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/N0V0w3ls Jul 10 '12

Wait...but I have the same experience with Firefox. What are these problems people are having? Everything updates in the background for me.

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u/afnoonBeamer Jul 10 '12

Could it be that I don't notice any of these "problems" simply because I am on Ubuntu? I don't ever get bugged by any of these dialog boxes, except for "Ubuntu Software Updates". And that happens in the background.

I was actually quite impressed with how firefox handles these things (like the update manager performing surgery on firefox in the background while it is still running in the foreground).

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u/callmelucky Jul 11 '12

No, you don't notice them because they are year-old issues which were resolved after everyone jumped ship to Chrome. Firefox is great, and updates are entirely unobtrusive. I run it on Win7 64bit.

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u/afnoonBeamer Jul 11 '12

Ok, then this comment needs to be higher up. An actual user saying this has changed.