1297073 - Snippets should be professional

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Snippets Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Olav Vitters]

Lately Firefox changed the type of messaging, likely in an attempt to be funny / hip.

Please do NOT have messages such as:
"Fun fact: Firefox users are the smartest, funniest, best-looking people on the Web. [Citation needed]"

"Reading, writing, arithmetic — and now Web literacy. Learn basic Web skills key to crushing it in the 21st century."

Similar phrases have been used on the release notes
  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/48.0/releasenotes/

"Roar for moar protection against harmful downloads! We've got your back"

"GNU/Linux fans: Get better Canvas performance with speedy Skia support. Try saying that three times fast"

All of these messages add no value at all, other than suggesting that Mozilla does NOT understand what they're doing. I do not want to be "crushing it", nor do I care about Wikipedia puns. If you don't have something to say; don't say it.

Another option would be to change Firefox and disable these snippets entirely.

Comment 1

[Gilbert Morgan]

It's just a bit of fun. What is it like to be so joyless?

Comment 2

[Olav Vitters]

I see that you're new to Bugzilla. Please try and be helpful instead of blaming the reporter. Thanks!

Comment 3

[dar.be]

Who has sex with your wife?

Comment 4

[Giorgos Logiotatidis [:giorgos]]

Thank you for your feedback Olav.

I copy Jean Collings from the Snippet Editors team to make them aware.

In the next Firefox (v57) you will be able to disable snippets entirely with an easy click on check-box. This is already implemented and available in Activity Stream in Beta. I'm therefore marking this one fixed.

Comment 5

[ps.hinchcliff]

"In the next Firefox (v57) you will be able to disable snippets entirely with an easy click on check-box. This is already implemented and available in Activity Stream in Beta. I'm therefore marking this one fixed."

That solution only prevents more people from being pissed off. But as a long-time user and someone who believe(d) in Firefox's original core values, this was of extremely poor taste and I don't want to just be able to disable these comments, I don't want them to appear at all. If this is a true expression of Firefox's character, I won't be using it any longer, for sure.

How about instead of trying to make all Firefox users feel special (in such a manner as to be so completely conceited, its sickening) because they use Firefox, you tell Jean Collings to spend some time evaluating what traits about Firefox make it superior and what efforts Firefox makes to improve the web for their users.