Closed
Bug 1358801
Opened 8 years ago
Closed 8 years ago
“You’re using a pre-release version of Firefox.” sounds and looks like an error message
Categories
(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
WONTFIX
People
(Reporter: contact, Unassigned)
Details
(Keywords: nightly-community)
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 At least not one that seems to has been designed (still assuming) for out-of-date Firefox.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.
Updated•8 years ago
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Comment 1•8 years ago
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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•8 years ago
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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.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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