Firefox upgrade will check for third party updates

Anupam · 07. Sep 2009, 06:53 PM

Future Firefox upgrades will now check for third party add-on updates, like Adobe Flash, and other similar add-ons, plugins, and extensions. I think that is a really good move. Many times, the security can be compromised with these add-ons, or plugins. Adobe flash has been known to be a favorite of the hackers, and often contains vulnerabilities.

More details on this here:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...-party-updates

js960 · 07. Sep 2009, 09:51 PM

It is a good move - but Mozilla better be sure all providers of whatever service is synced with this update mania

or confusion will spread fast. Pic is few month old and result of latest update to 10.xx version.

Anupam · 08. Sep 2009, 07:12 AM

Where was this error encountered, I mean using what application?

js960 · 08. Sep 2009, 02:55 PM

Just a browser and was all over Justin.tv but heard it was a common reaction to latest update. They blaimed Adobe but magically suggestion vanished in a week or 2 - since they got their flash stuff fixed

Anupam · 08. Sep 2009, 05:39 PM

Ah OK

. Well, I am sure Mozilla people will do it right.

Anupam · 10. Sep 2009, 07:21 PM

Although, its not mentioned in the release notes, but the feature may well be available with the new release of Firefox, according to this article:
http://www.techspot.com/news/36161-m...refox-353.html

Its a request, if anyone finds this feature working, please do give feedback here. I can't check, because I have the latest version of flash installed. This release appears to check only for Adobe Flash updates. More will be added later.

Anupam · 18. Sep 2009, 11:51 AM

Mozilla has indeed released this new feature with the latest version of 3.5.3, and the response has been really positive. According to the news in the link which will be posted below, this feature of Firefox has lead 10 million people to download Flash. Now, that's really quite a response!

Full news here:

http://www.techspot.com/news/36268-f...oad-flash.html

Courtesy : TechSpot.com

07. Sep 2009, 06:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
Anupam Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 15,280	Firefox upgrade will check for third party updates Future Firefox upgrades will now check for third party add-on updates, like Adobe Flash, and other similar add-ons, plugins, and extensions. I think that is a really good move. Many times, the security can be compromised with these add-ons, or plugins. Adobe flash has been known to be a favorite of the hackers, and often contains vulnerabilities. More details on this here: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...-party-updates __________________ Anupam

08. Sep 2009, 07:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
Anupam Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 15,280	Where was this error encountered, I mean using what application? __________________ Anupam

08. Sep 2009, 05:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
Anupam Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 15,280	Ah OK . Well, I am sure Mozilla people will do it right. __________________ Anupam

10. Sep 2009, 07:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
Anupam Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 15,280	Although, its not mentioned in the release notes, but the feature may well be available with the new release of Firefox, according to this article: http://www.techspot.com/news/36161-m...refox-353.html Its a request, if anyone finds this feature working, please do give feedback here. I can't check, because I have the latest version of flash installed. This release appears to check only for Adobe Flash updates. More will be added later. __________________ Anupam

18. Sep 2009, 11:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
Anupam Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 15,280	Mozilla has indeed released this new feature with the latest version of 3.5.3, and the response has been really positive. According to the news in the link which will be posted below, this feature of Firefox has lead 10 million people to download Flash. Now, that's really quite a response! Full news here: http://www.techspot.com/news/36268-f...oad-flash.html Courtesy : TechSpot.com __________________ Anupam

07. Sep 2009, 09:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
js960 Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denmark Posts: 44	It is a good move - but Mozilla better be sure all providers of whatever service is synced with this update mania or confusion will spread fast. Pic is few month old and result of latest update to 10.xx version.

08. Sep 2009, 02:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
js960 Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denmark Posts: 44	Just a browser and was all over Justin.tv but heard it was a common reaction to latest update. They blaimed Adobe but magically suggestion vanished in a week or 2 - since they got their flash stuff fixed

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