Why can’t the devs have it update in the background or on next startup? I was in the middle of my work when I got this. Now I need to close everything and go through all the logins and 2FA again. 😡

Chrome is much better at this, hands down. It has never interrupted me the way Firefox does during updates.

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I use it on both Windows and Mac, I’ve never seen this o.o

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Yup, this is called ‘User Error’. User messes it up, User blames the software.

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Does Firefox communicate this to the user?

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It’s very clearly communicated when you install and set it up.

  • × Allow Firefox to automatically install updates (recommended)
  • ✔ Check for updates but let you choose to install them.
  • × Use a background service to install updates.
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I’ve seen it multiple times over the years. Don’t know what could be causing this.

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It’s after an update, since the update might change used files.

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In my experience - having 2 different instances (e.g. if you want 2 icons on the taskbar) and one having updated.

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Yup! Two different profiles running at the same time. As soon as I update one, I’ll update the other one as well to avoid this.

Though whenever I forget, it’s a pain!!

I think this could be handled differently. Interrupting the user’s work half-way through is such a bad, bad form.

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