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We should reduce the font size. Currently 5.0.1 and 6.0.1 are on the same level. --Dima1 (talk) 07:18, 7 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Texts in the chart seem to overlap each other

I have a problem. Lately the Firefox updates become too fast... so fast that the texts in the timeline chart overlap each other. Somebody needs to do something about it. --Angeldeb82 (talk) 16:04, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have added line break "\n" to 31.1.x (e.g. 31.1.0esr -> 31.1.0\nesr). In my environment, 31.3.0esr and 36.0.1 are still overlapped a little, however, this is much better than before. --Claw of Slime (talk) 16:49, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Thank you. Hope readers won't become frustrated in the future. --Angeldeb82 (talk) 17:44, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Mozilla Firefox Timeline template is about to run out of space soon

I've been thinking. In nine days, Firefox 38 will arrive, and so will the new version of Firefox 31esr, but there's one problem: the height in the Mozilla Firefox Timeline template seems to be limited, and if the ESR version number goes down any further than Firefox 31.6.0esr, pretty soon the space will run out, and the template won't work. What should we do to remedy this? --Angeldeb82 (talk) 18:43, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why can't you just simply resize it? In any case, this template is a disaster. The way it's organized negates the purpose of this template as it's more difficult to decipher than a simple list (the nearly illegible text only making it worse). For example, the lines dividing the chart into months is way too light, and the years should be on top as they are the main aspect of the template (also consider how tall the chart is, requiring scrolling to see the only labels). I would suggest removing the template entirely and just using a list or a regular HTML table until some other type of graphic can be made. Scarce2 (talk) 22:00, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I only see the purpose of this template as a timeline, AKA release history in visual form, but it's getting bloated with rapid releases nowadays. It's a disaster, really. Rukario-sama ^ㅈ^ -(...) 23:48, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Consider to stop listing patches

Isn't it perhaps time to rethink this timeline? This has become such a massive thing that's just to complex to read. What is the purpose of adding every single patch to this timeline? Wouldn't it be better if we just release every major and minor update, and stop listing both patch level updates (0.0.X and 0.0.0.X)? This way we can also change the scale so that this no longer requires vertical scrolling. --YannickFran (talk) 07:08, 28 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Texts in the chart seem to overlap each other, Part II

I have a problem with the Template chart. It seems that when I try to add in a new year, all the words in the text seem to squeeze in so tightly that they all overlap each other, and if I add in a few years from now, pretty soon the words will all cover each other so that they'll all be unreadable. When I try to make the chart go wider, it won't go any wider than 1600x2000 pixels! Somebody needs to either make the chart bigger, or else remove it altogether. --Angeldeb82 (talk) 15:36, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How do we feel about removing all the version numbers, like this? I agree that the chart is largely useless for looking at specific version numbers, which would be better looked up in a table. Using colors like this (black=major, magenta=minor, pink=patch) visually conveys the main information a table wouldn't. —Tga (talk) 00:19, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You know, I'm starting to think you're right. I'll try. --Angeldeb82 (talk) 15:18, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

SVG derivative

I've taken the data from here and twisted it into https://wofall.bitbucket.io/firefox_timeline.html. If you're reading this then you might find it interesting. —WOFall (talk) 21:29, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]