336566 - Update feature defaults to automatic, forced updates

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 335798

(Toolkit :: Application Update, defect)

Description

[266857]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.0.2) Gecko/20060308 Firefox/1.5.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.0.2) Gecko/20060308 Firefox/1.5.0.2

I INSTALLED FIREFOX 1.5.0.2 THE OTHER DAY TO THIS COMPUTER.

LO, AND BEHOLD A *SLIGHTLY* NEW RELEASE EMERGED.

FIREFOX THEN TOOK IT UPON ITSELF TO DOWNLOAD THE UPDATE WITHOUT INFORMING ME.

THEN IT HAD THE AUDACITY TO INFORM ME THAT THE UPDATE WAS A FACT AND THAT I COULD NOT AVOID ITS INEVITABILITY.

I CLOSED FIREFOX AND OPENNED IT AGAIN.

LO, I WAS NOW USING THE NEW RELEASE.

I WAS FORCED TO UNINSTALL THE RELEASE AND BACK IT OUT TO THE PREVIOUS VERSION OUT OF SHEER SPITE AND PURE ABJECT REFUSAL TO ALLOW A PIECE OF CODE TO COMMIT SUCH A CRIME.

YEAH. THIS IS A BUG ****.

THANKS BUT I'LL UPDATE MY **** MANUALLY.

IN A FEW DAYS I'LL LOOK AT THIS "URGENT AND NECESSARY UPDATE". IF I LIKE IT I'LL USE IT. UNTIL THEN GO **** YOURSELF.

FIX THIS IN FUTURE RELEASES.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.download firefox.
2.install firefox.
3.wait.

Actual Results:  
THE DOWNLOAD OCCURS AND THEN INFORMS YOU THAT IT IS HAPPENING WITHOUT RECOURSE.

I DON'T CARE IF YOU FIND MY STANCE ALARMIST AND HARDLINE.

PLEASE DON'T AUTOMATE ANYTHING WITHOUT GIVING THE USER THE OPPORTUNITY TO KILL THE AUTOMATED PROCESS AND OPT OUT OF THE FEATURE.

Expected Results:  
IT SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE DOWNLOAD WAS PRESENT AND THAT IF I RESTART THE BROWSER IT WILL INSTALL.

*UNLESS*

I CLICK CANCEL, RIGHT NOW.

IS THAT SO HARD?

NEVER.

EVER.

EVER.

ASSUME THATY SOMEONE WANTS SOMETHING AUTOMATED.

WE LIKE OUR HARD WIRED POWER SWITCHES.

WE LIKE TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE THE BATTERY.

IF I WANTED POWER AND CHOISE REMOVED FROM MY HANDS I'D BE USING SAFARI ON A MAC.

Comment 1

[266857]

OH RIGHT AND YEAH.

SPELLING, TYPOS, WHATEVER.

JUST FIX IT.

Comment 2

[Jesse Ruderman]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 335798 ***

Comment 3

[Daniel Veditz [:dveditz]]

This one is clearly Mike's (ref. conversation over sushi)

Comment 4

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

Jesse's original triage of this was correct, Dan. You can feel free to cc me, but I don't see why you re-opened this one instead of 335798.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 335798 ***