On 1/3/07, der.hans <PLUGd@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.  [...]
>
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> 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)!".
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