FireFox Updates with no Warning in middle of Work

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Mr. Shiney — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:43:17 GMT

I just had both Firefox and Thunderbird (Firefox on three different PCs no less) automatically install the 1.5.8 update DESPITE my having turned automatic updates off. And now of course Tbird refuses to update properly so I can't access my mail. This is actually the second time something like this has happened; and honestly, if it happens again I don't care how great Tbird and Firefox are ... I'm dumping them for something that is better designed!

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Chris Ongsuco — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:57:40 GMT

This is exactly what happened to me yesterday however after installing the updates a dialog box appeared asking me if I want to restart FireFox...but it didn't appear on the start of installation...

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kevind — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:14:37 GMT

Paul, I highly recommend installing one of the session restoring extensions, like SessionSaver or TabMix. It's hard for me to imagine life without them. Not that Firefox should be spontaneously closing anything (it never has for me). But at least with the extension you may be able to recover your state.

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PaulWilson — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:01:41 GMT

Anything's possible as I was actively typing when it happened. Its still obviously poorly designed if this is possible though.

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Morgan — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:52:11 GMT

I can also confirm Jens Winter's, there was a big "update" window. In fact I't popped up a few seconds ago (thats why I'm here now). All my tabs are still open and I can choose between "Restart Firefox Now" (selected) and "Later". Lets see, clicking "Later" (click) ... I get a text saying it will be installed next time I start Firefox, klicking the OK button and I can still type here :)

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Jeff — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:49:27 GMT

Are you sure you weren't just typing along and hit enter? I got the same warning, but there wasn't anything automatic about the restart.

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PaulWilson — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:33:28 GMT

I suppose its possible some type of dialog window opened up and went away inadventently before I could see it due to my typing, but I also wonder if we're talking about the same thing. I too had a very big "update" window, and I too had a dialog when the "update" was finished asking me if I wanted to restart FireFox then, but the problem that I was referring to was that my browser windows were all closed before the big "update" window, and asking me if I wanted to "restart" FireFox after the "update" really isn't the same thing as asking me before the "update" if its OK to close everything. So maybe there was a dialog before the update that I missed, but I'm still wondering if we're even talking about the same thing since confirmation dialogs are not usually "big" or "update" windows. Anyhow, I've changed my setting to not install automatically in the future, so hopefully I won't have this issue again.

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Rodrigo Diniz — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:12:46 GMT

I saw the confirmation dialog also... just after the update was finished it asks if you want to restart firefox now or later.

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Carl Q. — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:10:38 GMT

I confirm Jens Winter's comment. and that "update" window was pretty big, too...

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Jens Winter — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:19:35 GMT

I got a confirmation dialog after the download completed. I was asked if I wanted to install FF now or later. Perhaps you didn't notice the dialog popping up while you were typing. The "Install now" button was the default button on the dialog. Is it possible that you didn't look on the screen while typing? Perhaps you hit enter during your work in the textbox and confirmed the confirmation dialog by accident.