Re: [orca-list] Firefox "update frame not accessible

[Brandt Steenkamp <brandt steenkamp gmail com>]

My issue is not the fact that I have to update Firefox, it is the 
intrusive windows-like behaviour.

I was actually busy doing something that couldn't weight, up came that 
window, and I was screwed.

This is the reason I hardly ever use my Windows VM, and now in Linux?

Warm regards,

Brandt Steenkamp

Sent from the Slint console using Alpine

On Wed, 16 Feb 2022, Didier Spaier via orca-list wrote:

> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 10:38:05 +0100
> From: Didier Spaier via orca-list <orca-list gnome org>
> Reply-To: Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>
> To: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Firefox "update frame not accessible
>
> Hi Brandt,
>
> I assume that you got firefox typing as root:
> latest firefox
> This can be confirmed typing:
> firefox -v
> to get the version number.
> Currently here this gives:
> Mozilla Firefox 97.0
> so yours could be 96.something
>
> If this is the case, the firefos you have is a repackaging of an official binary
> and the frame probably says:
>
> <text of frame begins below>
> Firefox can't update itself to the latest version.
>
> Download a new version of Firefox and we will be able to guuide you to install it
> <text of frame ended above>
>
> Then you can chose either "Later" or "Download Thunderbird"
>
> You can choose "Download Thunderbird," but then this software will not be
> manageable by the Slint management tools.
>
> My suggestion is that when this frame pop up, you just close Firefox and get the
> newest version typing again as root:
> latest firefox.
>
> I have considered automating this, e.g. through a daily or hourly cron job  that
> would run "latest firefox", then silently fail if no update is available else
> perform the update but it is probably too intrusive: I prefer to let user manage
> their systems.
>
> I have found a recent post which gives explanations about this frame (of which
> he is unhappy too) and propose workarounds:
> https://www.journeybytes.com/disable-firefox-quantum-updates/
>
> Cheers,
> Didier
>
> Le 14/02/2022 à 16:57, Brandt Steenkamp via orca-list a écrit :
> > Ok,
> >
> >
> > Firefox is pulling a Microsoft on me and popped up an update frame, neither
> > needed or wanted. Best of all? I cannot navigate the misbegotten piece of junk
> > away. next move, remove firefox off of this machine, permanently.
> >
> >
> > I'm not standing for Winbloat behaviour on my Slint setup.
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