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Re:Firefox 4, 5, 6 and 7 to be released before the end of 2011 by j2d2j2d2 on Monday February 07, 2011 @11:00AM (#2189381)
I agree. It suggests that version numbers are essentially meaningless when the consumer of the versioned item is only concerned with what is supported.

It almost seems reasonable to think any browser level 7 should have full HTML5 compatibility. Level 8 should have IndexDB as the built-in database.

I haven't spent a lot of time considering this idea, but I'm attracted to the stability that could be gained from having versions somewhat mapped to implementation standards.

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