Mozilla would do well to listen to the passionate comments on Hacker News

My post about Firefox generated a lively discussion on Hacker News, with many good points raised. The top comment (as of this writing) summed things up well: “It's exactly because Firefox is so important that you'll see people here complaining when Firefox does things to push away users . . .” Overall, the passion for Firefox was on full display. I hope Mozilla staffers take this thread as feedback and use it to improve Firefox in ways that boost market share. I kind of regret my reference to “over thinkers on Hacker News” because it could be taken as an insult. A casual glance around this site, though, will show that I do plenty of overthinking myself. I recall one time when someone accused me of overthinking something, I shot back that he was underthinking it. Ah, those were the days. A comment about the moving background being “nauseating” caught my attention. It didn’t exactly move, but the stars fading in and out for a twinkling effect could give that impression. I myself found…