The world that developers and users live in is quite different. And a lot of people won't think of it as 'ScaryFox', but rather as 'CoolFox' which has all of these interesting and advanced-use buttons and knobs that let you see the plumbing of the web page you are using.
Developers want a lot of stuff in their face that the average user doesn't want to deal with. I can see the value of having a 'switch to development mode' button, but having something that's from-the-ground-up built for developers sounds like potentially a much nicer tool to use.
Time will tell if it's a good move on Mozilla's part, but I'm excited for the announcement.
These are good points, too, but what I was getting at is...wouldn't Mozilla be fulfilling its mission even more if the way it designed and released tools helped to bring the worlds of users and developers closer?
Developers want a lot of stuff in their face that the average user doesn't want to deal with. I can see the value of having a 'switch to development mode' button, but having something that's from-the-ground-up built for developers sounds like potentially a much nicer tool to use.
Time will tell if it's a good move on Mozilla's part, but I'm excited for the announcement.