THE ONE THING that I hate about Firefox. : firefox

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I've never seen this and I keep firefox open pretty much until it decides to randomly crash (probably an extension so something but still goes for a few days usually)

How long are you going without restarting firefox once?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I've been using Firefox on all my machines for (many) years now and literally not once have I ever seen this. Maybe you unintentionally have some option set to install updates more quickly/directly?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Well, you are right and I hate this too.

However - why can't you choose your own time to update your system with all packages? That's on Linux, and Windows has suffering embedded in its license agreement anyway, even if this bit of it isn't from MS.

Also its current UI is what I hate much more. Why could they not make it look like FF 3 at least is beyond me. It was good , usable, and it also carries an element of brand continuity, loyalty if you wish.

I understand why XUL had to go ... well, not really, they didn't have to reinvent C for multithreading, and just like that FF developers didn't have to abolish XUL in its entirety for having separate threads for separate tabs and the UI.

Actually I also hate the fact of them abolishing XUL instead of changing it into something incompatible but just as powerful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Can I see your update settings? Should be under FireFox Updates in General.

[+] only0218 2 points 11 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, caught out the first.time. Now I never OK the update until I am about to close.down, which is a bulahit workaround but there it is. Why can't it be downloaded with a pop uo notification saying install the update now or wait until you reboot?

[+] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago

Better safe than sorry.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 11 months ago

What're you a chrome shill?

[+] [email protected] -6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This is a completely ridiculous post.

To compare spyware Chrome with Firefox is also a sign that there's something lacking in this thinking processes...

It seems very obvious to me that this cannot happen unless you specifically choose to update Firefox. Perhaps you have issues with your operating system and don't understand what you're doing?

Windows users usually complain about having a ton of services running in the background, so I'd vote that you've opted to allow Firefox to run as a service, so even if you close the browser it's still running there - and probably set to update automatically too.

After updating, then you have to restart it, and there aren't 'all the logins and 2FA' unless you chose to do that. After I restart Firefox, my session is returned to me - without 'all the logins and 2FA' because I didn't set stupid protection to make it forget everything and log out of everything when it gets restarted.

When I update the system, I do it when I'm not busy working - and that means I choose when to update Firefox.

So it cannot interrupt me without MY permission. Then again, I wouldn't enable any unattended or automatic updates, my updates are checked when I say they should be, they can be automatically downloaded in the background, but NOTHING gets executed unless I allow it.

I suggest you learn to get a grip and learn to use your computer - or sit back and play patsy and allow the software giants completely control your life while you sit back whinging.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

even if you close the browser it's still running there - and probably set to update automatically too.

But then I wouldn't complain about losing my work and having to go through login process, would I? Since it would be updated after I've closed it, not while I'm using it.

All this wall of text, you didn't even consider if your made up scenario makes sense or not.

Ciao

[+] [email protected] -10 points 11 months ago (6 children)

just don't update stuff unless you're ready to restart apps? cuz you're not gonna get the new stuff until it restarts anyway. also it should restore your session

[–] [email protected] -5 points 11 months ago

Why is this being downvoted? It's true, don't upgrade if you can't affort to restart. If it is some shitty OS or package manager feature that does this automatically, then turn it off.

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