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"Operating systems by current version" Mac OS: 14 Windows: 11 Linux: 6

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[–] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

non ironically, firefox did a jump in version numbers after firefox 4 because people were seeing the low number compared to other browsers, and would think they were behind technically.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

While true & I remember folks actually using this in arguments for ‘slow development’, there is some merit to versioning differently for something expected to get minor updates to perpetually follow latest specs such. I can’t imagine trying to discern what a “breaking change” would be in this context. Or would you make a new version for every visual redesign? Dates might have just made more sense, but maybe ESR is easier to follow with the current scheme.

[–] Acters@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

One of those bigger numbers is better herd instincts