rapid release culture at mozilla
Congratulation to firefox team on the rapid release cycle at mozilla
[http://blog.mozilla.com/futurereleases/2011/07/19/every-six-weeks/] . Recent comments in http://bit.ly/nJ5KVB and even the bug details:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678775 is plain out of
context. Here- http://pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/238412/firefox_numbering_debate_is_… Familiarity and user experience is very different through any context.
Familiarity can never demand a great experience. Rapid release cycle is very much necessary to the present web
development as adopted by all the browsers standards. I must
congratulate the teams who can keep our experience clean. My concern towards a better version upgrade and content strategy. The content should find relevance always. A
prompt to the previous/latest release may (not) be a pertinent
solution in this context. This case study suggests an “offline and
delay” strategy, based on the user ‘preference’ / setting. Any notification prompt should be avoided,
considering the annoying feature towards explicit user notification or
install prompts. It rarely holds any relevance in this context. Suggestion- “Version” details provides same context as ‘about’ menu. A separate
element invite the user to check the details. Elements- 1. Offline session doesn’t hold the ‘version’ element in the menu.
2. Settings > preference should hold the user immediacy status(twin state).
3. And you knock only once for Online users i.e on release day. I have prioritized the notification without any urgency notices.
[http://blog.mozilla.com/futurereleases/2011/07/19/every-six-weeks/] . Recent comments in http://bit.ly/nJ5KVB and even the bug details:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678775 is plain out of
context. Here- http://pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/238412/firefox_numbering_debate_is_… Familiarity and user experience is very different through any context.
Familiarity can never demand a great experience. Rapid release cycle is very much necessary to the present web
development as adopted by all the browsers standards. I must
congratulate the teams who can keep our experience clean. My concern towards a better version upgrade and content strategy. The content should find relevance always. A
prompt to the previous/latest release may (not) be a pertinent
solution in this context. This case study suggests an “offline and
delay” strategy, based on the user ‘preference’ / setting. Any notification prompt should be avoided,
considering the annoying feature towards explicit user notification or
install prompts. It rarely holds any relevance in this context. Suggestion- “Version” details provides same context as ‘about’ menu. A separate
element invite the user to check the details. Elements- 1. Offline session doesn’t hold the ‘version’ element in the menu.
2. Settings > preference should hold the user immediacy status(twin state).
3. And you knock only once for Online users i.e on release day. I have prioritized the notification without any urgency notices.