I can defer the update by not allowing auto update. Then like a spoilt child demanding a toy, it constantly nags that there is an update and the reminder blocks out the upper right inner area of the browser window. Where is the opt out for this? Google suggested a regedit to force program to stop checking but that did nothing.
It's funny that I typically only allow the update once a month and sometimes it tells me there is an update back to back. Like I just allowed one and there is another waiting. I clear them and then a few days later there is another. It certainly doesn't feel like this is a monthly thing. Now I am told it will be biweekly. My feathers are getting ruffled.
Why would I care? Because as much as I don't mind having to log back into almost everything. Several sites treat the update as a security risk. They regard the new browser session as a whole new PC and sometimes even guess at a new location. So in my active logins I can see a string of instances, regarded as unique PCs.
The ultimate nuisance. Because updates don't wait until the session closes. They start making changes as soon as the download is complete. This has a history of breaking open sessions and causing tabs to crash. In some cases causing cascade crashes until the browser just drops out. Windows does this. Autodesk does this and Mozilla does this.
When i was on Linux, I dreaded Firefox updates. That semi random, JUST ONE MORE THING. Suddenly nothing works, tabs are broken, nothing loads. Stop everything and close the browsers so that it can update, again...
I am quickly getting the same kind of feeling I had about updates as I used to have about phones when I was on call 24 hrs a day as a support agent. What I want from every one are LTE versions. No updates needed. Security patches are OK. But if it breaks the program or the session, I would rather not unless its critical for security.
I was reading on the way in, about a related issue where some one is doing legal work and the constant updates are interfering. I feel his pain. Though I think that a web browser is maybe a insecure place to be doing legal work.
