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FireFox 5
bloody000:
About the version number:
It's not something set in stone. Try to understand how open projects work please.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678775
kitamesume:
--- Quote ---Asa Dotzler [:asa] 2011-08-13 19:27:38 PDT
When a user opens the About window for Firefox, the window should say something like "Firefox checked for updates 20 minutes ago, you are running the latest release."
It is important to say when the last check happened and ideally to do the check when the dialog is launched so that time is very near and to drop the version and simply tell them they're on the latest or not.
If a user needs the full version information they can get it from about:support.
This will of course have L10n implications. Not sure what the right way to note that is so I've cc'd Axel :-)
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--- Quote ---Dave Garrett 2011-08-13 20:07:44 PDT
Simplification and a different meaning for version numbers in a rapid release cycle are one thing, but help->about has been the place for the version number in pretty much every program with a menu for decades. This is where it belongs, where people look for it, and there is no real benefit to remove it. It's already deprioritized in the current dialog design. If the desire is to go further and only show a date, then the actual versioning scheme should just be changed to a date or a variation thereof as other projects with time based releases do. Nonetheless, the dialog labeled "About Firefox" needs to tell you explicitly about the installed Firefox, which necessarily includes its exact version.
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--- Quote ---Tyler Downer [Triage] (away) 2011-08-13 22:03:37 PDT
No. The about window has always been the place for you to go and find the version of a program. It was already simplified with Firefox 4 to just show "Firefox 5.0.1" or whatever. I'd say at least 75% of users have no idea about the about: pages or that they even exist. I see no benefit from removing it, and only confusion and community rage from removing it. Even chrome has the full version in About, and they seem to be working just fine with no confusion.
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author says its still gonna be in about:support, but sucks to have it taken out from help>about.
Edit: is that tiyler or a different person? lawl
Tiffanys:
Stupid firefox auto update... it forced me to update to 6.0 from 5.0.1 and borked half my addons... Had to download 5.0.1 again... jeeez... stupid firefox. Disabled that auto update crap now.
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/5.0.1/win32/en-US/
mrdkreka:
You can use this to keep using all of your addons
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