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Web browser versions are dead – automatic updates is the future

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Re: Web browser versions are dead – automatic updates is the future

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At least make sure users can turn it off.

There are a plethora of reasons why someone would not want the absolute newest version of a browser every time a developer releases a single patch to the code.

Users should have control over their own computers and what they install.

Re: Web browser versions are dead – automatic updates is the future

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post #15

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The user interface for FF4 sucks, I had to uninstall it and re-download FF3.6. Most of the differences were merely irritating - like the right click menu changing the places of Open in New Tab and Open in New Window, which was totally stupid, but I could have gotten used to that. The one change I could not do without and could find no way to restore was their eliminating the Recent Pages button - some sites take fore…

Click and hold on the back button brings up the list. This works in chrome too.

Right-clicking on the back/forward buttons also works, as it did in Firefox 3.6.

I wish Chrome supported middle-clicking to open a previous page in a new tab.

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