Whenever I start up Firefox it tells me to wait a few moments while it updates. The browser obviously doesn't care about me. It has its own agenda. This is why I won't use it.
...how often do you start up Firefox? I don't think I've ever seen this.
I generally loath automatic updates, but IMO web browsers are the one place they make sense. If you need something a bit slower, consider switching to Firefox ESR!
I don't use Firefox often because of the constant updating that prevents me from using it right away. Chrome and Brave don't seem to do that, at least not in the same obvious way that Firefox does.
Ah that happens to me too every once in awhile and it's absolutely infuriating every time. Classic UI fail. It wouldn't be so bad if it just asked for permission first.
It happened today! I just tried to open a new tab to look something up but the page comes up with this:
> Sorry. We just need to do one small thing to keep going.
> Firefox has just been updated in the background. Click Restart Firefox to complete the update.
> We will restore all your pages, windows and tabs afterwards, so you can be on your way quickly.
I was in the middle of something. I had a thought, a question occurred, and I
wanted to look something up on the Internet real quick. So I hit ctrl-t for a
new tab. But that isn't the "new tab" command right now. Firefox has entered
into an invisible quasi-mode that remaps ctrl-t to "restart firefox". But
not quite. It actually remaps to a command that locks firefox like a grab:
it's unusable, it refuses to load and display any more pages until I
click that "Restart Firefox" button.
Interrupting my flow by remapping keyboard shortcuts to non-dismiss-able
modal dialog with one button ("Click here and only here you idiot monkey" is what that says to me) is super-arrogant. It's patronizing and disrespectful. Saying "sorry" before you shove me doesn't make it any better, it just sounds obsequious.
I switched to Vivaldi yesterday. (The opening-a-tab thing today that I'm currently bitching about was to find something in my old history in FF.) I don't actually like it any better but it hasn't spat in my face so far.
Wowfunhappy|5 years ago
I generally loath automatic updates, but IMO web browsers are the one place they make sense. If you need something a bit slower, consider switching to Firefox ESR!
jhymn|5 years ago
jagger27|5 years ago
rad_gruchalski|5 years ago
guug|5 years ago
carapace|5 years ago
frosted-flakes|5 years ago
Both Firefox and VSCode take about 3 seconds to install updates on my PC, so it hardly matters anyway.
asdff|5 years ago
carapace|5 years ago
carapace|5 years ago
> Sorry. We just need to do one small thing to keep going.
> Firefox has just been updated in the background. Click Restart Firefox to complete the update.
> We will restore all your pages, windows and tabs afterwards, so you can be on your way quickly.
I was in the middle of something. I had a thought, a question occurred, and I wanted to look something up on the Internet real quick. So I hit ctrl-t for a new tab. But that isn't the "new tab" command right now. Firefox has entered into an invisible quasi-mode that remaps ctrl-t to "restart firefox". But not quite. It actually remaps to a command that locks firefox like a grab: it's unusable, it refuses to load and display any more pages until I click that "Restart Firefox" button.
Interrupting my flow by remapping keyboard shortcuts to non-dismiss-able modal dialog with one button ("Click here and only here you idiot monkey" is what that says to me) is super-arrogant. It's patronizing and disrespectful. Saying "sorry" before you shove me doesn't make it any better, it just sounds obsequious.
I switched to Vivaldi yesterday. (The opening-a-tab thing today that I'm currently bitching about was to find something in my old history in FF.) I don't actually like it any better but it hasn't spat in my face so far.
unknown|5 years ago
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