Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

On 2011-08-20 21:58, Sailfish wrote:
> My bloviated meandering follows what Adam Kowalczyk graced us with on
> 8/20/2011 12:28 PM:
>> On 2011-08-20 09:20, Asa Dotzler wrote:
>>> Isaac Stitz wrote:
>>>> What if I know that FF version X is going to have per-process tabs
>>>> and I want to see if I'm running that version yet?
>>>
>>> When we complete our remaining work on the update system, and we solve
>>> the remaining issues that block the ending of the old Firefox 3.6.x
>>> release, a regular user will always be on the latest release of Firefox.
>>>
>>> I realize that if you haven't been following Mozilla closely for the
>>> last 8 months or so, this might not have been obvious to you. With our
>>> new rapid release program, the vast majority of Firefox users will
>>> either be on the latest release, or are moments away from being on the
>>> latest release.
>>>
>>> That means that the moment that process per tab is available, you will
>>> either have it or be about to have it. If you open the About window, and
>>> it was available but you didn't have it yet, it will download and be
>>> installed and you'll have it.
>>>
>>> Do you have any questions about that? I'd be happy to try to answer.
>>>
>>
>> Allow me to chime in, as I made the same point in another post but it
>> went unanswered.
>>
>> Your answer doesn't address the problem. He heard Firefox 15 was gonna
>> have process-per-tab and he wants to find out if he's running that
>> version yet. Telling that he's got the latest version, without
>> specifying its number, does not help him.
>>
> But "Help>Troubleshooting Information" does and will, no?

Yes, the user will find it they're lucky, but it's a much less intuitive 
place because what they're doing has nothing to do with troubleshooting. 
A more intuitive location would the About window, a convention that has 
been followed by almost every application since circa Windows 95.

- Adam