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Isn't the development cycle a bit too fast. 4 major versions in a single year.

• mrseb 16y ago
  Both Firefox and Chrome are hoping to catch Emacs before 2014.
  • nagnatron 16y ago
    I just spilled coffee all over myself
    • mrseb 16y ago
      Not a vi user, then :P
  • jodrellblank 16y ago
    My browser hasn't even caught up with Windows 98. :(
• davej 16y ago
  Why? Major versions are just a number. How many major versions of Chrome were there last year? I haven't looked it up but I bet it was more than 4.
  • l0nwlf 16y ago
    Google Chrome version number is meaningless as told by Google itself: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/11/google-chromes-version-number-is.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/11/google-chromes-vers... This doesn't however mean that other browsers too have meaningless version numbers.
    • davej 16y ago
      That link is an unofficial blog. Either way, the point stands though, they're still just arbitrary numbers. Back in the day when software was paid for by version number, an increase of 1.0 was a marketing tool that usually meant a significant update. Browsers are free and are beginning to implement auto-update which makes the version number of a browser even more insignificant.