They probably thought it was news about Firefox 3, like I did.

Yes, I use Firefox, happy user and all, but how is such a minor update news worth to make it on the title page?
Just as a comparison: when OpenSuse 10.2 was released (or was it 10.1) not a single of the many submitted articles was published on Slashdot.

So why is this worth its own article on Slashdot?

The fact that it actually made it through is a bit mind-boggling though.

You must be new here.... if it only gets duped one more time, that'll be a surprise.

If only there was a way for Firefox users to be automatically notified of new patches.

Imagine using a product called "Dildo" at work. Yeah that will do it.

Mozilla Dev1: OMFG, we haven't been mentioned on the front page of slashdot in like 20 minutes or something!

Mozilla Dev2: No problem. We'll just release yet another pointless sub-sub-sub-sub-sub version.

Me: (looking at yet another firefox recompile from FreeBSD ports) Screw it, I'm going back to seamonkey.

My system doesn't know what a "regedit" is. Maybe that's your problem?

Imagine using a product called "Dildo" at work. Yeah that will do it.

...or posting to Slashdot under that user name, Jack. ;)

I just installed it on my Mac. Feels snappier! And my dog isn't scratching his nads anymore! Thanks, Mozilla.

I see where you could have been confused. 2.0.0.11 looks very similar to 3.x.x.x

Gee, isn't it obvious? 2 + 0 + 0 + 1/1 = 3. There!