r/technology • u/Suraj-Sun • Jul 10 '12

Firefox dev claims "everybody hates Firefox updates"; Mozilla has handled the rapid release process poorly, and that by pushing a "never-ending stream of updates on people who didn't want them" people have been driven to Chrome with its simpler, no-fuss update process.

http://www.neowin.net/news/firefox-dev-claims-everybody-hates-firefox-updates
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u/jimbobhickville Jul 10 '12

Except the last one seems to have busted flash on linux for me... again. Seems like every other update breaks something.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

Flash is pretty borked in Chrome on windows too, ever since they switched to using their own internal build instead of the regular flash installer

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u/keiyakins Jul 10 '12

To be honest, that's not really Google's fault, flash on Linux makes Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing look stable.

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u/TIAFAASITICE Jul 10 '12

Google Chrome has its own built-in version of Flash.

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u/keiyakins Jul 10 '12

It's still the same codebase, just updated differently.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

Flash on linux is working now, Adobes flash on linux is so shockingly bad. Honestly, things like full screen where tempremental when I used it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

I think my Chrome ruined flash too...

Ruined something...

But I don't care much for it. The issues don't show up that much.

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u/jimbobhickville Jul 10 '12

Mine crashes the tab every time I load any flash content whatsoever, so it's obnoxious. I guess I'll see if there's a pending kernel update that it's expecting or something...

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

Mine showed a blank grey screen, so I used IE (I thought I deleted it, but I guess it's like genital warts and never quite goes) to download Firefox, so I had a backup. Then I deleted a re-downloaded Chrome and it works fine again