As you may have heard, Mozilla is removing the version from the About Firefox window. Reasoning includes:
“we concluded that most people don’t need to know what version number they’re using”
http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.usability/msg/8a9c8fd36308ad00
I’m glad that Mozilla is deciding what I need and don’t need to know. I’m all for streamlining UIs but I personally don’t see how the version number is hurting anything in the About window. Even more so because it’s more or less a standard in apps.
And there’s this:
“I’d say at least 75% of users have no idea about the about: pages or that they even exist.”
Erm.. On Mac for the Firefox menu (and all other apps I can think of) the first item in the first drop down is “About Firefox.”
I’d like to know where people get their data.
Tony_M · Aug 17, 2011 at 4:26 pm
Hrmm… not buying it. By that reasoning, why not just get rid of "About Firefox" altogether? Surely we don't need to know any of that other stuff either.
Not buying what? My reasoning for keeping it or Mozilla's for removing it?
Never mind.. After another look at your comment, I see where you're coming from.
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