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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Remember when a new major version meant something major changed?

Was nice as it prompted me to go read change notes. Now I have no clue when it's a collection of minor things or has actual major changes unless I go read every set of change notes.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

That was the explicit goal of having huge irrelevant release numbers and to constantly release new versions: making sure nobody cares much and upgrade without much problems constantly to ensure security and web improvements are always there in users hands.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Firefox doesn't follow semver so these aren't major releases. It's a user-facing app not a library.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And I wish they did follow semver, but loosely (i.e. major version bump shouldn't imply breakage, but instead a major new feature).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Remember when a new major version meant something major changed?

Was nice as it prompted me to go read change notes. Now I have no clue when it’s a collection of minor things or has actual major changes unless I go read every set of change notes.

Now-a-days most of the (browser) software projects are following agile mode and not waterfall mode delivery.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I remember the Firefox 2, 3 and 4 hype back in the day trying out the betas and waiting for the release. Since 5 though I stopped caring.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

right after I read your comment I saw this..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

on a fresh install of 131 I can't get the page translation button to appear in the address bar. tried on an english and a french page. did anybody else experience that? what might be the cause of it?