On 7/28/11 9:43 AM, Robert Kaiser wrote: > David E. Ross schrieb: >> That is sometimes called "lemming behavior", which might be appropriate >> in this case. After all, the legend is that lemmings follow each other >> off a cliff, into the ocean, and to their deaths. > > You mean Firefox will die just as Chrome has and SeaMonkey has before? > > Robert Kaiser >
>From my long experience (30+ years) in software QA, the long-term cost of frequently churning out versions with new features and not merely bug-fixes will eventually either weaken necessary QA through shortcuts to meet schedules or else consume developer resources to the point of weakening the organization. It appears that frequent releases might already be driving away users who otherwise not only have to update the product but also find that needed extensions no longer work. Extensions constitute one of the major features of Mozilla-based applications. Today, the problem with extensions results from the fact that, like SeaMonkey itself, most extensions are developed as hobbies by volunteers who are not paid. With frequent new versions of Mozilla-based applications, extension developers find themselves in the same situation as the Red Queen in Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass", running as fast as they can just to stand still and having to run faster than they can to make progress -- while still having to earn a living. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> On occasion, I might filter and ignore all newsgroup messages posted through GoogleGroups via Google's G2/1.0 user agent because of spam from that source. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
