Currently Chromium 128, and Firefox 127. They always seem to go shoulder to shoulder.

  • Lemminary@lemmy.world
    64·
    2 months ago

    No, it’s a PR move. Why would anyone use Firefox 12.0 when Chrome is so obviously more advanced with a fast release cycle sitting at version 120+?

    • Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      31·
      2 months ago

      Let’s use hash values for versioning. Big numbers go bigger! Joking aside, I totally believe that there are people who would think bigger numbers means more advanced, and it’s depressing.

        • ArtVandelay@lemmy.worldEnglish
          101·
          2 months ago

          My memory is hazy here, but I was under recollection that Microsoft opted not to call it the Xbox 2 because it coincided with the release of the PlayStation 3, and since three is more than two, obviously the PlayStation is better. And as much as I absolutely hate Microsoft, I almost can’t blame them. Remember that a&w lost to McDonald’s because people thought a 1/3 lb hamburger was less than a 1/4 lb hamburger. People are fucking stupid.

      • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
        123·
        2 months ago

        I still despise Mozilla for changing the version numbering. It’s so fucking stupid. 90% of the “major updates” are just minor shit while the minor updates are just tiny bug & security fixes. But I guess when you plan to not really move the browser forward, then you wouldn’t have gotten any real major updates anyway.

      • T156@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        2 months ago

        One of the reasons why the 1/3rd pound burger lost to the 1/4 pound burger, was because people saw the 1/4, and thought that the quarter-pound was larger for some inexplicable reason.

        I would be very surprised if there wasn’t at least some marketing suggestion focused around “number that looks big is better”.