Re: Update robbery - ReadList.com

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Update robbery
\ Saint Thomas (28 Jan 2008)
. \ Leonidas Jones (28 Jan 2008)
. . \ squaredancer (28 Jan 2008)
. . . \ EE (28 Jan 2008)
. . . . \ squaredancer (28 Jan 2008)
. . . . . \ EE (29 Jan 2008)
. . . . . . \ squaredancer (30 Jan 2008)
. . . . . . . \ Don Nickell (30 Jan 2008)
. . . . . . . . \ squaredancer (30 Jan 2008)
. . . . . . . . . \ Don Nickell (30 Jan 2008)
. . . . . . . . . . \ squaredancer (30 Jan 2008)
. . . . . . . . . . . \ Don Nickell (31 Jan 2008)
. . . . . . \ Irwin Greenwald (30 Jan 2008)
. . . \ gato2008chile (13 Feb 2008)
. \ , , Upsdell (28 Jan 2008)
. \ Irwin Greenwald (28 Jan 2008)
. \ Ann Watson (29 Jan 2008)

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Subject:	Re: Update robbery
Group:	Mozilla-support-firefox
From:	Don Nickell
Date:	31 Jan 2008

squaredancer wrote:
> On 30.01.2008 19:15, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Don Nickell to
> generate the following:? :
>> squaredancer wrote:
>>
>>> On 30.01.2008 16:06, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Don Nickell
>>> to generate the following:? :
>>>
>>>> squaredancer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 29.01.2008 23:12, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused EE to
>>>>> generate the following:? :
>>>>>
>>>>>> squaredancer wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 28.01.2008 19:19, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused EE to
>>>>>>> generate the following:? :
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> squaredancer wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 28.01.2008 04:13, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused
>>>>>>>>> Leonidas Jones to generate the following:? :
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Saint Thomas wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> It seems that everytime that firefox updates, I find all of
>>>>>>>>>>> my book
>>>>>>>>>>> marks wiped off. It is getting just a little frustrating. How
>>>>>>>>>>> do I
>>>>>>>>>>> stop this?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Have you looked in your profile folder. You should find a
>>>>>>>>>> folder called bookmarkbackups. In there, you should find at
>>>>>>>>>> least 5 days backups of your bookmarks.html file. You should
>>>>>>>>>> be able to restore your bookmarks from one of those.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Lee
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> true, Lee - and a way to help recover bookmarks - but this
>>>>>>>>> solution *doesn't* solve the OP's problem and this BUG in FF
>>>>>>>>> has been around for FAR TOO LONG... it's about time it was
>>>>>>>>> taken seriously by the devs!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> reg
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Then my suggestion is not to allow auto-updates. You can turn
>>>>>>>> it off from Options/Preferences > Advanced > Update.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> again, EE - true! but also again, only a "prevention" but not a
>>>>>>> solution!
>>>>>>> FAR TOO MANY users come here with this complaint....
>>>>>>> unfortunately there has not, as yet, been any "coordinated"
>>>>>>> investigation as to the cause (user's setup, system, extensions,
>>>>>>> running apps etc) and also, unfortunately hardly one user is
>>>>>>> asked what was going on when the update started, and other, very
>>>>>>> relevant questions about OS, versions, extensions and so on!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> reg
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think that is going to keep happening until the way in which the
>>>>>> updates are done changes. It does not make sense to allow the
>>>>>> profile to be used while the structure of the browser is being
>>>>>> changed around. There is bound to be trouble if that is going on.
>>>>>> If the browser would notify one when an update is available, but
>>>>>> wait until a button is clicked to allow that update, that would be
>>>>>> a better idea. It would then close all the files in the profile
>>>>>> and stop doing anything else until the update finished. At the
>>>>>> end of the update process, there would be another button that says
>>>>>> "Restart", and normal browsing could resume only after the restart.
>>>>>>
>>>>> that's a darned *GOOD* idea - how about putting it in as a RFE??
>>>>> Hundreds of "Happy Users" will send you a :-* Valentine :-*
>>>>>
>>>>> reg
>>>>>
>>>> I've only lost BMs once but have had trouble with FF updating even
>>>> though I've configured for "Ask me what to do". Any idea why FF
>>>> updates even with that option?
>>>>
>>> only thing I can think of in that respect.... bad code!
>>>
>>> reg
>>>
>> Well, all I can say is "Bah humbug!" The FF team would never allow
>> bad code. ;-)
>>
>
> "..... and, following recent derogatory comments from a certain Mr. D.N.
> the state of Idaho will be submerged under no less that 3 inches of
> rainwater."
>
>
> the president!
>
Good! That should melt the 15" of snow we have now and 20" more to come
this week! Talk about :-( !
a citizen
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