Comments on: I hate Firefox update day.

By: Lothar T. Zogg

Lothar T. Zogg — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:24:34 +0000

Updates that break identity selectors is bad enough, but to suddenly be FORCED to upgrade is unacceptable! I asked NOT to be upgraded, but it was no good. I miss my I-cards so much! I was sailing along and now I’m back in Password Purgatory! Firefox’s stock just crashed in my book.

By: Equals Drummond » Blog Archive » Firefox, Are You Listening?

Equals Drummond » Blog Archive » Firefox, Are You Listening? — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:02:32 +0000

[...] Dingle has a wonderful suggestion about how Firefox should proceed with automatic updates. Those of us building identity selector technology that integrates closely with browsers need [...]

By: Pamela

Pamela — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:06:17 +0000

Hey Benoit,

I didn’t see a survey – I simply restarted my browser to see that it was updated.

Perhaps it is something I can find and independently trigger?

By: BenoitB

BenoitB — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:49:26 +0000

Have you filled in the survey proposed at the end of the update process ? It’s only 5 or 6 questions, plus a space for some enhancements suggestions.

By: ignisvulpis

ignisvulpis — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:03:49 +0000

Set browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled to false in about:config.
That should speed up the typing “echo”. But in fact I like this feature even if it slow sometimes.

By: Dave Kearns

Dave Kearns — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:44:31 +0000

AMEN!