Why I won’t be upgrading to Firefox 3

I do that as well – keep tabs open and type in the search box what i have to read up about, or keep several tabs open and move along the tab line. Basically, use it as a to do list!

I was not aware of this add on until reading your post…i might give it a try

I t’s a shame that people aren’t updating their add ons for Firefox 3.

Wow, that sucks that Google ducked out of that scene. I was just thinking about using that addon because of how good I heard it was. I was looking forward to using another great Google application, oh well, that didnt stop me from upgrading today.

I haven’t used the extension myself but I’ve heard good things about Foxmarks.

I’m adding my disappointment in Google discontinuing GBS.

I am also concerned about how Google is handling the avalanche of negative response to the “announcement.”

Google haven’t posted anything official in the Google-Firefox-Extensions group, which has received hundreds of complaints about GBS being dropped, so the only “announcement” we have is the “report of the email received” on lifehack.org.

A long thread in the G-F-E group that WAS called “Please upgrade browser sync for firefox 3.0″ was changed today to “Weave is the future. Try Weave instead!”

The user who changed the thread also posted that Mozilla “OFFICIALLY plans” to add these features. He also refers to Google’s “official” announcement of discontinuance of GBS by giving a link to slachdot.org which eventually leads
back to the lifehack.org post.

I checked the Mozilla Weave site and I couldn’t find anything that says they are going to “officially” do anything. They do say they are planning to implement
the framework so that third-parties can develop applications. They do say it’s an experimental project. That seems to be something short of “official” plans.

I’m really beginning to wonder what Google is up to. And I’m really beginning to doubt it has anything to do with the welfare of their users.

Doubting Google, for a very loyal follower, could be a problem. In the past, Yahoo, Lycos and AltaVista had a good share of the market. Each one lost market share when they failed to support users and keep up.

Google has remained on top now because they are good. And they remain good. They keep up. They develop more. Their applications are more innovative. And they are responsive. Responsive? Well. . .

The discontinuance of GBS may have put doubt in the minds of thousands, if not a million users:

“Will Google do this to another product I rely on? ”

I’m asking that question, and I use Gmail, GBookmarks, GHistory, GNotebook, GDocs, GCalendar, Gmobile, GTranslate, GMaps and many more.

I point out something that Google may have failed to take into account: Google said the team that had developed GBS had “moved on to other projects.” That is because they *could.*

They built a good product. The users had little trouble with it. It didn’t require massive amounts of support. THE USERS USED IT, THEY LIKED IT, AND IT WAS GOOD.

Firefox has evolved. GBS needs to be updated. They could make it good like it was. So users will use it, they will like it and it will be good. Isn’t that the Google Way?

Google may well have lost a *lot* of image. Time will tell. So will the actions Google takes with GBS. I still hope they update it. A little work now.

The worth is continued loyalty and faith in Google. The cost of not updating GBS may be the insertion of doubt and loss of faith in Google in a whole bunch of user’s minds.

If Google bucks up and supports the users while other alternatives are in development it could be a positive move. If they fail to try, they fail not only the users, but the ideals of Google itself.

“New and improved doesn’t always mean it’s better.” –
Yeah but FF3 is so much better…