On 03/24/2010 01:51 PM, Phillip Jones wrote: > NoOp wrote: >> On 03/24/2010 12:08 PM, Mark Hansen wrote: >>> On 3/24/2010 11:38 AM, NoOp wrote: >>>> No. You said: "you have for extensions". Your screenshot is of the >>>> plugins. Click on the 'Extensions' tab/button and you will see the 'Find >>>> Updates' button. >>> >>> Actually, what Phillip said was: >>> >>>> I try to update plugins as they are updated. >>>> >>>> Would love to see a system lick [like] you have for extensions where you >>>> check >>>> for updates and it notifies of updates available. >>> >> >> Ah. My apologies (cleans glasses). >> >> I think that it would be quite difficult for SM to include a plugin >> update manager. The variables are many and the plugins are generally >> system related. For example; java is system wide etc. >> > > If that's the case why is an install button shown? see my screen shot. > > all I am talking about is something that would run show a newer plugin > is available. >
If you click the 'Install' button it defaults to an .xpi (extension). Perhaps it's a mistake to add it to the bottom of all selections (plugins particularly). Either way, IMO were SM programmed to go out and find updates to all of my system-wide plugins I'd probably uninstall SM. SM bloat would be too much. Let's take one plugin (java) and sort out what that might entail. Not only would you have the java install updater going out and checking, but you'd also have SM doing it as well. Do you really want this happening on your system? It's bad enough on an HP laptop that I'm testing with Win7 decides that every time I boot to Win7 it needs to go out and not only check the Windows stuff, but the HP stuff also then goes out and checks it's updates. Now you want SeaMonkey to do the same? It took me over 3 days to tame this Windows beast/nonsense. (I multiboot to several versions of linux, but need the Win7 for customer support). Now if I boot into linux (or even Windows) you'd expect/want SeaMonkey to go out and check my plugins (java, flash, mplayer, silverlight/moonlight, Adobe Reader, VLC, WMP/Totem, Quicktime, DivX, RealPlayer, Gecko Media Player, Picasa, et al? No Thanks! I don't wish my browser/suite to do any of that for me. Add-on's OK - they are application specific, but plugins... ? How would SeaMonkey even begin to control any of those? With the exception of a few, all are system-wide applications. These are not '.xpi' add-ons to this application alone. Further, what would you do if SeaMonkey were to go out and update your java (for instance) and your other application(s)/requirements were to need to keep the existing version in place? _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
