Mozilla comments on what they got right in 2012.
In terms of market share,
Mozilla Firefox and
Google Chrome have been trading blows, angling for the coveted second place title all year. Firefox has continued to decline, but
loses on all sides are leveling out, and Chrome isn’t seeing the huge gains it once did. This has given Mozilla the confidence they need going into 2013. Vice President of Engineering Johnathan Nightingale
shared his own opinion on what they got right, and which of the company's many new initiatives have been resonating well with the Firefox community.
The three biggest successes for Firefox in 2012, as described by Nightingale, are performance improvements on its desktop browser, Firefox for Android, and the do not track feature. Firefox for Android will probably never overtake the built in Android browser, but 28,000+ reviews have them averaging 4 stars in the
Google Play Store, and the company's commitment to performance on lower-powered ArmV6 devices is commendable.
