Re: Version numbers and an update from the UX team

On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Petter Andersson
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> No, seriously - you behave as if I'm in some way obligated to say Good
> Things about something, that cannot even in nicest of ways be
> attributed to be as such. I'd be lying to myself and I'd be lying to
> you.
>

You're not obligated to do anything, just as the Firefox team is not
obligated to read your insulting rants.

>
> Or how would you see this as progress:
> things are getting more convoluted, and you try to deprive us of any
> last remaining control/knowledge we have over the situation? More
> facts = better. Less facts = deliberately keeping user in the dark.
>

No one is depriving you from control nor knowledge. You can still
configure the update system and you can still see the version number
in about:support.

>
>> Does she really? When talking about different Firefox versions in the
>> past I've seen numerous people who are confused by the small numbers -
>> they don't really know the difference between a minor (3.6.13 ->
>> 3.6.14) and a major (3.5 -> 3.6) update, and what they should expect
>> from it. Should they even be thinking about those confusing things,
>> consuming the time they could be spending being productive?
>
> I thought you believed in educating users?
>

Yes, like I said, I taught them how to use the features they care
about in the new version. Version numbers are the last thing they care
about.

--
Reuben