Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

Asa Dotzler <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.ui
Message-ID <[email protected]>

Tyler Downer wrote:
> Asa, would you mind clearly, and with supporting data, tests, metrics,
> show What problem this is addressing, Who is affected by it, What our
> goal is (long-term and short-term, and not generic terms like "getting
> rid of versions") and How this solution addresses the problem better
> than the solutions we already have in place. I truly would like to
> know the clear answers to all of these questions, I may not be seeing
> data that you are (Maybe 50% of users sit on About all day wondering
> when Firefox last checked for updates, I don't know), but I need
> concrete information, not generic buzzwords.

It's simple. We are moving to a release model that makes version numbers 
meaningless and unactionable for consumers. In that model, version 
numbers go away.

- A
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