Comment on Is it just a coincidence that Chromium and Firefox have similar version numbers?

Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• radix@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_version_history

  In March 2011, Mozilla presented plans to switch to a faster 16-week development cycle, similar to Google Chrome.

  Firefox 1.0 was in 2004, and it took until March 2011 to get to version 4.0. Then by the end of 2011, they were on version 9.

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• Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Let’s use hash value for versioning. Big numbers go bigger! Joking aside, I totally believe that there are people who would think bigger numbers means more advanced, and it’s depressing.

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  • hushable@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    that’s the reason why we got Xbox 360 instead of Xbox 2

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    • ArtVandelay@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My memory is hazy here, but I was under recollection that Microsoft opted not to call it the Xbox 2 because it coincided with the release of the PlayStation 3, and since three is more than two, obviously the PlayStation is better. If true, people are fucking stupid. I mean, people are fucking stupid regardless, but still.

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      • otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s exactly what the other commenter was suggesting

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    • RandomStickman@kbin.run ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      But then we got the Xbox One

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      • radix@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It was going to be the 513, but we got an overflow error instead.

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      • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        XBone thank you

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    • Resol@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah I never seemed to understand the naming scheme for Xbox consoles, because what came after the 360 is… the Xbox One. It’s technically the third one.

      And then there’s Nintendo with all their silly home console names. It didn’t get consistent until the Wii and Wii U, and even then, that was thrown out the window immediately after. At least the handhelds were pretty consistent in their naming.

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  • DarkThoughts@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I still despise Mozilla for changing the version numbering. It's so fucking stupid. 90% of the "major updates" are just minor shit while the minor updates are just tiny bug & security fixes. But I guess when you plan to not really move the browser forward, then you wouldn't have gotten any real major updates anyway.

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  • T156@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    One of the reasons why the 1/3rd pound burger lost to the 1/4 pound burger, was because people saw the 1/4, and thought that the quarter-pound was larger for some inexplicable reason.

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