Closed Bug 596931 Opened 15 years ago Closed 15 years ago

Restore the built info in the new 'About' dialog

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: klonos, Unassigned)

References

Details

In the new, revamped 'About' dialog there is only version and date information available. Can you please add the old-style build info at the bottom somewhere with copy ability too?
Component: Developer Tools → General
QA Contact: developer.tools → general
This information is available in about:buildconfig and about:support.
I know that. But now you have to type/click more then before to get that info :( Please reconsider.
This was an intentional change. "about:" isn't that hard to type :)
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
I know, it surely isn't that hard for people without disabilities and ones that can blind-type. Still, two clicks is easier.
Not quite a duplicate of this bug, since this bug doesn't actually explain why this was such a bad change: The About dialog no longer shows the build identifier; it's only available from the "troubleshooting information" page (about:support). The About dialog now only says "4.0". This means that there's no longer a version-agnostic way to ask a user for his build. You can no longer ask a Firefox user to open Help->About to get his build, because it's in different places in FF3.x and FF4. Different instructions are required for different versions. It's also inconsistent with every other desktop browser. Chrome, IE and Opera all put their build identifier in the About dialog. This affects this tracker, which says "copy the version text from the product's Help | About menu", which is now wrong. Please restore the build identifier in the About dialog.
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