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FIREFOX UPDATES FORCE CLOSES TABS AND MS DOCS, LOST LEGAL WORK

lawbots2
Making moves

TOO MANY FIREFOX UPDATES FORCES AND IT WILL CLOSE ALL TABS AND EVEN MS WORD, AS I DO LEGAL WORD AND LOSE IT ALL, DUE TO THIS CONSTANT UPDATES, SHOULD HAVE A WAY TO UPDATE WHEN YOUR READY, SHUT UPDATES OFF OPTION,  IS NOW A LEGAL ISSUE WHEN IT TAKES OVER YOUR COMPUTER AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS OR WHAT EVER A PERSON IS WORKING ON IMPORTANT RESEARCH, LIKE AI TABS OPEN,LOSING YOUR PLACE AND CONCENTRATION WHERE YOU WERE, WHAT YOU WERE READING, WHAT MS WORD DOCS VANISHED, OR UNSAVED, SHOULD BE FORE FOX LEGAL DEPARTMENT AS URGENT. WE SHOULD CONTROL OF OUR WORK. AND COMPUTER. / FIREFOX IS THE BEST AND BEST I USE EVERY DAY.  JUST ONE TINY FIX LET US DECIDE TO UPDATE, YET ABOVE ALL DO NOT SHUT DOWN ANY PERSON'S WORK.  AND IF UPDATES ARE NOT ISSUES ON SOMEONE'S COMPUTER, NOT SECURITY.  ALLOW EMAILS TO THOSE THAT IF GRAVE SECURITY WHY AND A CHANCE TO SAVE OUR WORK.

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kgrayson
Making moves

I am a longtime Firefox user who has also experienced this too many times over the past couple of months.  All of a sudden Firefox functionality is impaired and a message comes up saying I must close Firefox to keep using.  The message also says that all tabs will be restored except private ones.  But one of the main reasons I use Firefox is to preserve privacy.  So this means I need to permanently close between 2 - 10 tabs that I have open where I am currently doing work. This makes Firefox a significantly less attractive option for me.

No matter which browser you might use -- Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Vivaldi -- they all need a full close-down sometimes to install an update to keep you secure.

Obviously Private tabs cannot be restored between sessions as that would defeat the point if they could be brought-back easily.

You can reduce updates via Menu -> Settings -> About Firefox and then change from "Automatically install updates" to "Check for updates, but choose when to install".  But remember delaying updates for ages is also not good, especially if you often visit unfamiliar or uncommon websites.

dftf
Contributor

Assuming you're using something like Microsoft Office Online or Google Docs, not sure why an update of Firefox is causing you to lose work, as those online office apps usually AutoSave by-default.  When you go back to the site, a draft of what you were working on should come back.

If it's causing that much of an issue, go to Menu -> Settings -> About Firefox and then change from
"Automatically install updates" to "Check for updates, but choose when to install".

Agentvirtuel
Leader

Mon navigateur est géré par mon organisation.
I use, DisableAppUpdate (e.g.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIwTxJjiPkI
At one point in the video, a black screen appears, and that's normal, that's my strategy, the time it takes to answer Yes in the "User Account Control" (UAC) dialog box.

For information. If you want to try Enterprise Policy Generator.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/enterprise-policy-generator
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/enterprise-policy-generator-an-open-source-browser-based/...