Been thinking about software bloat (and Zawinski's law), particularly with browsers, and had an idea.
The promise of add-ons was that we could have a lean core and then whatever additional functionality we wanted could be customised. In reality, most users probably have 1-2 add-ons and we can't expect most people to trawl through software repositories just trying to get their browser to do what they would consider to be "simple stuff".
But what if browsers were more like distros? No one expects Linux, GNU/Linux, or even say Debian to meet the needs of most users as-is or for most users to select all the various software packages necessary to bring it up to that they need.
We could have a Gecko/Firefox core and then different browser distros could select a set of add-ons that make it functional in a particular way. That way, each browser distro could make sure that the set of add-ons worked together and met the needs of their particular user base.
And in Linux land, Linux distros could include their particular browser distro tailored to their intended audience.
