Re: Wow.

On 16.08.2011 09:33, Ron Hunter wrote:

 --- Original Message ---

> On 8/16/2011 2:28 AM, Asa Dotzler wrote:
>>
>>
>> Ron Hunter wrote:
>>> On 8/15/2011 10:12 PM, Asa Dotzler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ron Hunter wrote:
>>>>> On 8/15/2011 7:41 PM, Asa Dotzler wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ron Hunter wrote:
>>>>>>> On 8/15/2011 3:43 PM, Asa Dotzler wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> WebDawg wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Somehow this just seems like you are removing something that
>>>>>>>>> someone
>>>>>>>>> like me might look for every once in a while. So now. Instead of
>>>>>>>>> going to help about. I have to google search the place to get my
>>>>>>>>> version number.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> about:whatever.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Help->Troubleshooting. Same number of clicks as before. (About's
>>>>>>>> location isn't even consistent across Chrome, IE, and Opera.)
>>>>>>> I would be happier if I didn't have to scroll to get to the
>>>>>>> version/build info, though.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Version info and build ID are both well above the fold on even rather
>>>>>> small windows.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - A
>>>>>
>>>>> They are below the extensions list, so if a user has a lot of
>>>>> extensions, it will be on the second page, at least. any chance of it
>>>>> being moved to the top section?
>>>>
>>>> They are not below the extensions list. They are above the extensions
>>>> list. The name and the version are the first two items on the page.
>>>>
>>>> - A
>>>
>>> Since the version tells only a part of the story, we need the build id
>>> in order to be sure just what is going on for a support issue. It is
>>> essential that we know, for support, exactly what the user is working
>>> with.
>>
>> And that's the third item on the page, right after the name and the
>> version. I really don't get where you're coming from here. Are you even
>> using Firefox or are you trolling me?
>>
>> - A
> Here is what I see:
> 
> 
>             Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:6.0) Gecko/20100101
> Firefox/6.0
> 
> So, where is the build id?
> 

In the URL window type about:support

Scroll down to:

browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID    20110811165603

The value is the buildID



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