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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > Simon Waters wrote: >> Rob Beard wrote: >> >>> Take it you're either running Firefox on Windows/Mac or you've installed >>> it separately to your distro's installed version of Firefox? >>> >> >> The mistake is installing updates just when the user wishes to start >> using the program, this is the absolutely worst time from the users >> perspective. >> > Doesn't do that for me with Firefox which is bundled with Ubuntu, it's > all done through apt-get or Update Manager, although I must admit, > Firefox does throw a wobbly if I don't close Firefox before installing > updated Firefox packages. > > On Windows, I find that the updates download in the background and as > you say, when the browser restarts it prompts to do the update. > Personally I'd rather it do it then rather than when closing Firefox or > shutting down (as when I'm closing Firefox or shutting down, it's > generally when I want to turn the PC off or stop using Firefox and the > last thing I want is to hang on an extra minute or two while it installs > an update!). > > Rob > > Debian = install and coinfigure cron-apt Are you sure its a FF update and not an extension..? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkr6k+oACgkQ8WQMOKJswUWJEwCgvlEMXlfnKx+yHuee4FB+NBrA fIYAnj6X6LNvWOcz7oKxgX5b1NVEAOl8 =egMG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html