firefox extensions gone, Ubuntu update

[jdawgaz at cox.net]

---- Alex Dean <alex at crackpot.org> wrote: 
> der.hans wrote:
> > It upgraded to 2.0.0.1.
> 
> The same happened to me with Firefox on OSX.  I've downgraded back to 
> 1.5.0.9 until a few of the extensions I use daily are updated.  If you 
> decide to downgrade as well, you might have to manually re-enable the 
> extensions in Firefox to get them working again.
> 
> 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.
> 

This sounds too M$ish to me! Most people won't know what hit them until it is too late. But then again most people are pretty stupid when it comes to computers, which is why M$ still has the market share.

Jerry

> alex
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