Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

On 14 авг, 23:25, Asa Dotzler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Neil Lee wrote:
> > Sunday, August 08/14/11 at 04:25 Asa Dotzler<[email protected]>  said:
> >>> In Bug 678775 (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678775),
> >>> Asa has suggested that we remove the version number from the Firefox
> >>> About window, stating that the about:support page is all the
> >>> information anybody will need.
> >> Actually, the Firefox usability lead, Alex Limi suggested it. As the Firefox Product lead, I agreed and so I created a feature page for tracking this effort and I filed a bug for the implementation when we're ready to start that.
>
> > Is there a wiki page for this change? I haven't read the notes so I'm not exactly clear what the justification for this change is, but as a knee-jerk reaction it seems a bit of an odd decision. If going to "about firefox" no longer gives the user specific information **about the version firefox they are running** and is just becoming a place to check for updates (which seems to be the case?), maybe instead of just removing the version from this window the label for actual menu item and window itself should change to just "check for updates".
>
> > As I said, though, I haven't seen the context for this change so I'm probably missing something important, but selecting "about" should probably provide some basic information about the current application, and part of that includes what the current version number is.
>
> > And thus concludes my completely uninformed 2 cents.
>
> > Neil
>
> The About Firefox dialog contains a lot of information about Firefox. It
> contains a paragraph describing Firefox and Mozilla with links to how
> you might learn more or get involved. It contains the end user rights
> and licensing links (in place of the traditional copyright notice found
> in most about dialogs.) It contains a link to Privacy Policy for
> Firefox. It also identifies the Firefox channel the user is on and
> information about the last update check.
>
> This dialog provides considerably more than just an update function.
>
> There is a wiki page for
> this.https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Desktop/About_Version
>
> The justification is simple. We're removing the Firefox version number
> from all of the common user-visible locations because we don't believe
> that users need to know what version they're on. We're moving to a model
> that's more like the Web. What version of Gmail are you on?
>
> We've removed it from all of our marketing materials. We're removing it
> from the download button on the Website. We're removing it from how we
> talk to users about Firefox. We're ending version numbers because
> they're not meaningful to users (except in troubleshooting situations.)
>
> People using Firefox do need to have confidence that they're on the
> latest version, though, and that's what this feature provides. Telling
> the user explicitly that Firefox has checked and that she is indeed up
> to date is a much better way of letting the user know that she's up to
> date than giving her a number she can compare with some other number on
> a website somewhere to figure out if she's on the latest version.
>
> - A

You are completely wrong. Personally YOU should stop breaking all
thing that was developed before you took the position. This pace very
soon user will have only engine & back button, than breaks whole the
user UI experience. It looks like you more involved promoting yourself
that Firefox. Its sad.
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