Even more weird: Version 3 was released in 2011. In the same timespan we went from 2 -> 3 we went from 3 -> 6!
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Dasnap@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I know I shouldn’t put too much weight onto what the numbers actually mean, but it’s still weird to think we’re only on version 6 after all this time.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 11 months ago
xthexder@l.sw0.com 11 months ago
2011 is actually the same year Firefox started their rapid versioning to try and match Chrome. There was definitely a shift in versioning styles around then.
mrsgreenpotato@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
!unexpectedfactorial
na_th_an@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I still have my Firefox 3.0 Download Day PDF certificate.
14th_cylon@lemm.ee 11 months ago
yeah, windows are clearly ahead… bastards!
Eczpurt@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Rubbing it in our faces going from 95 all the way down to 11 too smh…
chili1553@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Just for fun bro
xthexder@l.sw0.com 11 months ago
I blame browsers for their out of control versioning.
Chrome is on version 118 now and gets a bump roughly every 6 months. Firefox is 4 years older, yet they started following the same rapid versioning at version 5 to “keep up” with Chrome which was already on version 12 but a younger browser.
space@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Their release cycle is rougly 1 month. Same with all other browsers. I know because I worked on a tool that had to keep up with browser versions.