Re: Thoughts on Bug 678775

On 19/08/11 10:51, Sailfish wrote:
> I guess I'm missing something because it would seem to me that since the
> same version number information is in about:support as was in the About
> dialog, then their is no loss of functionality for the end-user. So,
> using your scenario, all they would need to do is look at the version
> listed in about:support and if it says version 7 or higher, they'd know
> that they had the performance improvements mentioned in the press, no?

But if everyone who would have found the version number before in Help |
About now finds it in about:support or somewhere else, then how is
removing it from Help | About any gain?

You can either argue:

1) Removing the version number from About will mean fewer people find
it; that means fewer people will be confused, although some people might
not find it when they want to and be annoyed and confused, but we think
the trade-off is worth it

or

2) Removing the version number from About won't make any difference to
people still finding it when they want to find it

You can't argue both. And if you are arguing the second, why make the
change?

Gerv