Comments on: Comparing the efficiency of Chrome’s and Firefox’s automated updates (study) https://www.pingdom.com/blog/comparing-chrome-and-firefox-automated-updates-study/ Website Performance and Availability Monitoring | Pingdom Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:15:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 By: vincentH https://www.pingdom.com/blog/comparing-chrome-and-firefox-automated-updates-study/#comment-2173 Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:15:22 +0000 http://royalpingdom.wpengine.com/?p=10851#comment-2173 Know that Linux-distributions have their own, very efficient update-mechanism. Auto-update is turned off on Linux for that reason.

]]> By: Swapnil https://www.pingdom.com/blog/comparing-chrome-and-firefox-automated-updates-study/#comment-2171 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:08:19 +0000 http://royalpingdom.wpengine.com/?p=10851#comment-2171 There are too many things which chrome is doing right and firefox isn’t
– Hardly any plugins rendered incompatible after chrome update (FF requires developers to give a max-version for which this plugin is tested, and they have to retest on newer version and release their own plugin’s update which is certified on newer version. Too much hassle if not much is going to change)
– Silent update in chrome (FF has always been this proponent of open information and letting the user choose. Sad part is that most grandmas dont know what to choose and aren’t interested in making the choice)
– (hardest part) Chrome has partial binary updates – so you don’t download the full installer pack or even a complete exe. They fkin diff between the binaries and send you the diffs! Excellent work to ensure their updates cause minimum bandwidth hassles. (FF still gives the full 18 mb for download

]]> By: Make Websites Mobile https://www.pingdom.com/blog/comparing-chrome-and-firefox-automated-updates-study/#comment-2169 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:37:38 +0000 http://royalpingdom.wpengine.com/?p=10851#comment-2169 Mobile is the way to go Firefox, Google and Apple are heading there fast and furiously, I wanna do the same.

]]> By: abral https://www.pingdom.com/blog/comparing-chrome-and-firefox-automated-updates-study/#comment-2167 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:56:30 +0000 http://royalpingdom.wpengine.com/?p=10851#comment-2167 I think by version 11 Firefox will have automatic updates.

]]> By: Nicholas Shanks https://www.pingdom.com/blog/comparing-chrome-and-firefox-automated-updates-study/#comment-2165 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:29:23 +0000 http://royalpingdom.wpengine.com/?p=10851#comment-2165 Part of the problem is that FireFox’s automatic updates are not at all automatic. Users must open the About Box before a version check will kick off (at least, that is the case on Mac OS X), and then click the Update button that appears if an update is available. I am sure many people will not be doing this on a regular basis.

]]> By: Demetrius https://www.pingdom.com/blog/comparing-chrome-and-firefox-automated-updates-study/#comment-2163 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:58:18 +0000 http://royalpingdom.wpengine.com/?p=10851#comment-2163 Well Firefox is doing a few things to iron out their updating, especially with ways to have compatibility working from day one of their updates, which is a reason to have people stay. Also a big thing I’ve noticed that a reason why people are switching is that Google is paying to have Chrome preinstalled on computers and they are called “internet” not Chrome.

]]> By: Jason King https://www.pingdom.com/blog/comparing-chrome-and-firefox-automated-updates-study/#comment-2161 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:28:04 +0000 http://royalpingdom.wpengine.com/?p=10851#comment-2161 Definitely the way new versions of Firefox instantly invalidate a whole bunch of extensions causes a lot of pain for me and other users I’ve spoken to. There is no other software that I revert upgrades on as frequently as I do with Firefox – for that reason.

]]> By: Robin https://www.pingdom.com/blog/comparing-chrome-and-firefox-automated-updates-study/#comment-2159 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:07:42 +0000 http://royalpingdom.wpengine.com/?p=10851#comment-2159 As a web developer, who is a go-to tech person for family and friends, I am always switching people to Chrome just because, I can be confident they won’t bother me again when the next update comes out.

Most average people refuse to understand what an alert box is asking them for and just turn to me. I when I visited family who weren’t using chrome I’m always surprised to see what an ancient version of Firefox they’re still using.

So silent auto-updates are Chrome’s killer feature compared to all other browsers.

]]> By: Pingdom https://www.pingdom.com/blog/comparing-chrome-and-firefox-automated-updates-study/#comment-2157 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:15:36 +0000 http://royalpingdom.wpengine.com/?p=10851#comment-2157 In reply to Asa Dotzler.

Thank you for chiming in, Asa. Good to know you guys are working on this!

]]> By: no1 https://www.pingdom.com/blog/comparing-chrome-and-firefox-automated-updates-study/#comment-2155 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:45:32 +0000 http://royalpingdom.wpengine.com/?p=10851#comment-2155 Unfortunately, Firefox is in the process of being marginalized. They are focusing on mobile development for future growth, which is smart, but I think they’ll find a lot fewer people willing to download a 3rd party browser on their phone, and doing distro deals with carriers isn’t in their DNA.

That Firefox chart is a classic sign of a dying product. Users are getting fed up with the constant updates and broken extensions, and switching to Chrome or back to IE, just to stop being annoyed with update popups every month. Their switch to a faster dev cycle was poorly thought out from a business perspective and poorly implemented.

At this rate, Firefox market share will be below 10% by the end of 2012.

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