On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 07:27:00 +0200 Jan Claeys <li...@janc.be> wrote: > Op maandag 06-04-2009 om 00:43 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef Mackenzie > Morgan: > > On Sunday 05 April 2009 11:55:10 pm Jan Claeys wrote: > > > Actually, a running firefox shows you a warning and a restart > > > button (or at least it did?) if it's older than the on-disk > > > version. I guess that's part of the ubufox extension? > > > > Yes, it does, but um...that kinda sucks. "I, the computer, demand > > that you, the user, stop what you are doing and restart your > > browser NOW, losing all your work in the process. This is not > > optional. I will barf if you try to continue with your work or > > save it in any way, such as submitting that blog post you just > > spent an hour writing." > > Doesn't restarting preserve the form contents? (I never really > tried.) > > Anyway there might be some issues with it indeed. Maybe firefox > updates should warn the users beforehand, somehow? I'm not sure how > that would work though. Maybe delaying upgrades until shutdown *is* > the right solution? > >
That won't work either. Firefox demands the restart even if you restart the system. A simple "the system has been restarted" is not enough for it. You still must restart firefox to get the warning to go away. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
