I mean like why? Just open and update when I’m done that’s what every other browser does. Stop making me wait to use the Internet firefox!
Would you prefer:
“Firefox Updater
This app is preventing shutdown”
Yeah, no reason not to. Takes only a couple of seconds to boot, and everything is reset to a clean state.
I started using Windows 11 in December 2023 and tried to just use sleep. My 🔋 drained fast while my 💻 was on sleep. I expected it. AMD and Intel processors generally aren’t as efficient as the Apple M soc.
While it was on sleep, there were times it suddenly needed to restart.
I once had a blue screen of death too.
So now, I shut it down most of the time. Windows 11 boot-ups and shutdowns are surprisingly fast. :)
Things that don’t happen in other browsers with background updating for $100, Alex.
The better approach would be to prepare the update in the background and swap out the version on the next start
Isn’t that what it does? That’s how it works on macOS, and I get prompted to restart on Linux when I install updates in the background.
I’m on Windows and I don’t recall the last time I was inconvenienced by a Firefox update. Like… I can’t even remember what it actually does. OP must be running it on a potato or something.
I think they mean when you go to open Firefox (when it updates) it immediately closes and reopens the first time? At least mine does that.
I thought it did too, but this post says it’s different? Maybe they’re wrong. I haven’t double checked.
I think Firefox works like Chrome does here. Both give me a little notice in the menu that a new version is ready, and Chrome is a little more annoying about it (turns yellow, then red). I need both for work, and I much prefer how Firefox does it.
Go to options. Scroll halfway down the page. Firefox gives you the choice to change updates from automatic to whenever you want.
I disagree. Software not terminating immediately is grounds for uninstallation. It should update silently while it runs.
Ubuntu has an even better approach. It updates silently while you are using it. Then your tab crashes. And when you retry it tells you to restart firefox. Truly genius *cheffs kiss
As an Arch user. I wanted to use Arch at work too. Well, they want me to use Kubuntu (or any other prefered Ubuntu, but I like KDE so I do what every other dev uses)… except for Home Office ofc. Arch.
Still. I hate this stupid update thing. Suddenly I get 20 notifications of KDE system wanting a reboot because of updates and Firefox doing exactly this.
The worst. When I open a new tab by middleclicking a link, the tab crashes. I restart Firefox and the new Tab is gone forever. Sometimes its easy to get what I saw but not always.
