Modern UI (formerly Metro UI) version for Firefox's Windows 8 has been discontinued

Develop browser FirefoxThe Mozilla FoundationIs used in Windows 8 / 8.1Modern UI(Formerly Metro UI) version of Firefox development will be canceled.

Update on Metro | Future Releases
https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2014/03/14/metro/

Jonathan Nightingale vice president of Firefox announced on Mozilla's blog that it will cease development of Firefox for Modern UI (formerly Metro UI) environment used in Windows 8 / 8.1.Metro style FirefoxDevelopment started in 2012. Mozilla, who was involuntarily involved in dealing with the new interface that Microsoft extensively pushed out, put few people in Metro version of Firefox. However, in the situation where the penetration rate of Windows 8 / 8.1 does not rise all the time, the number of users who use Metro version of Firefox will be only about 1000 people per day, which means that even for beta version Firefox millions Nightingale says it is a scattered result compared to having people's users.

According to Nightingale, it is essential that the support development which improves to make it operate more stably by reflecting the feedback from the user does not end with the development if the browser releases it. To allocate more people to the development of browsers that have only a few users is burdensome for Mozilla which has limited human resources, and because of the few that is available for it, I can say that.

This is a summary of the improvement situation of Firefox for Metro. You can see that changes and improvements are frequently made.


The Mozilla Foundation, which develops Firefox,Developing the Internet in a direction that will benefit all people "a global community formed as a philosophybut,Having difficulty in procuring funds for management is frequently a topicIt is famous for that. In order to achieve the grand purpose of Mozilla, deciding to stop investing in the unpopular environment is a place where management is inevitable. Of course, if the spread of Windows 8 / 8.1 progresses rapidly in the future, there is a risk that large loss will be born by stopping the development of Firefox of Modern UI version, but from the present situation it will not be so It seems that Mozilla has decided.