On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Kyle Huey <m...@kylehuey.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Terrence Cole <tc...@mozilla.com> wrote: > > > We need to drop support for OSX 10.8 and Windows Vista yesterday, not > next > > year. We need to cut our losses and ship E10S while we're still relevant. > > We need to be the browser that works best on Android and Windows 10, not > > the browser that happens to already be installed. > > > > You do realize that you're talking about throwing away nearly 20% of our > user base, right? > > If the concern for user base is marketshare (as I've read and heard some people claim, although maybe not Kyle), I'm not sure this argument holds water for two reasons: 1. If we stop supporting an OS version today, all of the users on that version will not immediately switch to an alternative. 2. In the case of older OSes, if there are no other browsers shipping updates, there is really no alternative that is more attractive than the browser that you've already picked. Lawrence _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
