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My Firefox updates automatically, and it never told me to immediately restart the browser. Most of the times I don't notice it at all, and sometimes I notice a

by yoavm 5y ago

My Firefox updates automatically, and it never told me to immediately restart the browser. Most of the times I don't notice it at all, and sometimes I notice a small blue dot on the top right hamburger menu that asks me to restart. Never forced me, just asks. Moving from Arch to Debian I was disappointed not to find a Developer Edition package, but the official Linux release works just fine and I personally enjoy the auto-update mechanism.

ghostly_s 5y ago
Mine prompts me to restart when I load a new page, no option to postpone as fat as I've seen.
- perihelions 5y ago
  The option is here: about:preferences#general ("Check for updates but let you choose to install them", if English localization)
  - kbrosnan 5y ago
    That pref is not present because it does not apply to distro updated Firefox such as a .deb.
- TingPing 5y ago
  Because postponing isn't possible, the files changed from under it and their behavior is undefined.
chimeracoder 5y ago
> My Firefox updates automatically, and it never told me to immediately restart the browser. It happens all time time for me. Literally happened just a few minutes ago. It happens when you open a new tab or window, not when you're browsing within an existing tab. > Restart to Keep Using Firefox Developer Edition > An update to Firefox Developer Edition started in the background. You’ll need to restart to finish the update. > Your windows and tabs will be quickly restored, but private ones will not.
TimeBearingDown 5y ago
That is a really nice feature. The (only?) downside is less tight distro integration, less reliance on shared libraries which can be updated and bugfixed independent of the browser. I’m less convinced of that benefit in the face of seamless autoupdate though, here on Arch with the official package which does require me to restart.

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My Firefox updates automatically, and it never told me to immediately restart the browser. Most of the times I don't notice it at all, and sometimes I notice a

by yoavm 5y ago

ghostly_s 5y ago
Mine prompts me to restart when I load a new page, no option to postpone as fat as I've seen.
- perihelions 5y ago
  The option is here: about:preferences#general ("Check for updates but let you choose to install them", if English localization)
  - kbrosnan 5y ago
    That pref is not present because it does not apply to distro updated Firefox such as a .deb.
- TingPing 5y ago
  Because postponing isn't possible, the files changed from under it and their behavior is undefined.
chimeracoder 5y ago
> My Firefox updates automatically, and it never told me to immediately restart the browser. It happens all time time for me. Literally happened just a few minutes ago. It happens when you open a new tab or window, not when you're browsing within an existing tab. > Restart to Keep Using Firefox Developer Edition > An update to Firefox Developer Edition started in the background. You’ll need to restart to finish the update. > Your windows and tabs will be quickly restored, but private ones will not.
TimeBearingDown 5y ago
That is a really nice feature. The (only?) downside is less tight distro integration, less reliance on shared libraries which can be updated and bugfixed independent of the browser. I’m less convinced of that benefit in the face of seamless autoupdate though, here on Arch with the official package which does require me to restart.