Update your web browser (if using FF 3.5, IE 7, or Safari 3)

[Corran]

Google is dropping support for these browsers in gmail and a number of other products in a push for consistent HTML 5 browser support.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13639875

Also, Mozilla themselves are a bit frustrated that people are still using their 3.5 browser.
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/3.5_EOL

We need a plan to obsolete Firefox 3.5 as we can't support it into perpetuity. We have been frustrated with our efforts to move users off of old releases and are worried too many people do not upgrade and are on vulnerable and unsupported versions of Firefox.

Update links
Internet Explorer | Firefox | Safari | Chrome

Opera is not mentioned... here is a link anyways. http://www.opera.com/

Consistent browser rendering makes web developers happy. Help move the internet forward, or at the very least protect yourself from browser vulnerabilities that your browser vendor has long since patched in their newer releases.

[dokidoki]

Lynx 1.0 forever!

[trythil]

Also, Mozilla themselves are a bit frustrated that people are still using their 3.5 browser.

Heh, good luck to them. Microsoft's been trying to get people off of IE6 for years now and they've still got quite a way to go.

(I actually just upgraded the Firefox install on my Windows 7 machine to 4.0.1 about 10 minutes ago.)

[guy07]

That's cuz the new layout for the newest firefox sucks balls.

[Kariudo]

you do know you can make FF 4's layout look nearly identical to FF 3.x's, right?

[guy07]

I'm not sure what version i had before, but it didn't have that 'firefox' tab. I don't like that i have to click the 'firefox' tab, then pick what i want to do. I preferred having the options across the top.

[Corran]

That's cuz the new layout for the newest firefox sucks balls.

There was a major release between 3.5 and the newest version that didn't dramatically alter the user interface...


Also,

Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have—and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that up.

[Corran]

I'm not sure what version i had before, but it didn't have that 'firefox' tab. I don't like that i have to click the 'firefox' tab, then pick what i want to do. I preferred having the options across the top.

You mean like this?



From the Firefox tab, hover over "Options" and click "Menu Bar"

[trythil]

That's cuz the new layout for the newest firefox sucks balls.

Works fine for me:



Of course, "sucks balls" is hardly an actionable criticism. Good thing you don't do UI design.

[Qyot27]

you do know you can make FF 4's layout look nearly identical to FF 3.x's, right?

To further drive that point home:


Really, the only substantial difference there is what order the Stop, Home, and Reload buttons are in.