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I thought the point of Mozilla's new release scheme was that we don't have to download anything anymore. The updates just come to us, as if by magic. https://

I thought the point of Mozilla's new release scheme was that we don't have to download anything anymore. The updates just come to us, as if by magic. https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Updating%20Firefox https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Updating%20Firefox

T-zex 15y ago
Go to Help > About Firefox and click Update. It should update automatically after some time anyway.
gcp 15y ago
They do. These posts are for those who've never installed it before. All 5 of them :-) Seriously, the release notes and changelog are what we're after.
CWuestefeld 15y ago
But extensions are still version dependent. I was just about to update my installation, but it told me that my Roboform extension isn't compatible with v7. If they allow the application to update when it wants, they're going to quickly render me unable to use Firefox, since I won't be able to log into secure web sites.
- mbrubeck 15y ago
  By the way, Roboform has been updated to support Firefox 7: http://www.roboform.com/support/news http://www.roboform.com/support/news
- WalterGR 15y ago
  I was just about to update my installation, but it told me that my Roboform extension isn't compatible with v7. How do you get to that information prior to the upgrade? I've only realized extensions were incompatible after updating, because Firefox disables them.
  - mbrubeck 15y ago
    Did you receive the update automatically, or did you download and install it manually? If you are using automatic updates, Firefox should ask before updating if any of your add-ons will be disabled.
    - WalterGR 15y ago
      My experience is that if I click "Check for updates" and an update happens to be available, then there's no way to prevent that update from being installed, even if it causes add-ons to be disabled.
bzbarsky 15y ago
Yep. You only have to download the update if you don't want to wait the up to 8 hours before your browser pings the update server and discovers there's an update.

T-zex 15y ago

Go to Help > About Firefox and click Update. It should update automatically after some time anyway.

gcp 15y ago

They do. These posts are for those who've never installed it before. All 5 of them :-) Seriously, the release notes and changelog are what we're after.

CWuestefeld 15y ago

But extensions are still version dependent. I was just about to update my installation, but it told me that my Roboform extension isn't compatible with v7. If they allow the application to update when it wants, they're going to quickly render me unable to use Firefox, since I won't be able to log into secure web sites.

mbrubeck 15y ago
By the way, Roboform has been updated to support Firefox 7: http://www.roboform.com/support/news http://www.roboform.com/support/news
WalterGR 15y ago
I was just about to update my installation, but it told me that my Roboform extension isn't compatible with v7. How do you get to that information prior to the upgrade? I've only realized extensions were incompatible after updating, because Firefox disables them.
- mbrubeck 15y ago
  Did you receive the update automatically, or did you download and install it manually? If you are using automatic updates, Firefox should ask before updating if any of your add-ons will be disabled.
  - WalterGR 15y ago
    My experience is that if I click "Check for updates" and an update happens to be available, then there's no way to prevent that update from being installed, even if it causes add-ons to be disabled.

bzbarsky 15y ago

Yep. You only have to download the update if you don't want to wait the up to 8 hours before your browser pings the update server and discovers there's an update.