Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Reuben Morais <[email protected]> wrote:
> IMO the about window should try to check for updates, and say "Firefox
> checked and you are using the latest version as of 11:01 am today."
> when it's updated, or "You are using Firefox 4 and may be exposed to
> security vulnerabilities, update now." (where "update now" is a link
> to mozilla.com/firefox) when it's outdated but can't update itself for
> some reason (lack of permissions to install dir, etc). That allows
> users who should care about version numbers to see it easily, and
> hides the unnecessary information from users that are updated and
> shouldn't need to care about it.
>

What if, in addition to that, we make the message be a link to about:support?
That way people who go to the about window looking for the version
will get it, and with time they'll just go to about:support directly
since it's faster. After the users are more used to about:support (a
test pilot to get more info on that would be nice) we can remove the
link.

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Reuben