Firefox 7???

HarryT · 09-28-2011, 03:29 PM

Thiis is getting silly - Firefox 6 was only released a few weeks ago and now we have 7 already?

Bilbo1967 · 09-28-2011, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Thiis is getting silly - Firefox 6 was only released a few weeks ago and now we have 7 already?

And is there anything in it we should be excited about?

HarryT · 09-28-2011, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

And is there anything in it we should be exited about?

Apparently it uses 50% less memory. Whether you wish to get excited about that I shall leave to your discretion

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HomeInMyShoes · 09-28-2011, 04:08 PM

I'm excited about that.

RainingLemur · 09-28-2011, 05:35 PM

Finally, they've addressed the memory issue. While not a HUGE deal...it did get rather annoying from time to time.

HomeInMyShoes · 09-29-2011, 06:28 AM

Well, I'll give it a few days of use before I get really excited.

Sweetpea · 09-29-2011, 06:34 AM

I know plenty of companies (my current included) that aren't happy with the new firefox update schedules...

We just finished a testing sequence, against FF5. The tester should now start again against FF7? By the time he's finished with that, we'll probably be at 10 or so...

HomeInMyShoes · 09-29-2011, 08:44 AM

^It could be worse. It could be Chrome.

pdurrant · 09-29-2011, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Thiis is getting silly - Firefox 6 was only released a few weeks ago and now we have 7 already?

They seem to be just incrementing the major version number on any stable release. On any sensible version number scheme, Firefox 7 would be Firefox 4.3

FireFox 1.0 was 9 November, 2004
FireFox 2.0 was 26 October, 2006
FireFox 3.0 was 17 June, 2008
Firefox 4.0 was 22 March, 2011
And then:
Firefox 5.0 was 21 June 2011
Firefox 6.0 was 16 August 2011
Firefox 7.0 was 27 September 2011

HomeInMyShoes · 09-29-2011, 09:10 AM

Firefox went to faster release schedules to keep pace with the updates Google puts out for Chrome. What this means is that there are generally fewer things changed per release. I don't like Firefox's version numbering as many updates don't warrant a new primary version number.

Chrome:
8.0.552 - 2 December, 2010
9.0.597 - 3 February, 2011
10.0.648 - 8 March, 2011
11.0.696 - 27 March, 2011
12.0.742 - 7 June, 2011
13.0.782 - 2 August, 2011
14.0.835 - 16 September, 2011
15.0.874 - 15 September, 2011
16.0.891 - 22 September, 2011

That's right, according to Wikipedia, version 15 came out a day before version 14.

I was using Firefox 3.6 up until this week and was really only six months behind. Given my usual upgrade of wait for version n.1 to come out I was only three months behind.

The problem with the Chrome and now Firefox release schedules and version numbers is that we've lost the indicator of the significance of a release and it makes it more difficult to determine when a company should move to the new version given constraints with projects and testing cycles.

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HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Well, I'll give it a few days of use before I get really excited.

09-29-2011, 06:34 AM	#7
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	I know plenty of companies (my current included) that aren't happy with the new firefox update schedules... We just finished a testing sequence, against FF5. The tester should now start again against FF7? By the time he's finished with that, we'll probably be at 10 or so...

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09-29-2011, 09:10 AM	#10
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Firefox went to faster release schedules to keep pace with the updates Google puts out for Chrome. What this means is that there are generally fewer things changed per release. I don't like Firefox's version numbering as many updates don't warrant a new primary version number. Chrome: 8.0.552 - 2 December, 2010 9.0.597 - 3 February, 2011 10.0.648 - 8 March, 2011 11.0.696 - 27 March, 2011 12.0.742 - 7 June, 2011 13.0.782 - 2 August, 2011 14.0.835 - 16 September, 2011 15.0.874 - 15 September, 2011 16.0.891 - 22 September, 2011 That's right, according to Wikipedia, version 15 came out a day before version 14. I was using Firefox 3.6 up until this week and was really only six months behind. Given my usual upgrade of wait for version n.1 to come out I was only three months behind. The problem with the Chrome and now Firefox release schedules and version numbers is that we've lost the indicator of the significance of a release and it makes it more difficult to determine when a company should move to the new version given constraints with projects and testing cycles.

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