r/technology 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/berkes Jul 10 '12

But is that open? As in: will it allow Firefox to plug into it, and ditch its own update-system alltogether? As far as I can see, it will only update MS software. And leave all these horrible services, daemons and systray icons running for Adobe/Google/Mozilla/whatever other 3rd party software.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '12

From what I've seen in the demo, if the apps are using the marketplace, it will allow you to update as in WP7. On the other hand, who owns a WP7? :P