1:33 PM
I was going to try it out -- "one of these days".
by philliphaydon on 9/7/16, 8:25 AM
I'm on 48 and don't have that feature????
by tangue on 9/7/16, 4:05 PM
As a company, Mozilla is an open-source version of Yahoo.
by AdmiralAsshat on 9/7/16, 1:48 PM
Never used it. Didn't need it. Not sure how I would get anyone else to use it, either, as I think I'm the only one in my family/circle of friends still using Firefox.
Glad to be rid of it.
by mirap on 9/7/16, 1:11 PM
Yes! Thank you, The Mozilla Foundation.