Re: Removing Firefox Version Number
Ron Hunter <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.mozilla.ui |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 8/17/2011 10:58 AM, Robert Kaiser wrote: > Matthias schrieb: >> I just don't want my browser to change every few weeks, even if it is >> for the better. > > And why, if it doesn't disturb anything you're doing? > >> I want to just use it, most of the time. > > That's not impaired by a correctly done update. > >> So what I want to point out is: every (feature) update is risk and an >> effort (adapt to ui changes/new features) for the user. > > Exactly to avoid that, we are testing every release for 12 weeks with > different audiences (in Aurora and Firefox Beta) before we ship it to > the majority of users. >> And: Do you really want to speak about Firefox 23 in four years? > > That's why the plan is to remove the version from the "About" window. ;-) > > Robert Kaiser > I have replied to several comments in the support groups lately from users who claim that the rapid release approach means things aren't tested. I know better, but can some PR work be done to combat this seemingly general belief?