The fact that firefox updates when I open it instead of when I close it. Has to be the most annoying feature ever. : firefox

[-] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 106 points 1 year ago

Would you prefer:

“Firefox Updater

This app is preventing shutdown”

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago

You shut your PC down?

[-] bob_lemon@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, no reason not to. Takes only a couple of seconds to boot, and everything is reset to a clean state.

[-] drawerair@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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. :)

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[-] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I got a X570 board with the really loud fan.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Instead of sleep mode, I think they meant.

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[-] TurtleTourParty@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

My laptop won't charge from USB-C if the battery fully dies, so I shut it down to prevent that.

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago

Things that don’t happen in other browsers with background updating for $100, Alex.

[-] Atemu@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

I'll take 20 updaters running in the background for 4GiB, Dan.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 15 points 1 year ago

There are other browsers?

[-] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Just adware and spyware

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Firefox has background updating.

[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

The better approach would be to prepare the update in the background and swap out the version on the next start

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 14 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Unreliable@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

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.

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[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah and it only takes seconds on a decent PC.

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[-] finthechat@kbin.social 40 points 1 year ago

Go to options. Scroll halfway down the page. Firefox gives you the choice to change updates from automatic to whenever you want.

https://i.imgur.com/NxpbIH4.png

[-] ArtificialLink@lemy.lol 22 points 1 year ago

I prefer automatic updates.

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[-] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

How else would you know it was doing anything?

[-] itsnotits@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

chef's* kiss

[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

You guys close your browser? Weird

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

Well yeah, about every 4 weeks when Firefox gets updated.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

I'm not really hankering for that 4 seconds it takes to restart.

[-] ArtificialLink@lemy.lol 9 points 1 year ago

Takes longer on older hardware

[-] bloodfart@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I’m running a 12 year old laptop with 80 tabs open. Last time I did apt upgrade and had to restart the browser it took about six seconds.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

My T400 and T480 are nearly indistinguishable from my ThinkCentre M70q Gen 2.

[-] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It matters more when you clear history and cookies automatically at close. You lose your entire session.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Then... don't do that? You can clear history and cookies manually really easily, so if you restart your browser less often than Firefox releases updates (every 4 weeks), you're just opening yourself up to hacks by running an insecure browser.

[-] GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Huh? I restart firefox multiple times a day, I was simply trying to point out that if you have automated updates and automatic clears of browsing data enabled you'll run into this. I'm not about to start doing so manually just because the browser restarts itself.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

You can have automatic updates without automatic restarts. I have automatic updates on my work Mac and it never restarts itself. My other computers are Linux, so I control when those get updates.

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[-] _edge@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 year ago

Yes, it's done by the package and when you configure it to, which in practice is right now.

Actually, that's one of the things Ubuntu got right with Snap (hate is as much as you want). They install the new version in the background without interrupting your flow. The next time, you close Firefox and choose to open it again....tada... it's the new version.

[-] Fisch@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I think Flatpak does that too, no?

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I know when I update Firefox with pamac that when I next open it it's going to need to update. It takes 3 seconds and restores my open tabs afterwards. It's really not so bad.

[-] subsonic_bubble 2 points 1 year ago

Would installing Firefox on winget solve OPs problem, assuming they are on Windows?

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Not likely. Windows doesn’t like modifying open files, so the installer would probably request you close Firefox. Linux will happily change the in-use files underneath the browser, Firefox notices and prompts you to restart the browser when you open a new tab.

[-] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

The flatpak version updates in the background, doesn't interrupt if its already running, and is immediately on the latest version the next time you run firefox.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Same on macOS. I haven't used Windows in years, but I'd be surprised if it's much different there.

[-] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I don't think I've ever noticed Firefox updating. The only sign I get that it updates is that when it does a special tab opens telling me about the new features.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago

This is what I hate on school computers, and it drives people away from Firefox.
You don't have admin privilege, you can't update, so don't even try.
I always disable auto-updates on those.

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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago

Just use a a package manager

[-] woodgen@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Applications updating themselves... must be a Windows thing. Didn't they want to copy package management from Linux? Maybe AI can help.

[-] Mio@feddit.nu 2 points 1 year ago

I see it like thank you that i don't have to go to Mozilla website and download the installer. So much time saved, and it only takes like 5 second without manually doing anything. On Linux i saw please restart Firefox tab and clicked it. No problem. I got the update fast.