Hello Roger-
This feature was broken in all of the 1.0x versions of Firefox and
Thunderbird. It works great in Firefox 1.5 . You will want to
manually uninstall version 1.07, and download/install 1.5 from http://
www.getfirefox.com. Going forward, the update feature actually
works. Good luck!
-Sean
On Dec 15, 2005, at 11:10 AM, Roger A. Grimes wrote:
I've been perplexed since the whole Firefox/Thunderbird popularity
craze
with one question:
Why can't Firefox and Thunderbird find their own updates?
I have Firefox 1.07. I went to Tools, Options Advanced, Software
Update,
Check Now. It said no updates found, when 1.50 is waiting to be
downloaded.
I have Thunderbird 1.0. I did the same...went to Tools, Options,
Advanced, Software Update, Check Now. It said no updates found, when
1.07 is waiting to be downoaded.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong...you know...expecting the Check for
Updates feature to work when I click on it. So, open source is
supposed
to kick Microsoft's butt and offer me a secure alternative when the
simple click update features don't even work.
I think I've already complained here before, but I would have thought
this problem would have been fixed in the intervening six months.
</Vent off>
Roger
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