Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

ale wrote:
> Il 20/08/2011 9.56, Asa Dotzler ha scritto:
>> ale wrote:
>
>>
>> Yes, this is a bug. Our users should not be interrupted by the Windows
>> UAC prompt. This is part of the collection of bugs that together make up
>> the "silent update" feature.
>>
>> - A
>
> Keep in mind that in a corporate environment, big parts of user are not
> administrator, so they are simply not questioned by UAC simply because
> they have no privileges to install softwares.
>
> Is it your idea to override windows protection and allows FF to upgrade
> itself even if the current user is not an admin of the workstation?
>
> Imho this is a bad idea, with a big risk of troubles in a corporate
> environment, same behaviour of Google Chrome that installs the
> executable in the home directory of the user to permit a
> never-ending-update even in case of limited account. What if the new
> release does not work anymore with my php-gui interface to the corporate
> SQL server?

(This is getting pretty far off-topic for a discussion about where the 
version number lives in Firefox)

The feature we're building here isn't intended for the corporate 
environment. It's intended for the vast majority of our users who are 
not in managed settings.

- A