Re: Found Asa's first comment about version numbers.

My bloviated meandering follows what Ron Hunter graced us with on 
8/20/2011 9:42 AM:
> On 8/20/2011 11:36 AM, Greywolf wrote:
>> On 20/08/2011 12:45 AM, Asa Dotzler wrote:
>>> Greywolf wrote:
>>>> Sorry, I _strongly_ disagree. "Check for updates" is there for those 
>>>> who
>>>> want to know, so add the "20 minutes ago" there. For the rest of us,
>>>> knowing the current version number is enough, if we want to know it at
>>>> all. Which we may do, if we're looking for some add-on. But not
>>>> otherwise.
>>>
>>> Greywolf, so your use case for wanting to know the Firefox version
>>> number is that you're looking for some add-on? Can you say more about
>>> that? How does the Firefox version number help you when you're looking
>>> for some add-on? Also, where you looking for that add-on? At
>>> addons.mozilla.org? From within the Firefox Add-ons Manager? Out on the
>>> Web somewhere?
>>>
>>> I think if you can help us understand your use case, you can add real
>>> value to this discussion.
>>>
>>> Also, you say "but not otherwise." Does that mean that other than when
>>> you're looking for some add-on you do not open the About window or you
>>> do not care what version you're on?
>>>
>>> - A
>>
>> A generic example, should have inserted "for example" in the
>> syntactically correct place. Sorry. ;-) And a bad one, since the add-ons
>> site has auto-detection of your version have made it superfluous.
>>
>> I'm one of the minority of users who do want to know the version number
>> once in a while, for all kinds of reasons (including age-related gaps in
>> memory ;-)). I just don't see why it should be moved. Those who don't
>> want/need to know it don't care. People like me do care. It seems to be
>> a gratuitous change, done for no good reason that I can see.
>>
>> HTH
>> Wolf K.
>>
>>
> I guess you can always look at the 'properties' dialog in your OS.  At 
> least Win7 still has the version information in the properties dialog 
> for firefox.exe.  Grin.
> 
Much too difficult, it's easier to simply select Help>Troubleshooting 
Information, no?

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