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Firefox updated after I changed the option to "download updates, but let you choose to install them"

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JeopardyTempest
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After indications from my father that the new Firefox was a disaster for him, no longer working with SessionManager, UnMHT, DownThemAll, etc (and had visual changes that looked more like Firefox 20 than Firefox 56)... since I had not yet updated, I changed the option to "download updates, but let you choose to install them".

Yet next time I opened Firefox, it installed the update without asking.

I see you have archived/closed bug reports of this for years. Yet it still happens. Blarg.

You don't let us revert easily, you install when I told you not to, and you rush out a new version before half of the API calls are in place to help old extensions work. Garbage, absolute garbage.

Now I have large collections of useful webpages stuck in Sessions Manager that I cannot get to, and you've caused me (and many other users) extreme frustration. The only reason I used Session Manager is because FF was never 110% reliable on storing past pages, and didn't have advanced methods to managed saved pages. You say you have "telemetry" that makes you confident that "the vast, overwhelming majority of Firefox users" won't be affected by the breaking of many plugins, yet you rushed out the version before you had the APIs to even support half of the producers to update them.

Rather than dedicating significant resources to a "refresh your UI to keep things looking modern", and replacing most of the "top sites" new tab window with your money making "recommended by pocket" crap... fix your issues first and foremost. You don't care about the needs of your users, period.

After indications from my father that the new Firefox was a disaster for him, no longer working with SessionManager, UnMHT, DownThemAll, etc (and had visual changes that looked more like Firefox 20 than Firefox 56)... since I had not yet updated, I changed the option to "download updates, but let you choose to install them". Yet next time I opened Firefox, it installed the update without asking. I see you have archived/closed bug reports of this for years. Yet it still happens. Blarg. You don't let us revert easily, you install when I told you not to, and you rush out a new version before half of the API calls are in place to help old extensions work. Garbage, absolute garbage. Now I have large collections of useful webpages stuck in Sessions Manager that I cannot get to, and you've caused me (and many other users) extreme frustration. The only reason I used Session Manager is because FF was never 110% reliable on storing past pages, and didn't have advanced methods to managed saved pages. You say you have "telemetry" that makes you confident that "the vast, overwhelming majority of Firefox users" won't be affected by the breaking of many plugins, yet you rushed out the version before you had the APIs to even support half of the producers to update them. Rather than dedicating significant resources to a "refresh your UI to keep things looking modern", and replacing most of the "top sites" new tab window with your money making "recommended by pocket" crap... fix your issues first and foremost. You don't care about the needs of your users, period.

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Shadow110
Shadow110
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Support Volunteers can't make changes to Firefox and the developers do not directly monitor this site. To submit suggestions for new or changed features, may I suggest:

Feedback: https://qsurvey.mozilla.com/s3/FirefoxInput/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Firefox Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/firefox

Possibly install ESR Version 52.4.1 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/ And might get your info back.

Will have to Uninstall Then Delete the Mozilla Firefox Folders in C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files(x86) Then restart system. If decide to come back to 57 use the Full Version Installer : https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

the-edmeister
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"download updates, but let you choose to install them"

Doesn't work as a normal user would expect. If you miss seeing the message about an update being available, Firefox will automatically download the update and then tell you to restart Firefox to install the update. If you just closed Firefox and didn't start it again we could tell you how to get rid of the update; but once you start Firefox there isn't anything to do except to reinstall the older version again.

And as far as missing that message, all it takes is hitting a key or clicking a link and the message window will end up behind the main browser window. That drove me nuts until I figured out what was happening, back in the days of Firefox 3.0.

Bottom line is to select Never check for updates ... and manually check for update via Help > About Firefox when you are so inclined.