Re: Removing Firefox Version Number

Dao <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:31:33 -0700 (PDT)
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On Aug 20, 10:18 am, Asa Dotzler <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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?
>
> 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.

Corporate and managed settings are two distinct (although overlapping)
fields. How about the home user with a non-admin account?