336562 - Update/autoupdate info/confirmation page - link to release notes

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 324093

(www.mozilla.org :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Gudmund Areskoug]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3

On first run after (auto)updating Firefox, Firefox opens to a web page confirming the update was performed successfully (see submitted URL). The page only seems to contain advertising for the product the user already has.

The page should ideally contain some (popularized) info about what was fixed through the update, with links to further info, e. g. release notes, or at least contain a link "What did the update fix?" to the release notes (http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.0.3.html).

It is true that the release notes can be reached via Help > Release Notes, but taking the opportunity to tell the user in plain language what was fixed, with options for advanced users to get deeper info, directly in connection to the update, would be a great improvement. Especially so after automatic updates.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Allow autoupdate of Firefox to take place or run update manually
2. Restart Firefox, with an Internet connection open
3. Read the first page that Firefox opens automatically

Actual Results:  
A page with general Mozilla advertising is shown

Expected Results:  
A plain language list of what was fixed through the update should be shown, with links to more detailed, in-depth info.

What's in the page today could stay, but the info about what was fixed should IMHO take central stage, and at least provide a link. 

Keeping general info on what was fixed available in plain language, keeps Joe & Jill Ordinary happy, while advanced users can still get techier info.

Comment 1

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

> Actual Results:  
> A page with general Mozilla advertising is shown

Where do you see advertising? I see "Check out these cool features", "Customize your browser", and "Add search engines", all things that potential new users would find quite helpful, I think.

Comment 2

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

Though I guess that's the "updated" page, so it shouldn't really be targetted at new users. Maybe including "what's new" would be more useful than "check out what you can do", but it looks like that content was just taken from http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/central/, which as far as I know is the "new users" page.

I think Beltzner had ideas about what these pages contain, possibly in other existing bugs.

Comment 3

[Gudmund Areskoug]

Yes, it's the "updated" page. I perceived it as ad-like, since it "touts" the nice FF features. 

A relative newcomer *might* of course get it rather soon after installing an FF version that's become obsolete before installation for some reason (non-standard downloading, downloaded and left on HD for some time etc.). Hints and tips are good for older hands too, so I don't think it would hurt having the pointers there, but info on the actual update(s) would be more relevant.

Comment 4

[Mike Beltzner [:beltzner, not reading bugmail]]

The basic text is what appears in the box, which is the "You've got the latest updates for security and stability" message. This is essentially a hack right now, and only there because the code requires us to override the user's homepage when we change the application version string. In the ideal, we wouldn't show them anything at all (except maybe some sort of "you've been upgraded, huzzah!" message that's non-modal), since the types of things we fix in stability and security upgrades that the average user can't decode. Note that: release Notes are always available in the help.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 324093 ***