Open Bug 1452998 Opened 7 years ago Updated 7 years ago

Add update Firefox state to /firefox

Categories

(www.mozilla.org :: Pages & Content, enhancement)

Production
enhancement
Not set
normal

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(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: frios, Unassigned)

Details

We are seeing a lot of Firefox users downloading Firefox. There are prompts within Firefox for people that are using out of date versions to update, however our page only offers a download button. We want to make it easy to update without going through the hassles of install. There's an update+refresh state on /new. Can we add something similar on /firefox?
Fun fact: we already have a notification that gets shown to out-of-date Firefox users on almost every page of the website, including on /firefox/ (screenshot below) https://screenshots.firefox.com/eONoSMsDjGRJqKEz/127.0.0.1 Clicking "Update Firefox" here initiates a new download however, which seems a bit at odds with what we really want (i.e. people to update). Perhaps we could update this link to be consistent with the notification on /new, and link to: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/update-firefox-latest-version
(In reply to Alex Gibson [:agibson] from comment #1) > Fun fact: we already have a notification that gets shown to out-of-date > Firefox users on almost every page of the website, including on /firefox/ > (screenshot below) > > https://screenshots.firefox.com/eONoSMsDjGRJqKEz/127.0.0.1 > > Clicking "Update Firefox" here initiates a new download however, which seems > a bit at odds with what we really want (i.e. people to update). Ah OK, I've seen a lot of downloads from these users, and since I didn't see the "refresh" option like /new, I thought it was missing. But now that makes sense. > Perhaps we could update this link to be consistent with the notification on > /new, and link to: > > https://support.mozilla.org/kb/update-firefox-latest-version Rather than have them read instructions, I want us to do it for them. Can we trigger the update via a button-click on the page? Or trigger the About Mozilla Firefox window (as generated via SUMO instructions) with a button on the page? Basically, I'm trying to make it easier for people to update without having to go through the work of downloading and installing Firefox.
(In reply to Fabio Rios [:frios] from comment #2) > Rather than have them read instructions, I want us to do it for them. Can we > trigger the update via a button-click on the page? Or trigger the About > Mozilla Firefox window (as generated via SUMO instructions) with a button on > the page? > > Basically, I'm trying to make it easier for people to update without having > to go through the work of downloading and installing Firefox. I would love it if we can do this, but alas it's not currently possible (else we'd already be doing it). We could potentially build a method using UITour, but it would need someone from product to add it as a feeature exposed to www.mozilla.org.
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