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Their accelerated release schedule is precisely why I've stopped installing Firefox on relatives machines. I'm tired of having to answer why Firefox just start
by nirvdrum 15y ago
Their accelerated release schedule is precisely why I've stopped installing Firefox on relatives machines. I'm tired of having to answer why Firefox just started up asking them if they wanted to search for updates for their addons, why some of them got disabled, and why some extensions just stopped working. I've also had the unfortunate experience of an update just not working at all. Basically, they're delivering nothing my family is looking for at the cost of stability. It's just not worth it.
- what_ever 15y agoYou can install add-on compatibility checker add-on. I think almost all of the add-ons which work for FF4, work for rest of the versions as well. And almost all of the add-ons have been ported to FF4. So basically, everything works.
- nirvdrum 15y agoWell, it's that compatibility checker screen that throws my relatives off. They don't even know that they have add-ons for the most part. And they don't know that Firefox just updated on them. All they know is the next time they start it up they're greeted with a foreign window spouting off something about add-ons.
- what_ever 15y agoAgreed. Compatibility check hack is not so obvious. They need to fix it. I was just suggesting that you can install it once and set to disable checking compatibility for once and all. Your relatives can ignore any warnings after that.
- nirvdrum 15y agoAhh. Good point. Maybe I'll give that a whirl.