tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439561539898172827.post2039838601275593808..comments2023-10-03T06:56:38.719-07:00Comments on Crashing Into Open Source (without a paddle): Hey BBC would you like to know how releasing software works?Lukas Blakkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704122818790306443noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439561539898172827.post-47909329601689298722011-03-24T09:56:13.323-07:002011-03-24T09:56:13.323-07:00richardwhiuk: Chrome uses a different release mode...richardwhiuk: Chrome uses a different release model where they automatically (and silently) upgrade people's Chrome so that they never have to worry about bringing people up from older versions. No dialog box ever asks you if you want to update. With Firefox we give the user a choice which is nice for things like add-on compatibility. That makes a bit more work for us, but it's how we do it.Lukas Blakkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704122818790306443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439561539898172827.post-393553403253226342011-03-23T12:50:23.571-07:002011-03-23T12:50:23.571-07:00Firefox market share is declining - http://gs.stat...Firefox market share is declining - http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-monthly-200807-201103 shows a very slow, but noticeable decline (about 1% in six months).<br /><br />Firefox 4 conversion rate is very slow, compared to the release of Google Chrome's latest major version - http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version-ww-monthly-201009-201102 shows the time it takes for Google Chrome to update one major version, which is based on releasing open source software.richardwhiukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16727910335018816867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439561539898172827.post-29246607043977005382011-03-23T11:15:08.913-07:002011-03-23T11:15:08.913-07:00Can you please release more data about the downloa...Can you please release more data about the download rate, such as how many people upgraded their browsers in the given time, and how many users 'activated' their Firefox browser (including those not downloaded directly from Mozilla but other sources)?Tomer Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13640603455849477510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439561539898172827.post-62579395827411959542011-03-23T10:58:51.291-07:002011-03-23T10:58:51.291-07:00Wow, what a non-sense ("declining share"...Wow, what a non-sense ("declining share" headline). The most important difference is that download numbers of Firefox 3 have been significantly inflated by the Download Day campaign - it has been widely announced and many people downloaded on the first day just to help create a world record. The download numbers were significantly higher than for any Firefox release before *or* after. I actually find it impressive that Firefox managed to get so close to its own world record without any special announcements whatsoever. I guess that already the next Firefox release will get more then 8 million downloads on the first day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com