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by general_failure 4252 days ago
Kudos. But they should really invest time in making the UI responsive and fast. This is my biggest gripe about firefox. I also find it incomprehensible that it checks for updates on startup in a modal fashion. Very annoying.
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nathancahill 4252 days ago
What version of Firefox are you using? It hasn't done that in ages. You have to open the About window to check for new updates and install them.
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kbrosnan 4252 days ago
Non-Windows still has modal update dialog. On startup for non-Windows you are blocked from using the browser until the update is complete. There is a dialog if you run out of date extensions. There is a nag dialog if you have an update pending for over 24h.
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nly 4252 days ago
What platform? Most Linux distros compile Firefox with "--disable-updater --disable-installer", such that Mozillas auto-update doesn't even exist.
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kbrosnan 4251 days ago
OS X and Mozilla Linux builds.
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