On Friday 13 May 2005 19:48, Jon Nelson wrote:
I've recently noticed that the 'Update' button is missing from the Extensions dialog in firefox. Furthermore, I've noticed that the firefox I get from www.mozilla.org /does/ have the Update button, but the versions I've gotten from suse do not, and I include the "stock" version supplied by suse as well as the one supplied by the 'mozilla' supplemental.
Does anybody have any insight into where my Update button has gone? I have MozillaFirefox-1.0.4-0.1 installed, and the 1.0.4 version from mozilla.org. The same behavior existed with 1.0.3 with version MozillaFirefox-1.0.3-1.1.
I think it is a security measure. You now download the extension then go to the download and install it, then you get the Update button. Guess it gives you a chance to be sure you really trust the thing and maybe keep the bad guys from putting nasties in your machine. ra