firefox extensions gone, Ubuntu update

[Mike Schwartz]

On 1/3/07, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
>
> Am 03. Jan, 2007 schwätzte Alex Dean so:
>
> > der.hans wrote:
> >> It upgraded to 2.0.0.1.
> >
> > The same happened to me with Firefox on OSX.  [...]
> >
> [...]


> I haven't updated Firefox on my Ubuntu install for this reason.
> >
> > I also recently discovered that Thunderbird (on OSX anyway) has a
> > default setting to automatically check for, download, and install
> > updates without user confirmation.  Really made me mad when I saw it has
> > updated itself without so much as a 'can I do this?' confirmation
> > message...  I disabled this for the future in Thunderbird > Preferences
> > > Advanced > Update.
>
> Firefox has that option as well. It's not on by default, I think. I
> understand having the feature, but I also don't want it turned on.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
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> I understand [...]the feature, but I also don't want it turned on.

I guess there should be a 'mode', that "if this feature is on, send me
a WARNING / reminder about it, every nnn (e.g., every week)!".
-- 
Mike Schwartz
Glendale  AZ
schwartz at acm.org
Mike.L.Schwartz at gmail.com
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