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.
