Re: Removing Firefox Version Number
Asa Dotzler <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.mozilla.ui |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
ale wrote: > Il 20/08/2011 10.18, Asa Dotzler ha scritto: >> (This is getting pretty far off-topic for a discussion about where >> the version number lives in Firefox) > > May be, or may be not: the idea to don't show the version number is > strictly connected to the idea of a continuous auto-update. Yes. You are correct, Ale. However, we already do continuous auto-update and that's not going to change. So, if we want to talk about continuous auto update as an idea and a process, we should probably transfer this discussion to the Firefox or Planning forums and not the Usability forum. If, on the other hand, we want to discuss the usability issues around continuous auto-update, we can and should continue that here. I think we would probably be better served by creating a new thread in this group where we can have a more focused discussion on specific usability issues associated with continuous auto-update. >> The feature we're building here isn't intended for the corporate >> environment. It's intended for the vast majority of our users who are >> not in managed settings. > > I non totally agree: corporate environments exist, and a software > should fit to them! Not all software can or should serve all markets. The automobile and refrigerator browsing environment exists today and we're not (yet) fitting them. The TV and game console markets exist and we're not targeting them. Mozilla has limited resources and our Mission (we are a non-profit organization that must spend its resources to advance its mission) is focused on individuals and not enterprises. That being said, and as I noted in my comments, Mozilla does have an Enterprise Working Group where people responsible for managed deployments and Mozilla people are talking about if, where, and how we can collaborate to satisfy at least some of the enterprise use cases. You can read more about that effort here: http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2011/07/19/announing-mozilla-enterprise-user-working-group/ - A