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Update Notifier installs updated Firefox addons automatically
Firefox has an annoying habit of asking you whether you want to update your browser plugins when new versions are released. I mean sure, it's nice to have the latest version of any add-on, complete with new features or bug fixes. But because Firefox won't boot until you either click a button to apply the updates or to skip the process, this little feature can unnecessarily slow you down.Fortunately, and at least a little ironically, there's a plugin that will let your browser automatically download and install any updates without any user intervention required. Update Notifier is a customizeable add-on for Firefox that can check for plugin updates either before your browser loads, or after it's already started. If you want, you can even have it automatically restart your browser after applying any new upates in order for the changes to take effect.
You can also use Update Notifier to adjust how frequently Firefox checks for updates, and to turn notifications of new updates on or off.
[via CyberNet]
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Subscribe to commentsDrewJan 28th 2009 10:33AM
I've been using this extension for a while and it's wonderful. It's very unobtrusive, doing just what it needs to and nothing more. I'm not a fan of loading up Firefox, but I definitely think this functionality should be in the vanilla install.
Eli GundryJan 28th 2009 1:15PM
Couldn't someone just write a userscript to accomplish this instead of another addon?
StevieG21Jan 29th 2009 8:20AM
You can't wait a few seconds for an update? This seems like a useless plugin.
Mr. BungleJan 30th 2009 5:12PM
Fantastic! Thank you so much for this addon. I am so glad I found this. It is such a pain to have to deal with updating firefox extensions/themes when you start the app. I agree this should be in the vanilla install.
BTW, I found I couldn't install the addon from the above link (on mozilla.org) (download error), but when I visited the author's homepage it worked fine.
Many thanks Todd.