1358801 - “You’re using a pre-release version of Firefox.” sounds and looks like an error message

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[nicolas m]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:55.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/55.0
Build ID: 20170422100218

Steps to reproduce:

I’m using Nightly. I visited https://mozilla.org/firefox/new/


Actual results:

The top right corner of the page displays an exclamation mark in an orange disc (warning symbol) accompanied by the words: “You’re using a pre-release version of Firefox.”

It makes it sounds and looks like if it’s bad.


Expected results:

The symbol should denotes something positive. It could be the (I assume) green check mark of an up-to-date Firefox, or something else. At least not one that seems to has been designed (still assuming) for out-of-date Firefox.

The copy should be positive too. Just ending with “Thanks for testing!” could be enough.

Comment 1

[Alex Gibson [:agibson]]

I believe the wording was made this way intentionally because there are a lot of users on Beta for example, who do not actually realise they are on a pre-release version. It is there to try and make very clear that they can switch to the more stable release channel if they wish to do so. I think Nightly users are likely much more aware of the channel they are on, and also a more niche audience.

Comment 2

[Alex Gibson [:agibson]]

Hi Pascal, given Comment 1 I'm going to close this as WONTFIX. It is made to look like a warning for users who are mostly not as technical as the Nightly community. If users are aware they are on a pre-release channel (such as Nightly), I think they are also likely to understand why we might want to call that out explicitly on this page, which is meant for a very different and much broader audience.