[citation][nom]firefox_douche4life[/nom]Dear non-software dev types criticizing Firefox' new release schedule,Long, slow release cycles are remnants of the era when software came on 3.5" floppy disks. It made sense to pile on tons of features and do a release every 1-2 years back then, because there was no Internet to distribute software updates over.However, with tons of new features at once, you introduce exponentially more bugs, and also more drastic changes in user experience with each release.With shorter releases, you can focus on getting a few new features at a time out the door, and bug-free, and done right.PS: Just because you don't find the rapidly changing numerical suffix to Firefox to your liking, doesn't mean that your discontent is valid, or that anyone should care.[/citation]
i agree with you completely.
[citation][nom]bystander[/nom]Just because you don't mind fiddling with a new release to get everything back to the way you like it every couple months doesn't mean the rest of us want to have to readjust our toolbars to our liking all the time.I wouldn't mind if they did bug fixes and gave updates, but full new releases are annoying at a high rate, because everything gets reset on the toolbars and I don't like to change the layout all the time. The other alternative is to have to relearn their new layout, which I don't like to do either.Patches and small updates to fix bugs are fine, especially if they can be done automatically, but these full fledged revisions reset everything back to their default. If this continues, I will be switching to something more stable that doesn't require so much work to use.P.S. Any discontent anyone has is valid. It's my opinion and you can't control what other think. Apparently a lot of people would rather have a different release cycle. Or least a less annoying one. The customer is who they are trying to please, not the dev's.[/citation]
i also see your very good point.
but take it like this.
most people never add an addon to firefox, most dont go out and search for it.
unless a program automatically updates, like chrome, or no longer functions, people have no need to get the newest until they get the newest pc. i myself didnt upgrade from 3.5 until it no longer worked, see there was a weird bug that made the internet on firefox alone, not function for 5-10 minutes at a time, so when i figured out it was only firefox and no real fix, i went to 5, and when i was told that 8 was lighter, i went straight to 8 in less than 3 hours after getting 5.
now with 8, allot of things weren't up to date.
than i found a way to force things to work regardless of version.
after than only a few things didnt work, and within 1 month, everything i wanted was patched, or i found an alternative.
my point being.
if you use firefox, you are already somewhat tech savvy
if you use addons you are even more tech savvy
if you upgrade versions, you are even more so.
so why nont just take 5 minutes to take that next step?
i can see a business not liking rapid release, but i cant find one logical complaint for home users...
you dont have to upgrade... wait till your plugins are officially up to date if you dont want to learn the work around...
version 3 and version 8.... they both brows the web, and aside from the few cases were 3 doesn't work, its lighter than 4-7, and about on par with 8, but 8 handles more tabs better than 3.