We do know at this point in time that Mozilla is investigating means to update Firefox more effectively. Back in October we revealed that Mozilla was planning to add a silent update process to the browser to streamline the process and make it more comfortable and unobtrusive. Firefox engineer Ehsan Akhgar is now discussing another [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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How To Turn Off Automatic Updates For Individual Firefox Add-Ons
Automatic add-on updates can be a fine thing. You save some time and make sure that your add-ons are always up to date. That’s great to resolve security or stability issues as soon as possible. It can however also mean that you get feature additions that you did not want or expect. I just read [...]
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Mozilla Talks Silent Updates, Plans Firefox Service
One of the issues that I hear over and over again when I talk with other Firefox users about the rapid release process is that users are tired of updating the browser every six weeks, and especially so if the update turns out to be another “under-the-hood” update where no changes can be spotted right [...]
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Future Firefox Features, What I’m Looking Forward To
Firefox users who have went along with the update process from Firefox 4 to now Firefox 6 stable were in for a big disappointment as the new versions were not really offering any new features or visible speed improvements. That’s without doubt one of the issues that led to criticism of the rapid release process. [...]
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Firefox 4 Changes: Do Not Track, Link Urls Moved Down
Firefox 4 Beta 11 is now available for download at the official Mozilla website. The release is mainly a bug fixing release with the exception of one feature addition. The do not track feature that Mozilla announced earlier this year is now included in the browser. The Tell Web sites I Do Not Want To [...]
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Firefox 4 To Get Silent Security Updates
A recent discussion in the mozilla.dev.apps.firefox Usenet group revealed that the developers of the popular Firefox web browser are planning to implement silent updating capabilities for minor (that is security and stability updates) updates into the browser. The basic idea is to install security and stability related updates silently in the background, and major updates [...]
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Firefox 3.6.8 Released
Only days after releasing Firefox 3.6.7, Mozilla has pushed out a new Firefox 3.6.8 version to Firefox 3.6x users. Users should get an automatic update notification in the web browser, but can also check for and install the new update by clicking on Help > Check for updates in the toolbar menu. A quick second [...]
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Firefox 3.6 Download [Firefox]
Firefox 3.6 has just been released which might come as a surprise to some users who just read the news a few days ago that Firefox 3.6 RC2 had been released. It is very likely that this second release candidate and the final release are identical due to the short time span between the two [...]
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Firefox 3.6 Beta 4 Released
The Mozilla developers have released a total of three beta versions of the upcoming web browser Firefox 3.6 in November so far. The latest version Firefox 3.6 Beta 4 was just released and is now available for download at the official Mozilla website and through the “check for updates” option in the Firefox web browser [...]