Re: Browsers and OS's

[Harrold Ahole <madman () MYEASTSIDE COM>]

I've never had any such problem with Firefox.  My update from 1.0.6 to
1.0.7 worked that way just fine under Windows.  It was the first time
I'd see the icon appear automatically.  I've manually done updates for
extensions and those seemed to work fine.

It is important to restart Firefox after the update to make sure you are
running the new version.  I've found it to be a good browser, though it
has had trouble with missing buttons on Amazon and no doubt other
IE-centric web sites.

Harry

Jeni Li wrote:

> My experience with Firefox update notification has been pretty spotty too. It tells me updates are available when I've already 
> applied the updates; it tries to download theme/plug-in updates and fails; it tosses up messages that an end user might find 
> confusing. I prefer Firefox hands-down for every situation except those few obnoxious IE-only sites -- two words, AdBlock and RIP -- 
> but if keeping it updated on non-technical end users' systems is the goal, not so much. Unless maybe you're in an 
> environment where you can push out software updates using GPO or something.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Richardson [mailto:A00JER2 () WPO CSO NIU EDU]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:10 PM
> > To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> > Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Browsers and OS's
> >
> >
> > That is incorrect, I see a message roll up from the bottom right hand
> > side of the browser window notifying me that updates are available.
> > Then I click on the red icon in the upper right hand corner
> > to download
> > and apply the updates.  I am running the latest ver. (1.0.7)
> > but it has
> > done that for several versions now.
> >
> > ---
> > Jason Richardson
> > Manager, IT Security and Client Development
> > Enterprise Systems Support
> > Northern Illinois University