| ▲ | icantevenhold 4 hours ago |
| My browser doesnt update automatically, i have to approve it. Maybe this kind of stuff is standard for some people but I absolutely loathe auto updating software for many reasons |
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| ▲ | dv35z 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| One practical reason - system stability for important events. I travel for work, and often have a tech demo, solution, tool, or something to show - or am running a workshop. I usually do NOT update things right before my trip, as I want to minimize the potential for disruption. |
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| ▲ | vorticalbox 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Isn’t this what docker is for? Jokes aside I do the same I tend not to upgrade my Mac, my phone unless I really have to. The “update” button on the top of my brave install has now turned from green to orange and I’ll likely wait until it goes red | | |
| ▲ | TeMPOraL 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | > Isn’t this what docker is for? What? Pinning a browser? First thing it'll want to do after starting is update itself to newest version anyway. |
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| ▲ | judge2020 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > My browser doesnt update automatically, i have to approve it. Have you ever actually blocked it due to something in the new version, or is it mostly to control the timing of when it updates? |
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| ▲ | nicce 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| For example, Firefox updates by default and forces you to restart it, disabling using websites or seeing any site content before doing so. |
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| ▲ | Zambyte 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | On your setup. Firefox does not only not prompt me for updates (it only updates if I manually run an update), even if I do update with Firefox running, it does not stop me from continuing to use Firefox without restarting it. All I did was install Firefox from flathub (packaged by Mozilla (a default configuration provided by Mozilla)). | | |
| ▲ | nicce 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | I am running Firefox Developer Edition on macOS, where it is the default option. Have to set "Check for updates, but choose when to install" to get the similar behavior. |
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| ▲ | RobotToaster 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I've never seen that behaviour, it downloads updates in the background and then gives me a little notification that I should restart it to update, but it's dismiss-able. | | |
| ▲ | nicce 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | I think this is the old default option. What options you see in the update options? |
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| ▲ | djsavvy 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I've been using Firefox for years and don't think I've ever seen this. Are you running some custom configuration? | | |
| ▲ | TeMPOraL 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Standard on Linux, I believe. One of many reasons I got back to Windows as my main OS (with Linux needs fulfilled by WSL). | | | |
| ▲ | nicce 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Firefox Developer Edition on macOS. | | |
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| ▲ | 4chandaily 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Iirc, this is a pattern of the flatpack version of Firefox. I do not believe the .deb does this. | |
| ▲ | six_seven 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Are you sure this isn't your organization's update policy kicking in here? |
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| ▲ | jstummbillig 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Being able to turn auto-updates off is okay, but that being the default would certainly not be okay in Codex, giving the reach, what it can do and how immature it is. |
