Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

On Aug 21, 2:46 am, Asa Dotzler <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hiding the version number does not make the dialog's message more
> > credible.  It makes it seem like it's... hiding something.
>
> We disagree. Here's a case where the message becomes less credible if
> you have both the up to date communication and a version number. Pretend
> that we shipped a version of Firefox 5 called Firefox 5.0.1 just to fix
> a bug that affected Mac users. Now pretend that the Web filled up with
> reports that the latest version of Firefox was 5.0.1. Now pretend that
> you're a Windows Firefox user and you've just heard that Firefox 5.0.1
> is the latest release so you open your About window and Firefox says
> "Hi, I've just checked with Mozilla and you are absolutely positively up
> to date. You've got the latest and greatest that Mozilla has to offer
> you" and underneath that it says "Firefox 5.0"
>
> Now, for most people looking at that, one of the three pieces of
> information she has must be untrue. Either 5.0.1 is not the latest
> release as she's been assured by all her friends on Twitter and
> elsewhere on ...

As others have said, this is a corner case. It was also partly our
fault. This doesn't seem like the kind of issue that should be a major
driving factor here.