bloody firefox

[Jim Stewart ...]

why does firefox want to keep upgrade every five minutes...firefox used to be nice and simple with none of this stupid upgrading....looks to be too bloted now what with pocket and loads of other crap....

[Paul]

It uses .mar files for incremental updates.

If you haven't used a computer for six months, it may download three update files. It's too stupid to just pick the last one and use it. It uses some smaller ones first, then perhaps a larger .mar file to do the job.

This can make it seem like it is endlessly updating, but it will eventually stop.

Type Name Size Last Modified Dir .. File firefox-95.0.2-97.0.1.partial.mar 17MB 16-Feb-2022 22:37 File firefox-96.0.1-97.0.1.partial.mar 11MB 16-Feb-2022 22:37 File firefox-96.0.2-97.0.1.partial.mar 11MB 16-Feb-2022 22:37 File firefox-96.0.3-97.0.1.partial.mar 11MB 16-Feb-2022 22:37 File firefox-97.0-97.0.1.partial.mar 6MB 16-Feb-2022 22:37 File firefox-97.0.1.complete.mar 57MB 16-Feb-2022 22:37

Whereas these are ordinary installers. Notice how the installer is smaller than a "complete MAR".

File Firefox Setup 97.0.1.exe 53MB 16-Feb-2022 22:40 File Firefox Setup 97.0.1.msi 53MB 16-Feb-2022 22:40

Paul

[John Rumm]

Because it is an actively developed and maintained bit of software. Count yourself lucky!

Look at the about menu and it will give you a link to the release notes:

Which includes security fixes for these vulnerabilities:

If you can call a program with a complete development tree of over

300,000 files spread over 20,000 directories "simple"!

If you hanker for lack of compatibility with modern web standards and yearn for some "better" security vulnerabilities, then download an old version:

[John Rumm]

Also keep in mind that Jim is a cheapskate, and so probably has Noah's cast off computer which takes a while :-)

[Jim Stewart ...]

I'm cheap

[Jim Stewart ...]

I don't give a shit about the technicalities....just want it to work and stop updating

I would use my three XP machines,,,,

[JNugent]

I don't mind upgrades to Firefox (I only use it for certain tasks).

But I am constantly avoiding upgrades to Thunderbird.

I'm still using version 60.6.1 (32 bit) which allows adjustment of the tool bars and buttons. When I "upgraded", losing the "next" and "previous" button options was too much.

[Jeff Layman]

The "next" and "previous" buttons can be put on the toolbar. Just right click on the menu bar, left click on "Customize", and drag the "next" and "previous" icons to the menu bar.

[JNugent]

Saved.

I had tried all that, but perhaps the fault has now been fixed.

[rick]

I used it for years but it became too slow ... swapped to Chrome, much faster

[Andrew]

I have set Firefox to simply show a drop down box informing me of an update. I ignore them for a while until other people have done their testing.

[Tim Lamb]

Maybe my W7 but Firefox has just gone through a *connection to printer issue*. Worse than that.. a re-install has introduced a flock of unwanted adverts from Google!