Firefox's (semi) forced updating policy?

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Postby jjssparkle » Sun 18 Mar, 2007 8:19 am

It probabably all boils down to a deduction someone made over a hundred-fifty years ago or so: 'You can please some of the people some of the time but you can never please ALL of the people ALL of the time'.

Words to live by actually that I'm sure Microsoft, Apple, Linuxes and Javas' alike have all been aware of for quite some time.
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Postby Natashaj » Mon 19 Mar, 2007 6:22 am

I actually had an update done again today it was already downloaded and i had too restart the browser. Looking here I cannot see any updates releases
Secondly I am set in updates too ask me what do to how come it did it all for me
Am curious too know if there was any updates today and also am sure I got one last week as well
Strange that it dowloaded and installed yet it is not set too do that can anyone advise as when this happens naturally you have the browser closed on you but more important its not set too do auto install updates so why is it
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Postby Antony » Mon 19 Mar, 2007 7:51 am

Natashaj,

Just to make it clear, you set in preference that Firefox should ask you what to do, but Firefox downloaded and installed the update for you regardless of your choice?

I don't see any updates in Firefox today. Unless you were one of the Community Beta tester, and they might be seeding next version of Firefox to beta testers first. (please see this page)
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Postby Natashaj » Tue 20 Mar, 2007 12:14 am

Yes that is correct
Box is ticked too automatically check for updates for Firefox
then i have it ticked too when updates are found ask what I want too do

Yesterday I came back and it said new stuff have been dloaded so had no choice too do it
yet as i said as u can see I am not checked for that too happen

I am not one of the testers so not sure what updates I got yesterday but there was one that is for sure and why did it download that option is not ticked

I am running Firefox 2.0.0.2 and when i go and see what updates have been done in show update history there is nothing in there yet i did the update that was released on 23 FEB i think it was same thing it automatically did it then also
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Postby Natashaj » Tue 20 Mar, 2007 12:34 am

Can u tell me the best setting too have it on so it does not dload and want restarting like yesterday. SO it does not require re launching. Just maybe I have missed something that I should have ticked
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Postby Antony » Sat 04 Aug, 2007 11:28 pm

It turns out Microsoft's Windows Vista is even worse, it [sdt=13736]forces rebooting of users computers[/sdt].
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Postby Fulvio » Sun 05 Aug, 2007 1:53 pm

All programs have some well-intentioned features/nuisances.
Seamonkey mail marks some newsletters a "Scams". And, with daily newsletters this can be a nuisances. Why would newsletters from britannica.com be thought a Scams is beyond me.
Anyway, Seamonkey does not have any way to stop the warning in its preferences, like Thunderbird can. Of course, there a line in about:config which can be edited (mail.phishing set to true, should be changed to false.
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