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Originally posted by curaga View PostNow? And FF6 in the next 3 months, FF7 in half a year...
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Originally posted by Ferdinand View PostI don't know a lot of people that run Firefox and care about the version number. You care if you have the newest features.
As far as I can see this is a seriously braindead move on Mozilla's part, merely to keep up with Chrome's version numbers.
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Originally posted by movieman View PostThey care when their addons break and they're forced to upgrade to a new version because Mozilla no longer releases security updates for the one they released three months ago. That's likely to be a significant hit for corporate use where they only want to use software they've tested... guess they'll be sticking to Firefox 3.6 or finding an alternative.
As far as I can see this is a seriously braindead move on Mozilla's part, merely to keep up with Chrome's version numbers.
Also the old firefox development model of releases filled with major changes is MORE likely to break stuff.
All these stupid hyperbolic arguments about mozilla's new release schedule is making me rage.
Firefox 4's development took WAY too long, and now they have a sane release schedule and people even bitch about that.
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Originally posted by bwat47 View PostMozilla isn't responsible for addon developors failing to update their extensions. And they rarely actually "break", usually just need version number bump.
Also the old firefox development model of releases filled with major changes is MORE likely to break stuff.
Not any more.
All these stupid hyperbolic arguments about mozilla's new release schedule is making me rage.
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Originally posted by movieman View PostThey care when their addons break and they're forced to upgrade to a new version because Mozilla no longer releases security updates for the one they released three months ago. That's likely to be a significant hit for corporate use where they only want to use software they've tested... guess they'll be sticking to Firefox 3.6 or finding an alternative.
As far as I can see this is a seriously braindead move on Mozilla's part, merely to keep up with Chrome's version numbers.
Since when was there any corporate use of Firefox anyway? They've been complaining since the beginning that they couldn't use Firefox until someone put out an msi based installer and allowed them to centrally manage it, and Mozilla never seemed to care about that.
Anyway, you seem to be conflating 2 complaints here. 1 is that they are releasing more often. The other is that the version # is getting too big too fast.
Your first complaint is valid - but there's a good reason they are doing this. Otherwise you end up with a situation like FF 3 where you are 12 months behind the competition for most of the year, and only get caught up for a month or two when you release.
Your second complaint is stupid, who cares what the version # says. Would you really have been happier if they called it 4.1 instead of 5?
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