When To Upgrade

After Firefox just upgraded, I noticed it did a check to on the compatibility of the Add-Ons I have. Should any be incompatible, then the add-on gets disabled. The rationale being, “Add-Ons which do not work under the current version should not be enabled.”

Seems like I as the user of the software really ought to have a choice:

  1. (Current) Immediately upgrade the browser and disable any incompatible add-ons.
  2. Check add-on compatibility first and delay the browser upgrade until add-ons are all compatible.
  3. Check add-on compatibility first and prompt the user to choose when to upgrade. (Whether #1 or #2 is desirable.)
  4. Allow the user to choose which add-ons are too important to be disabled and delay the browser upgrade until an add-on version is available which is compatible. Then offer to upgrade both.

Maybe not enough people care Mozilla takes away their functionality?


One response to “When To Upgrade”

  1. Sherry Schwabacher Avatar
    Sherry Schwabacher

    That irritates me every time – especially when I lose my Baha’i Toolbar. I agree – I should have some options.

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