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Does the Chrome team think they need to reach version number parity with the other browsers? At least from a UI standpoint, the current version of Chrome that I

by pohl 16y ago

Does the Chrome team think they need to reach version number parity with the other browsers? At least from a UI standpoint, the current version of Chrome that I'm using (5.0.375.99 Beta) is not enough different from the first Beta to warrant 4 full version numbers. Version number parity is kind of amusing and silly because version numbers are arbitrary, right? But if version numbers are arbitrary, then on what basis can one say that a higher number is not warranted?

andreyf 16y ago
if version numbers are arbitrary, then on what basis can one say that a higher number is not warranted? I'm just really angry that they're changing meaningless numbers as if they have meaning. They're such idiots for thinking the numbers matter enough to change them.
- Psyonic 16y ago
  But if they're meaningless anyway, what does it matter if they change them?
  - andreyf 16y ago
    Yes, that was the joke. Thanks for explaining.
    - Psyonic 16y ago
      I re-read your comment and I can see it now, but I missed the humor first time around.
- sliverstorm 16y ago
  They are changing them to push updates. Your browser won't update unless a version with a higher number is available, so they have to increase the number. Most companies bundle updates (example: windows service packs) which means they only need to increase version number a few times. Chrome decided to update continuously instead. The number changes are not meaningless; there is change in the background, you just don't see it.
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