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Wrong decision. Nobody wants to update their browser this frequently, and the release overhead is a constant factor. So you're basically having a lot less produ

Wrong decision. Nobody wants to update their browser this frequently, and the release overhead is a constant factor. So you're basically having a lot less productive time where you actually produce value. But hey, not my call I guess.

saghm 7y ago
Absolutely nobody? I update all the packages on my Linux machines (personal ones, not servers) at least daily. I'm happy to get any changes as soon as they're released. Obviously I'm likely in the minority here, but is it really that inconceivable that a decent number of people might be fine with updating their browser once a month? It's a pretty quick process, and for the average user who isn't using many extensions (if any), things don't really break when it updates.
yes-except-no 7y ago
>Nobody wants to update their browser this frequently hi, I run nightly and get prompts that my browser has updated daily. I simply ignore them, and it'll be patched by the time I start up firefox the next time, because it updates in the background. And so does regular firefox. You don't see Chrome updating, and yet they're pushing out more releases than firefox ever did.
pingyong 7y ago
>Nobody wants to update their browser this frequently Uhh really? Pretty sure "most people" don't even notice when their browser updates.
- Grue3 7y ago
  I almost never restart Firefox, and having a pop-up nagging me to update sucks a lot. Sometimes I have to look at it for many weeks straight before Firefox eventually eats all the RAM and I have to restart it.
  - diffeomorphism 7y ago
    Clicking close and then clicking restore session takes 5 seconds or so. Why are you "almost never" restarting?
    - Grue3 7y ago
      1. I have lots of tabs open. I don't want to wait for them to be reloaded. 2. Because of modern web design trends like infinite scrolling and overuse of javascript, reloading a page inevitably resets the content in it. 3. I also use tools like PgAdmin with web interface, which gets completely reset when the browser is restarted. 4. Restarting and installing a new Firefox version takes way longer than 5 seconds. 5. There's no reason for me to restart if there's no new version to update.
- iagooar 7y ago
  Yes, really.

saghm 7y ago

Absolutely nobody? I update all the packages on my Linux machines (personal ones, not servers) at least daily. I'm happy to get any changes as soon as they're released. Obviously I'm likely in the minority here, but is it really that inconceivable that a decent number of people might be fine with updating their browser once a month? It's a pretty quick process, and for the average user who isn't using many extensions (if any), things don't really break when it updates.

yes-except-no 7y ago

>Nobody wants to update their browser this frequently hi, I run nightly and get prompts that my browser has updated daily. I simply ignore them, and it'll be patched by the time I start up firefox the next time, because it updates in the background. And so does regular firefox. You don't see Chrome updating, and yet they're pushing out more releases than firefox ever did.

pingyong 7y ago

>Nobody wants to update their browser this frequently Uhh really? Pretty sure "most people" don't even notice when their browser updates.

Grue3 7y ago
I almost never restart Firefox, and having a pop-up nagging me to update sucks a lot. Sometimes I have to look at it for many weeks straight before Firefox eventually eats all the RAM and I have to restart it.
- diffeomorphism 7y ago
  Clicking close and then clicking restore session takes 5 seconds or so. Why are you "almost never" restarting?
  - Grue3 7y ago
    1. I have lots of tabs open. I don't want to wait for them to be reloaded. 2. Because of modern web design trends like infinite scrolling and overuse of javascript, reloading a page inevitably resets the content in it. 3. I also use tools like PgAdmin with web interface, which gets completely reset when the browser is restarted. 4. Restarting and installing a new Firefox version takes way longer than 5 seconds. 5. There's no reason for me to restart if there's no new version to update.
iagooar 7y ago
Yes, really.