The fact that firefox updates when I open it instead of when I close it. Has to be the most annoying feature ever. : firefox

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Go to options. Scroll halfway down the page. Firefox gives you the choice to change updates from automatic to whenever you want.

https://i.imgur.com/NxpbIH4.png

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I prefer automatic updates.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This is what I hate on school computers, and it drives people away from Firefox.
You don't have admin privilege, you can't update, so don't even try.
I always disable auto-updates on those.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You guys close your browser? Weird

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (8 children)

I'm not really hankering for that 4 seconds it takes to restart.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Would you prefer:

“Firefox Updater

This app is preventing shutdown”

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Things that don’t happen in other browsers with background updating for $100, Alex.

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[+] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (3 children)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Shouldn't it update exactly when you want on Linux, because it's done by your package manager?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Would installing Firefox on winget solve OPs problem, assuming they are on Windows?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Yeah, I know when I update Firefox with pamac that when I next open it it's going to need to update. It takes 3 seconds and restores my open tabs afterwards. It's really not so bad.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it's done by the package and when you configure it to, which in practice is right now.

Actually, that's one of the things Ubuntu got right with Snap (hate is as much as you want). They install the new version in the background without interrupting your flow. The next time, you close Firefox and choose to open it again....tada... it's the new version.

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