Is it just me or does it feel like we were using FF 3.x just yesterday? For a while it was mostly point releases now were on 8.x already? I must be living under a rock or something. That or I just forgot about FF after switching to chrome.
I got exactly the same feeling.
I'm not against quick release cycle, but this version number race should stop as soon as Mozilla and Google "discover" that some users actually use version numbers to know if the update is just bug fixes (== update ASAP), minor improvements (new functionality) or major rewrite / interface rewamp (think twice before update).
I obviously don't trust crackers, but hey... why should I trust security companies?
One only can trust source code. And this means that a security company that feels itself safe for obscurity cannot be trusted at all.
It's not civil right violation to be asked to speak clear, but it is to be pressed to speak without your native accent.
It's not about teaching Shakespeare in Vulcan, it's about being able to teach it in Texan English, Hiberno English, Canadian English or whatever.
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Is it just me or does it feel like we were using FF 3.x just yesterday? For a while it was mostly point releases now were on 8.x already? I must be living under a rock or something. That or I just forgot about FF after switching to chrome.
I got exactly the same feeling.
I'm not against quick release cycle, but this version number race should stop as soon as Mozilla and Google "discover" that some users actually use version numbers to know if the update is just bug fixes (== update ASAP), minor improvements (new functionality) or major rewrite / interface rewamp (think twice before update).
IMO Firefox 8.0 == Firefox 3.10.
I obviously don't trust crackers, but hey... why should I trust security companies? One only can trust source code. And this means that a security company that feels itself safe for obscurity cannot be trusted at all.
It's not civil right violation to be asked to speak clear, but it is to be pressed to speak without your native accent. It's not about teaching Shakespeare in Vulcan, it's about being able to teach it in Texan English, Hiberno English, Canadian English or whatever.