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In case anyone opens their Firefox 11 client and it doesn't automatically recognize there is an update available, you can go to Help -> About Firefox and it wil
by typicalrunt 14y ago
In case anyone opens their Firefox 11 client and it doesn't automatically recognize there is an update available, you can go to Help -> About Firefox and it will grab the update.
Wait for the download to finish, then click the "Apply Update" button and you will be updated to Firefox 12.
- cpher 14y agoThanks, worked just like you said.
- cpeterso 14y agoI believe Mozilla sometimes "soft launches" auto-updates to a subset of Firefox users to find any new issues before opening the flood gates to update everyone. But, as you point out, manually checking for updates should always find the latest version.
- notatoad 14y agoI don't think the soft launch is so much for finding issues, it's just so their download servers don't get slaughtered.
- mcpherrinm 14y agoBeta and earlier users tend to be different in a lot of ways from regular Firefox users. Soft launching surely helps the download servers, but a large point is to watch for new crashes, so that any emergency fixes can be put in before unthrottling the release. Past issues include antiviruses that crash Firefox because of their invasive monitoring. While ideally these things would be caught by QA or early adopter users, there's no way to test all possible combinations of software.
- Gormo 14y agoBe careful, though. If you go to the About dialog, it will begin downloading and installing the update automatically, without getting your permission, and you won't be able to cancel it from within the browser.