Silent Update OS Dialogs
Status
| Silent Update: Removal of OS security dialogs | |
| Stage | Definition |
| Status | In progress |
| Release target | ` |
| Health | OK |
| Status note | ` |
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Team
| Product manager | Chris Lee |
| Directly Responsible Individual | Chris Lee |
| Lead engineer | ` |
| Security lead | ` |
| Privacy lead | ` |
| Localization lead | ` |
| Accessibility lead | ` |
| QA lead | ` |
| UX lead | ` |
| Product marketing lead | ` |
| Operations lead | ` |
| Additional members | ` |
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Open issues/risks
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Stage 1: Definition
1. Feature overview
Based on the operating system, the current upgrade process runs into modal dialogs that interrupt the user's work flow.
For Windows:
- The UAC (user account control) dialog pop-ups during the update process
- Screenshot below:
- The requirement here is to override this dialog so it does not impact the user's workflow in any way
- bug 481815
- bug 529746
For Mac:
- There are a couple of issues that are specific to Mac users:
- User A (who is admin) installs Firefox and then receives an update, User A can update using admin authentication with no issues. User B on the same machine with admin rights also uses Firefox, and when an update is available User B is unable to update due to the directory location and ownership rights of Firefox.app.
- With 10.6 (Snow Leopard) when you drag an application into the /Applications/ folder in Finder, it now automatically chowns it to root instead of to the user who put it there. This effectively disables Software Update on any new install on 10.6.
- Screenshot below:
- bug 394984 has more details
2. Users & use cases
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3. Dependencies
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4. Requirements
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Non-goals
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Stage 2: Design
5. Functional specification
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6. User experience design
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Stage 3: Planning
7. Implementation plan
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8. Reviews
Security review
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Privacy review
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Localization review
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Accessibility
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Quality Assurance review
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Operations review
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Stage 4: Development
9. Implementation
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Stage 5: Release
10. Landing criteria
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For Windows:
- The UAC (user account control) dialog pop-ups during the update process
- Screenshot below:
- The requirement here is to override this dialog so it does not impact the user's workflow in any way
- bug 481815
- bug 529746
For Mac:
- There are a couple of issues that are specific to Mac users:
- User A (who is admin) installs Firefox and then receives an update, User A can update using admin authentication with no issues. User B on the same machine with admin rights also uses Firefox, and when an update is available User B is unable to update due to the directory location and ownership rights of Firefox.app.
- With 10.6 (Snow Leopard) when you drag an application into the /Applications/ folder in Finder, it now automatically chowns it to root instead of to the user who put it there. This effectively disables Software Update on any new install on 10.6.
- Screenshot below:
- bug 394984 has more details
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Feature details
| Priority | P1 |
| Rank | 1.1 |
| Theme / Goal | Experience |
| Roadmap | Firefox Desktop |
| Secondary roadmap | Firefox Desktop |
| Feature list | Desktop |
| Project | ` |
| Engineering team | Desktop front-end |
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Team status notes
| status | notes | |
| Products | ` | ` |
| Engineering | ` | ` |
| Security | ` | ` |
| Privacy | ` | ` |
| Localization | ` | ` |
| Accessibility | ` | ` |
| Quality assurance | ` | ` |
| User experience | ` | ` |
| Product marketing | ` | ` |
| Operations | ` | ` |
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