Note: I believe mozTW gives members rights to express their opinions, including negative ones on Firefox.

I saw this message dialogue today:

I didn't have much choice, did I? I would be forced to update Firefox then or upon re-launching Firefox.

I then receive following window.


Okay, this is my setting in Preferences, which is default.


I should've opted not to let Firefox automatically download and install the update, but I did not go through that section of the Preferences.

How many people are there checking every single settings of Preferences? I believe there are a huge number of people just leave most settings in default. Why does Mozilla Foundation need to take such average user's behaviour to force people updating the software? (In plain words, dirty tactic.)

From my experience with operating system and other software, many of them would check if the current installed version is latest or not, however, none of those would set it to download the update and install the update automatically. Mac OS X checks periodically, but would ask me if I want to download and install it.

Not everybody must live with the latest of whatsoever software or patches. Generally speaking, a huge percentage of Firefox's active users are university/college students, and many of them want everything free and opensource, as well as unable to live without the latest of software or patches. However, using such tactic (not everybody checks every settings of Preferences or confident on changing them) and forcing people to update the software is an unethical ploy.

I am extremely unhappy about being forced to update Firefox to the latest version.

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現在使用官方版本的我，剛剛也是出現和 ants 兄同樣的情形
我記得這件事之前也有人抱怨過就是
附加元件都會先詢問，可是本體更新是問都不問，只有最後更新完了使用者才被告知。感覺不是很受尊重的說。

…只是不曉得有沒有人能反映給 mozilla.com 曉得啊!?

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It's not just that, it's an attitude of forcing people to get the latest. Why must everybody rushing for the latest software?

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MacCentre701 | AntBlog701
Don't steal music.

我的 Firefox 本體更新會詢問耶!
因我都會保留前兩個版本的安裝檔,
所以習慣從 FTP 下載,
更新通知只是讓我知道有個新的更新檔而已,
目前在用的版本也是下載完整安裝檔後裝上的.
我的版本是 2.0.0.2 en-US.

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Amauds's Firefox
曾經妳以為最可靠的依賴；其實從未曾真實的存在過。

　　預設值定那樣是為了讓 Fx 儘量保持在最安全的狀態吧?!
　　這麼不喜歡的話，直接向 Mozilla 官方投訴也許會比較有效
　　

看來很多軟體認為這種「自動更新」對於使用者來說是好的（一方面的確是如此），但沒有考慮到一些使用者不一定想要馬上更新（或是根本不想更新）到新版。
今天開Picasa出現的......

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我的設定...
頁面上有這個設定
如下圖

Staying secure by using such dirty, unethical, stealth tactic? Shame on Firefox!


Again, I do realise that a huge number of open-source supporters/extremists would rush for the latest version of software. Let's say this is not version updating, but something else. Would you be happy if you were only told after something new or would be changed would apply automatically when you re-launch the software next time? When in fact Firefox could have showed courtesy by asking users' permissions first.

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MacCentre701 | AntBlog701
Don't steal music.

既然那麼在意，去把選項關掉不就好了。

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倉頡輸入法

I am shaming Firefox and making public aware that Firefox uses such dirty tactic in default setting.

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MacCentre701 | AntBlog701
Don't steal music.

但是那是安全更新，Firefox 1.5 的使用者也不會自動被撈去當 Firefox 2 的使用者。

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倉頡輸入法

That is still kind of forcing users to update without informing or giving users choice first. Which is still wrong in principle.

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MacCentre701 | AntBlog701
Don't steal music.

看起來 Firefox 是需要些改進

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倉頡輸入法

天知道以後他們會怎麼搞

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被恐嚇嘍…真恐怖…暫時不放簽名檔了

讓 mozilla.com/.org 知道的方法很多啊
IRC, MozillaZine (http://www.mozillazine.org), 新聞群組

anyway, 其實我個人是認為自動更新有其必要，若在安裝過程中把「將 Firefox 啟始頁設為預設首頁」 這種東西預設勾選可謂無恥，但自動更新為預設勾選我個人是贊成。

我是不清楚大街上隨便抓三十個人問，想自動更新的多還是不想的多，或許這問題也挺有趣的。

這邊不知道有沒有人對一般使用者心理有研究過的，我家人看到對話方塊就會急著按取消喔（且不知道那是啥玩意）。

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