Thanks for the info. > No version numbers in press releases (they are meaningless, except as a convenient identifier for bug reports and such). Meaningless? M

Thanks for the info. > No version numbers in press releases (they are meaningless, except as a convenient identifier for bug reports and such). Meaningless? Maybe. That depends on how automatic updates are handled. I have 3.6. Updating to 3.6.x is done without asking me. Updating to 4.0.x asks (and so far I've always said no). There is a difference between these two: same-version updates that I get automatically, and next-version updates that ask for permission first. The difference is traditionally expressed using version numbers. If we get rid of version numbers, then it still needs to be expressed somehow. One solution is to make all updates automatic. Perhaps that is what they are doing? Is an update from 4.0 to 5.0 done without asking for permission? If so, then installing 4.0 really means installing the latest version forever. But if not, then how is the difference going to be explained to a nontechnical user? "A new Firefox is available, and has been installed for you" vs. "A new Firefox is available; do you want to install it?" does not, IMHO, explain things well enough.