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I still don't understand why Mozilla keeps gloating about how many downloads Firefox 4 has gotten. When Chrome releases a major update, they don't pull off some

I still don't understand why Mozilla keeps gloating about how many downloads Firefox 4 has gotten. When Chrome releases a major update, they don't pull off some huge PR stunt with a download counter. Not to mention Chrome users update to the latest version of Chrome much, much faster than Firefox users upgraded to Firefox 4. It just feels like Mozilla is trying to be too much like Apple.

ivankirigin 15y ago
Mozilla has publicly said that they are shifting to a more chrome-like release model where the hits come faster.
- RyanKearney 15y ago
  Did they mention if users will still be shown a popup about updating then asked to restart their web browser after the update is complete or will they actually get it right like Google and not bother the user at all?
  - lambda 15y ago
    Google will bother the user eventually if they don't restart their browser for a while. And they show a little downwards pointing arrow when an update is available, but wait on the dialog until it's been a few days (maybe weeks?). But for most updates, they don't bother the user.
DEinspanjer 15y ago
Ouch.. I certain didn't work on the glow project to be "gloating". Note that we aren't counting automatic upgrade downloads, only ones that appear to be from a user clicking a link somewhere to download the installer or manually checking for updates and installing it. The site is just sitting there, we aren't shoving it down people's throats or forcing them to pay attention to it. Personally, while I think the site was a fun thing to do, I am working on moving away from paying attention to downloads, regardless of user intent or automatic upgrade because it isn't as useful of a metric as looking at actual # installations or usage. Trying to compare the Firefox 4 downloads to Chrome automatic upgrades doesn't make a lot of sense. It would be better to compare to new users downloading Chrome, but I don't believe that data is shared at the same level of detail as what Mozilla is doing with Glow.

ivankirigin 15y ago

Mozilla has publicly said that they are shifting to a more chrome-like release model where the hits come faster.

RyanKearney 15y ago
Did they mention if users will still be shown a popup about updating then asked to restart their web browser after the update is complete or will they actually get it right like Google and not bother the user at all?
- lambda 15y ago
  Google will bother the user eventually if they don't restart their browser for a while. And they show a little downwards pointing arrow when an update is available, but wait on the dialog until it's been a few days (maybe weeks?). But for most updates, they don't bother the user.

DEinspanjer 15y ago

Ouch.. I certain didn't work on the glow project to be "gloating". Note that we aren't counting automatic upgrade downloads, only ones that appear to be from a user clicking a link somewhere to download the installer or manually checking for updates and installing it. The site is just sitting there, we aren't shoving it down people's throats or forcing them to pay attention to it. Personally, while I think the site was a fun thing to do, I am working on moving away from paying attention to downloads, regardless of user intent or automatic upgrade because it isn't as useful of a metric as looking at actual # installations or usage. Trying to compare the Firefox 4 downloads to Chrome automatic upgrades doesn't make a lot of sense. It would be better to compare to new users downloading Chrome, but I don't believe that data is shared at the same level of detail as what Mozilla is doing with Glow.