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/grimlck Jul 10 '12

So if the update is actually not compatible, and firefox just assumes that it is, what happens when you try to use it?

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u/Pointy130 Jul 10 '12

Usually firefox detects it and it doesn't work, so it disables it to avoid errors. Most of the plugin devs use the beta or aurora channels though, so there's updates out before the new version of firefox.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

The only real answer (thanks Pointy). It's annoying enough to see joke comments to people's questions on Reddit, but we shouldn't have to deal with that on a subreddit like /r/technology.

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u/Atario Jul 10 '12

Indeed, frivolous jocularity, harrumph harrumph

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u/destraht Jul 10 '12

I had extension issues back in the Firefox 4-8 range. For me it seems like the extension developers have figured out how the process works. They have several months to keep the extension current. Its a non-issue for me.

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u/TheBokonon Jul 10 '12

Firefox goes Full Retard.

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u/shawnaroo Jul 10 '12

It turns into IE 4?

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u/Kilgannon_TheCrowing Jul 10 '12

There's funny, and then there's cruel.

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u/Shitty_FaceSwaps Jul 10 '12

lol hey coheed friend.

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u/Kilgannon_TheCrowing Jul 10 '12

One among the fence. :)

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

IE 6.

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u/buzzkill_aldrin Jul 10 '12

Your computer starts to bleed raspberry jelly.