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You can turn it off in Options -> Advanced -> Update, if it bothers your clients that much. FWIW, I can't actually notice a difference between Firefox 4 and 5 U
by CrazedGeek 15y ago
You can turn it off in Options -> Advanced -> Update, if it bothers your clients that much. FWIW, I can't actually notice a difference between Firefox 4 and 5 UI-wise (I'm sure there are some changes, but they must be incredibly subtle).
- thaumaturgy 15y agoAnd we would happily do exactly that, except that then our clients won't receive any further security updates once the next version comes out. Given how hostile the web has become lately, we can't in good conscience recommend that, either. So we have three choices: 1. Leave clients with Firefox with updates turned on, continue receiving requests to reverse recent upgrades or gripes about it constantly updating on them -> clients are generally unhappy, but reasonably safe on the web. 2. Leave clients with Firefox with updates turned off, subsequently manually manage software updates for three counties' worth of clients -> either bleed money like crazy or try to justify billing our time to our clients for this hassle every six months. (This isn't quite as bad as it sounds at first, because we do try to maintain contact with every one of our clients at least once every couple of months, but it still becomes one more item on our checklist for every single computer we touch while on-site.) 3. Recommend some other software instead. IE? Laughable. Chrome? Same problems. Opera? Guess I need to see how they're doing these days.
- CrazedGeek 15y agoIron, maybe? It's Chrome minus the updater and a few other things: http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php
- thaumaturgy 15y agoI haven't heard of that one and am looking at it now, thank you. I'm also considering a near-term fork of Firefox.