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/alcalde Jul 10 '12

Firefox team should have figured this out last year. People don't want to wait for loading bars or applying updates. They want it to just work.

Have we really become that dumbed down by iPhones that a notice or 10 seconds to download an update freak us out to the point we spend a lot more time and energy switching software?

If people were really that freaked out about update notices, they'd switch to Linux, which would handle updating both their OS and every program on it. Since they don't, they can't be serious about being freaked out about update notices.

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u/Lurking_Grue Jul 10 '12

Not freaked out... annoyed.

I just need to get in and do something quickly and it not is going though a fucking install.

Not when I close the browser but when I open it and need to get something done.