Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

My bloviated meandering follows what larissa stevenson graced us with on 
8/25/2011 4:52 PM:

[snip /]

> Key point. Just today Firefox has updated itself from 5.0 to 6, and
> promptly disabled my Java Console add-on, stating that it is not
> compatible with this version of Firefox. Searching the interwebs, this
> appears to have lead to a lot of consternation from users who believe
> that Java has been disabled (rather than just the useless Java
> console) - the advice from Mozilla is that because the Java console
> does not serve any useful purpose to most users, then it doesn't
> matter that it is disabled in the latest version of Firefox. But if
> updating the version can lead to breaking the product of a major
> company like Oracle, then how can corporate (or home) users be
> confident in upgrading when it could well break other extensions that
> they rely upon?
> 
I haven't used Java since I stopped caring about slow twirling things 
that it could do but, be that what it may, let's make sure we ascertain 
who's to blame here. Larry Ellison, the last I read, is a billionaire 
and so is more than able to spend a few bucks to make sure the product 
manager of his Java team runs on the 3 primary browsers. That person 
would have plenty of time within Firefox's 6 week release cycle to test 
their add-on to insure that it works and continues to work with Firefox, no?

Why harp on Mozilla for something a "major company like Oracle" has 
fallen down on their job to insure doesn't happen.

[snip same ol' stuff that's been talked to death already /]

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