Re: Windows XP and Vista Long Term Support Plan

2016-11-02 Thread Peter Dolanjski
, > and to restart shrinking as an absolute value in the near term. > > Once again I am sorry for any confusion I may have caused. > > :chutten > > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 11:08 PM, Peter Dolanjski <pdolanj...@mozilla.com> > wrote: > >> Chutten is not as cat

Re: Windows XP and Vista Long Term Support Plan

2016-11-01 Thread Peter Dolanjski
Sure, there were larger drops in the summer that seemed to have eased off in Sept./Oct. but it's too early to tell if that's just some weirdness from seasonality. Peter On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 9:56 PM, Mike Hommey <m...@glandium.org> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 02, 2016 at 09:28:40AM +0800, P

Re: Windows XP and Vista Long Term Support Plan

2016-11-01 Thread Peter Dolanjski
On 10/31/2016 3:54 PM, juar...@gmail.com wrote: > > Discontinuing support for 10% of users sounds like shrinking 10% of > customers, lay off 10% of employees, reduce 10% of funds for investments. I can tell you that the evidence we have does not support the notion that end of life (or the

Re: Windows XP and Vista Long Term Support Plan

2016-10-27 Thread Peter Dolanjski
> > What I think would be helpful if Mozilla does go with this plan, is that, > first, Mozilla sets a definite end date up front for ESR 52 and, second, > that Mozilla has puts out the message as to what and why this is happening. > Setting an end date for support will give everyone a timeline to

Re: Intent to restrict to secure contexts: navigator.geolocation

2016-10-26 Thread Peter Dolanjski
> > On 10/25/2016 6:26 AM, Ehsan Akhgari wrote: > >> FWIW, and to the extent that my opinion matters on the topic, I strongly >> disagree that breaking the websites that people use silently is the >> right thing to do. >> >> Let's ignore the HTTPS Everywhere part of the thread, and instead pay >>

Re: Windows XP and Vista Long Term Support Plan

2016-10-24 Thread Peter Dolanjski
While this doesn't definitively answer your question, it may provide some insight: We ran a survey of Chrome XP users (N=819) after Chrome's end of life message was shown in the product (English only). The results showed: - About half the sample plan to continue using Chrome on XP without

Re: Windows XP and Vista Long Term Support Plan

2016-10-17 Thread Peter Dolanjski
Thanks for taking the time to provide thorough feedback. 3) For Windows Vista, I don't see where the fire is. I realize that it has > a vastly smaller user base, but it is close to Window 7 code base and API > wise. I'm sure the engineering team can probably provide a more detailed response on

Windows XP and Vista Long Term Support Plan

2016-10-14 Thread Peter Dolanjski
from this email, I will be drafting a blog post describing the finalized plan. In addition, we'll be using some form of in-product messaging to inform users. If you have questions/comments, please reply to the *firefox-dev* mailing list. Thanks, *Peter Dolanjski* *Product Manager,