Closed Bug 691009 Opened 13 years ago Closed 13 years ago

The Help > About > 'Check for update' should prompt before downloading

Categories

(Toolkit :: Application Update, enhancement)

6 Branch
x86
Windows 7
enhancement
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 600500

People

(Reporter: linotechie, Unassigned)

References

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.2
Build ID: 20110902133214

Steps to reproduce:

On reading on some website that the version 7.0.1 is available, I headed to the Help menu > About Firefox > Check for updates. The button says "Check", not "Download". I thought it would check for the update and prompt me to download if one is available.


Actual results:

It started downloading the update (17 MB) without prompting me any info and without any option to cancel.


Expected results:

Frequently, I merely want to check if a new version is available, without actually being ready or willing to download it quite then. (I can't care less about the security updates because it's not my work computer. I use it for browsing the Web and testing purposes only.)

Therefore, no matter how much important it is for Mozilla to ensure I have the latest version, it's not important for me to update until I'm ready and willing. When I click "Check for update", the browser should present a "Download" button only, without starting the actual big download.
Severity: normal → enhancement
Component: General → Application Update
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
See Also: → 691008
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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