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This person makes a decision supported by reasonable evidence and argumentation, confirmed through discussion with other members of the organization and wider community, and shipped after a thorough review (all happening in the open on a bug tracker!); and you're calling for them to be fired?

I sure hope you don't make any mistakes at your company!

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> all happening in the open on a bug tracker!

I find it suspicious that there was not a single comment from a user before the change shipped - but immediately after, there were various complaints. That's not the first time I see this pattern in a bug.

This looks more like the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" definition of "open" - where the discussion is technically public, but you heavily rely on the fact that no one knows it exists.

That's a good point. The removal of such user-critical features should at the very least be announced well in advance via a clear deprecation notice, to allow for the collection of relevant feedback.

> user-critical features

They didn't remove JavaScript or the tabs. Very few users will know it's gone - I wouldn't have noticed.

If the page becomes unreadable I would say that it's critical.

How could Mozilla publicize every change they make? And then discuss them all?

By submitting every new Bugzilla ticket as a new HN post, of course!

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