Re: No plans to change the version number scheme

"I don't think, and I believe the Firefox UX lead agrees with me, that
users need that information in the About dialog. That's why we're
removing it."

yeah, there was a miscommunication inside of the UX team, and Asa to his
credit, adamantly defended us.  Someone on the UX team requested this
change, which is why Asa filed it.  I really appreciate Asa giving us the
authority and deferring to our decision, but in this case we didn't have the
design sorted out enough ahead of time and we basically set him up.  Had
this actually been a practical joke that the UX team was trying to play on
Asa, it would have been perfectly executed.

That's what I mean when I say significant confusion.

-Alex



On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 1:59 PM, larissa stevenson <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Aug 23, 3:52 pm, Alex Faaborg <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Just in case this got lost amongst the many threads in progress: there
> are
> > no plans to adjust the version number.  It will remain in its current
> place
> > in the about window, and we are going to continue with the current
> numbering
> > scheme.
> >
> > -Alex
>
> Thanks for the clarification. Asa seemed to have been referring
> unequivocally to a decision that had been made and finalized, rather
> than a "design work in progress", when he posted on the original
> thread:
> "I don't think, and I believe the Firefox UX lead agrees with me, that
> users need that information in the About dialog. That's why we're
> removing it."
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.usability/browse_thread/thread/fe75ec92c02be934/e43d5c2558ade0f5
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