Regarding your first 2 points, it sounds like you haven't used firefox in a long time... 1. Firefox does automatically download and apply updates like chrome d

Regarding your first 2 points, it sounds like you haven't used firefox in a long time... 1. Firefox does automatically download and apply updates like chrome does (at least on Windows), and has for some time. It notifies you when update is downloaded and applied (I think it's just a notification badge on the hamburger menu), but user interaction is not required... the update would automatically get applied the next time the user happens to restart the browser, just like chrome. 2. Firefox has the equivalent of Chrome's omnibar for some time now... you can still add the second search box via the customize screen, but it's optional and is no longer the default...