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The author is missing the point. Chrome does not market its version number, and transparently updates itself in the background. I'd imagine the vast majority of
by weavejester 15y ago
The author is missing the point. Chrome does not market its version number, and transparently updates itself in the background. I'd imagine the vast majority of Chrome users have no idea what major version their browser is on - I sure didn't until I took a look.
Unlike previous number races, Chrome's rapidly increasing version numbers do not indicate a will to impress consumers with high values. Instead, Chrome takes a page from web applications, and makes the version number irrelevant to the vast majority of its users.
Firefox seems to be trying to do the same, but IMO it's putting the cart before the horse. It should improve its update mechanism until version numbers do not matter, and then update the major version as often as it wants to.
- roc 15y ago> "users have no idea what major version their browser is on" To be fair, I'm pretty sure this is true of every browser. And most software in general. Marketing people like having a number. Developers like having a number. They like it for different reasons and have different goals for it. But users have never really known or cared.
- v21 15y agoI use Chrome, and this is the first time I have been ignorant of what version number my browser is on. So yes, most users don't know or care. But now, even techy users don't know or care. It really is a step change.