Mozilla to Force FF Update

Buddahfan said:

This auto-update is security update for sure.

Firefox 3.5 and possibly even 3.6x are not secure. They both use a basically outdated engine.

Staying on Firefox 3.x makes about as much sense as staying on Windows XP even XP SP3.

Besides

"We are treating the automatic update checkbox enabled as a 'Yes, I want Mozilla to keep me updated,'" Legnitto wrote.

so people can opt out if they have some reason to continue to use an outdated Browser.

On the other hand you might wan't to delay an update until it had been shown to have no serious problems.

kado897 said:

Buddahfan said:

This auto-update is security update for sure.

Firefox 3.5 and possibly even 3.6x are not secure. They both use a basically outdated engine.

Staying on Firefox 3.x makes about as much sense as staying on Windows XP even XP SP3.

Besides

"We are treating the automatic update checkbox enabled as a 'Yes, I want Mozilla to keep me updated,'" Legnitto wrote.

so people can opt out if they have some reason to continue to use an outdated Browser.

On the other hand you might wan't to delay an update until it had been shown to have no serious problems.

Exactly.

I prefer auto updating software to that which I have to find the updates for myself and update. Just works better for me. It's also better for the software maker when everybody is running the same version so they can be assured that people aren't experiencing old issues that they have already fixed.

Just curious here, what are the pros to sticking with 3.5 that would otherwise make you cringe when you think about the v4 upgrade? ....other than the stated auto-update, which I understand both sides of the argument on.