Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

On Aug 17, 10:51 pm, Stanimir Stamenkov <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:37:58 -0700 (PDT), /Dao/:
>
> > All I was talking about above was users wanting to know whether they
> > are secure and if they aren't, how far they are behind. Obviously,
> > "You're behind, but we're loading the latest update right now" only
> > makes sense when the update can be loaded. Without the imminent
> > update, just saying "You're behind" is unnecessarily thin-lipped and
> > unhelpful.
>
> If the user is using Firefox in a restricted environment where he
> could not update himself, then the version number is even less
> helpful.  Having the info: "You're behind, and probably insecure",
> however, will make the user ask the administrator: "Why the software
> is not up-to-date?".

How can exposing the version make this less helpful? This makes no
sense.