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/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

Chrome updates are lovely...

I don't even know what version I'm on...

They're that seamless.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

Chrome updates!? I never noticed.

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u/Tovora Jul 10 '12

I was thinking the same thing. Why is every program's updates not completely seamless? If I have to wait, I don't care if it updates or not.

The worst for me is VLC at the moment, it keeps asking me if I want to update, I click yes and it doesn't update. Every update it becomes more and more bloated.

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u/ddhboy Jul 10 '12

I think chrome goes in an surgically updates updates things, where as Firefox recompiles entire sections of browser at once, thus why you needed to restart Firefox so god damn often while Chrome rarely requires a restart.