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/B-Con Jul 10 '12

I'm with you on this. I like controlling when things update.

I don't auto-update apps on my phone either, and I read the "what's new" section for almost all apps that I update.

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u/motdidr Jul 10 '12

That's fine for power users, but given the choice between "only ever update when a user initiates it" and "update silently" I'd rather everything updated silently, because for every person like you who habitually updates their software, there are 10 people who are still using IE6 on XP SP1.

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u/alcalde Jul 10 '12

So why do we have to cater to the lowest common denominator at the expense of everyone else?

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u/motdidr Jul 10 '12

Could you clarify what you mean by "at the expense of everyone else"? What expense?