Re: My usability experience - Asa Dotzler should be fired

On Aug 17, 5:36 pm, Robert Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dick Cheney schrieb:
>
> > Well, then everyone involved in that decision should resign
> > immediately.
>
> If you think stopping the Firefox project entirely is a better thing
> than removing the version number display from the About dialog, then
> sure. If you want the project to continue, please go constructive.
>
> Robert Kaiser

This isnt about the About window anymore. Do you not see the writing
on the wall?

Or if you are not interested in looking at it like him:
> Well, then everyone involved in supporting the opinion you express
> should immediately stop posting this nonsense to the Mozilla groups.
>
> You can now stop posting to this group.
>
> --
> Stanimir

Then there is not much I can tell you.

I never said a thing about stopping the Firefox project. But if the
current course of action will lead to a faster shrinking user base,
there might be something wrong with it. At this point, only releasing
security fixes would be preferable to adding new ''features'' like
this one. If you go around the internet, or in IT departments, you
will notice that the love for FF is dying rather fast. This started
right after FF4 with the introduction of the fast release cycle
thingy. The removal of the version number from the main -about window
is just a useless middle finger to the core FF user base (those
responsible for spreading the word) which happen to be composed of
control freaks,  if they weren't they would be running IE or Chrome.
Who else use the about window anyway? Just put a option--check for
update if that is your big problem. Its so painfully obvious its not
even funny. Also the response from the project leadership was
dismissive at best, since I intend to staying polite ITT this is all I
will say on that subject.

Want a constructive comment? Listen to your users instead of telling
them what they want. People expect this kind of attitude from Apple,
not from Mozilla.

Or one could pretend that this is just a very vocal minority who are
just opposed to any change in general. Time will show who was right
and Id hate to be right cause I really enjoyed your work for years.

Thanks for everything (up to 3.6.x)