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Re: Firefox 76

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Post by clairity »

joaomsa wrote: post #17
chrismorgan wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I want to figure out who to talk to on both Firefox and Chrome sides to beg that they adopt a scheme like YYYY.MM.minor for their version numbering. I believe that would be superior for basically everyone —web developers, users, &c. (In the case of Firefox, it works especially well since they’re releasing approximately monthly now. I could imagine people on Chrome puzzling over why some month numbers got skipped—not…

Might affect (dumb) uses that rely on the current increasing version number scheme in user agent strings and package/deployment scripts.

if you strip out the periods, it’s still an increasing numbering scheme, assuming there’s fewer than 10 minor releases in a month, which seems highly likely.

Re: Firefox 76

#42

Post by xpressvideoz »

> Audio playback is currently not working when running the 32-bit Windows version of Firefox from a network drive.

This is a very intriguing bug. How could it be affected by running on a network drive?

Re: Firefox 76

#44

Post by ascii_only »

AndrewDucker wrote: post #24
influx wrote: post #11

Firefox made a huge mistake following in Chrome's trail with the version numbering scheme. I just don't care about Firefox 76, is it a big change? Is there some new feature I would want to try? Who knows, I'm sure Firefox 77 will be out soon though!

You always want to be on the latest one, because that's where the security fixes are. And if you care about what's in it just read the release notes.

You don't have too. There is Firefox ESR.

Re: Firefox 76

#45

Post by jhymn »

Whenever I start up Firefox it tells me to wait a few moments while it updates. The browser obviously doesn't care about me. It has its own agenda. This is why I won't use it.

Re: Firefox 76

#46

Post by pmlnr »

AndrewDucker wrote: post #24
influx wrote: post #11

Firefox made a huge mistake following in Chrome's trail with the version numbering scheme. I just don't care about Firefox 76, is it a big change? Is there some new feature I would want to try? Who knows, I'm sure Firefox 77 will be out soon though!

You always want to be on the latest one, because that's where the security fixes are. And if you care about what's in it just read the release notes.

You are aware of the long term support firefox esr, right? Because the existence of that invalidates the "only the latest gets security fixes!!!" argument.

Re: Firefox 76

#47

Post by iknowstuff »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #30

> The shadow around the address bar field is reduced in width when a new tab is opened; I mean, at least they're trying, I guess. Still seems to me like lipstick on a pig. I'm still trying to figure out what UX problem the expanding bar was intended to address.

I like it!

Re: Firefox 76

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Post by OrgNet »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #30

> The shadow around the address bar field is reduced in width when a new tab is opened; I mean, at least they're trying, I guess. Still seems to me like lipstick on a pig. I'm still trying to figure out what UX problem the expanding bar was intended to address.

it's not when a new tab is opened... it's when the field is in focus

Re: Firefox 76

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Post by Wowfunhappy »

jhymn wrote: post #45

Whenever I start up Firefox it tells me to wait a few moments while it updates. The browser obviously doesn't care about me. It has its own agenda. This is why I won't use it.

...how often do you start up Firefox? I don't think I've ever seen this.

I generally loath automatic updates, but IMO web browsers are the one place they make sense. If you need something a bit slower, consider switching to Firefox ESR!

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