Firefox upgrade: 3.5.8? 3.6?

[Muse]

On one machine I'm running 3.5.7 and Firefox has been bugging me to upgrade to 3.5.8. Of course, this always happens when I access my browser, so I say "later." I've been seeing some posts about 3.6, saying it's good, etc. Why then isn't Firefox offering me the 3.6 upgrade instead?

 

[lxskllr]

It always does it 1 step at a time. If your a few versions old, you'll have to update a few times to be current.

 

[dualsmp]

You have to upgrade to 3.5.8 first, then Firefox will offer to upgrade to 3.6.

 

[Muse]

It always does it 1 step at a time. If your a few versions old, you'll have to update a few times to be current.

So, why doesn't my machine running 3.5.8 prompt me to update to the next version?

 

[lxskllr]

So, why doesn't my machine running 3.5.8 prompt me to update to the next version?

Maybe it hasn't gotten to it yet. Have you manually checked for updates?

 

[Chiefcrowe]

Not really sure why but i've seen this happen also. I just end up downloading the installer manually in that case.

 

[0roo0roo]

you shouldn't hold off on security updates. last number being incremented generally means a small patch for things like security holes.
3.6 is just a new version number adding new features, i believe both .5 and .6 will be kept up to date for a while right?

 

[Chiefcrowe]

I just looked it up and according to mozilla: Firefox 3.5.x will be maintained with security and stability updates until August 2010.

 

[kalrith]

Do you have ietab installed? That add-on isn't supported in 3.6, and it (or another add-on not supported in 3.6) could keep FF from recommending you to upgrade to 3.6.

 

[Auric]

Since updating to 3.6, non-generic bookmark icons are now displayed as a site is visited. Since in private browsing mode they are not retained between sessions however previously they were not displayed at all which is is my preference. Is there a switch to disable this feature (from "about:config")?

 

[lxskllr]

Since updating to 3.6, non-generic bookmark icons are now displayed as a site is visited. Since in private browsing mode they are not retained between sessions however previously they were not displayed at all which is is my preference. Is there a switch to disable this feature (from "about:config")?

Try setting this to false...


browser.chrome.site_icons;true

 

[Auric]

Thanks! I should have found that but inexplicably used find rather than filter. :$

 

[Spacehead]

I was also running 3.5.7 & FF asked if i wanted to upgrade to 3.6, so i did. One of my add-ons wasn't working properly so i went back to 3.5.7
Now it's asking me to upgrade to 3.5.8

 

[0roo0roo]

because 5.8 came out after 3.6
.8 is a security patch for 5.7
you don't skip those.
those don't break plugins.

 

[theAnimal]

Do you have ietab installed? That add-on isn't supported in 3.6, and it (or another add-on not supported in 3.6) could keep FF from recommending you to upgrade to 3.6.

Unsupported add-ons would not keep Firefox from updating.

You should be using Coral IE Tab instead because AFAIK IE Tab is no longer being developed.