Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

Note:  My previous message was composed before I saw your most recent
message, Asa, so I had not yet seen your comments regarding my
proposal.  That being the case, some of my previous message may be
disregarded and I will address your response here.

> > Thank you for finally providing a use case.  Solution:  If version
> > 5.0.1 is just a Mac-specific bug fix and FF 5.0 on Windows is
> > identical to FF 5.0.1 on Windows, then tell FF this when it checks for
> > an update and have it increment the number accordingly.  Users on Mac
> > will get an update and see that they have version 5.0.1.  Users on
> > Windows will get a message when they ping, informing them that 5.0.1
> > is identical to 5.0 when built for Windows, and will promote its
> > number to 5.0.1.  Is it a little trickier than just chopping the
> > version number out of the About dialog?  Yes.  But it would please
> > both camps and show that Mozilla does in fact listen to users'
> > concerns.
>
> That's an interesting suggestion and one I hadn't heard yet. Thanks for
> offering it. That could possibly solve some of the problem. It would be
> a lie in some cases, and it's a lot of information to add to the dialog
> that may make the critical message less digestible for those who need
> it, but sometimes inconsequential lies are OK and sometimes more
> information can be made to work. Worth discussing further for sure.

I wouldn't say it's a lie.  If a Mac-specific change is made between
version 5.0 and 5.0.1, then FF 5.0 for Windows *is* FF 5.0.1 for
Windows, and vice versa.  Nothing wrong with it advertising itself as
such.  (And no more information would need to be added to the dialog
than is currently there.)