Automatically Install Firefox Add-on Updates

One of the most annoying aspects of the Firefox web browser is the way add-ons are updated in the browser. Firefox will display that an update for an installed add-on has been released. It takes a couple if clicks and a browser restart to install the Firefox add-on. Especially having to press the button Continue after the installation has been heavily criticized as there are no other options in that dialog.

Update Notifier (via Cybernet News) automates the process by removing the user input from add-on update installations. The add-on can be configured to automatically check for Firefox add-on updates and install those add-ons automatically without user interaction. This includes an automatic restart of Firefox after downloading and installing the add-on updates.

Update Notifier comes with a few additional settings like configuring the check interval or displaying update notifications in the Firefox status bar. The Firefox add-on takes another burden away from Firefox users who can use the add-on to automatically update add-ons in Firefox without user interaction.

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Tags: firefox, firefox add-on updates, firefox extension updates, firefox updates, firefox-add on, firefox-extension, firefox-update, mozilla-firefox, update notifier, web browser
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8 Responses to “Automatically Install Firefox Add-on Updates”

1. archer says:

   January 28, 2009 at 6:47 pm

   finally.

   thanks.

   Reply
2. Jojo says:

   January 29, 2009 at 12:07 am

   I don’t mind the standard update process.

   However, I would like to see Mozilla eliminate the restart requirement. I find that to be annoying.

   Reply
3. zippo says:

   August 13, 2009 at 3:21 am

   So now we will need to get updates for the UPDATE notifier…how redundant is that??

   I want to know is how to stop the addon dialog box from appearing everytime an update has been installed??

   Reply
4. paule says:

   August 27, 2009 at 9:04 pm

   yes stopping the addon dialog box from appearing is also what i’m looking for .. can’t find any solution

   Reply
5. paule says:

   August 31, 2009 at 7:05 am

   hi zippo .. keithy397from updatenotifier has the solution:

   Type: about:config in the address bar. In the filter type: extensions.newAddons. If it exists change the value to false.

   If it doesn’t exist you’ll have to add it:
   Right click (in the about:config page) and select ‘New’ then ‘Boolean’ and in the box enter extensions.newAddons select ‘OK’ and finally select ‘false’.

   KR
   paule

   http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=384038&p=7368795#p7388265

   Reply

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   [...] Automatically Install Firefox Add-on Updates – GHacks Yes. Kostte me vele malen klikker-de-klik doen, al die keren dat Firefox een update vond. Erg irritant. Meest irritant was nog dat ik nooit de moeite nam even te kijken of er een update is die dit werk uit handen neemt. Natuurlijk. Binnen 30 seconden gevonden via Google (enne, als je nog slimme Google tips nodig hebt, weet me te vinden [...]

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