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Comment by nl

This article is right.

Firefox (and Chrome) updates should be seen in the same way as virus definition updates - something that can indeed cause chaos [1][2][3], but is too useful and sensible to do any other way. Similarly to virus definition updates, typically these updates don't get tested before being rolled out.

[1] http://arstechnica.com/software/news/2010/03/bitdefender-upd...

[2] http://www.techgeekandmore.com/tag/ca-anti-virus-update-brea...

[3] http://simonedwards.blogspot.com/2010/04/mcafee-anti-virus-u...

parent nl 15 years ago

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