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0 pointsphkahler4y ago0 comments

>> Your web browser doesn't need to support FTP.

Your browser doesn't NEED to natively support .pdf but it does and you've probably used that feature. I mean you could have it launch an external .pdf viewer, which is a FAR more complex piece of software than the little FTP protocol code they're disabling here.

Your browser doesn't NEED to support TABs. Your OS is already equipped with the ability to run multiple instances.

Your browser doesn't NEED to sandbox anything, you could just run each instance in it's own VM.

Your browser doesn't NEED to play video, it could launch an external viewer.

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JackGreyhat4y ago

While you are completely right in your statements, I could argue that http and ftp are a means of transport and not part of UI or UX.

oblio4y ago

Q: What do your NEED scenarios have in common?

A: Popularity.

phkahlerOP4y ago

Touche. But what Firefox needs is popularity too, and being the last browser to drop a feature used by some niche isnt helping them. I'd argue not to add ftp if it wasn't already there, but why drop it?

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